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Exploring Big Tech and government surveillance while empowering you to reclaim your privacy. Tips: [email protected] 0xFEC15B72F0ED7A01

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IVPN@ivpnnet14 Aug 2020
Our new blog post covers the why's and how's of data collection, hard-to-solve privacy issues and suggested next actions. "Just use a VPN" won't suffice for fixing the collective privacy problem. ivpn.net/blog/privacy-issue-…
The privacy issue is real and you can't solve it with just a VPN

The privacy issue is real and you can't solve it with just a VPN

In the two previous posts in our series we have discussed even though mainstream VPN providers over-promise on their services, VPNs are useful and necessary tools for privacy protection. This third...

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IVPN@ivpnnet9 Jun 2020
If you want better privacy online, use a VPN, but don’t expect perfect protection - no matter what certain services promise. We explore this issue in the next post of the blog series about our industry: ivpn.net/blog/vpn-imperfect-…
VPNs are imperfect, but necessary privacy enhancing tools

VPNs are imperfect, but necessary privacy enhancing tools

I’ve given everything away in the title. If you want better privacy online, use a VPN, but don’t expect perfect protection. Another blog post discussing the benefits of a VPN might feel unnecessary...

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IVPN@ivpnnet19 May 2020
Read ‘Why you don’t need a VPN’ - the first post in our blog series ‘VPN Worst Practices’. It covers misleading marketing messages and common misconceptions on what VPNs are useful for. ivpn.net/blog/why-you-dont-n…
Why you don't need a VPN

Why you don't need a VPN

If you have to ask: ‘do I need a VPN for this problem?’, the answer is no, most of the time. Let us forget the ‘Family Online Safety’ TV inserts and the thirteen ‘Best Fastest Secure VPN’ ads on a...

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As we face an unprecedented situation due to the #COVID19 pandemic, various actors have developed mobile apps. We actively tracks new Android apps that are published in response to COVID-19 and analyses them for security & privacy. Our technical reports: forensic.defensive-lab.agenc…
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Sean O'Brien
@profdiggity3 Apr 2020
latest piece by @ZitterWriter for @ThePrivacyIssue "Will biometric technology... emerge as the champion of public safety and order? Or will this ubiquitous surveillance reveal a more sinister side... amplifying the injustices that already exist?" #privacy theprivacyissue.com/ai-and-b…
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Carissa Véliz@CarissaVeliz1 Apr 2020
'Instead of investing in what is required – investigation teams, lab testing and protective gear for staff – they are constantly busy with geolocation.' #COVID19 #privacy haaretz.com/israel-news/.pre…
Israeli doctors warn Shin Bet surveillance actually hindering efforts to combat coronavirus

Israeli doctors warn Shin Bet surveillance actually hindering efforts to combat coronavirus

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Roxana λ (TheHat)
@roxananasoi29 Mar 2020
Replying to @rwang0 @drsubirsaha @vfiorese_ @Steve_Lockstep @rohitprabhakar @fxrseen @neeraj @hessiejones @AlaricAloor @sarbjeetjohal @MiaD @ranman @defcon_5 @SalingerPrivacy @OAICgov @Apple
privacytools.io is also a good site to understand privacy better and what can be used from a user point. And I've found the folks at @ThePrivacyIssue covering some good topics.
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Per the article, Zoom uses your unique advertising ID. Solution: reset it after each iOS Zoom use. nitter.cf/JuliaHlna/status/12433…
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Julia Schur Isenberg @juliaa@mastodon.world (@JuliaHlna) profile pictureJulia Schur Isenberg @[email protected]@JuliaHlna26 Mar 2020
Zoom notifies Facebook when we open the app, notes our device info , the time zone + city, phone carrier, and a unique advert identifier created so we can be targeted by the right ads. Fb collects the data even if you don't have FB. vice.com/en_us/article/k7e59… via @vice #privacy
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account

Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account

Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

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The Tor Project
@torproject23 Mar 2020
"ratcheting up surveillance to combat the pandemic now could permanently open the doors to more invasive forms of snooping later. It is a lesson Americans learned after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001..." nytimes.com/2020/03/23/techn… .onion: nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2020/…
As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets (Published 2020)

As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets (Published 2020)

Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.

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VICE UK
@VICEUK20 Mar 2020
How Coronavirus Might Help Surveillance Boom dlvr.it/RSFXc4
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ashkan soltani@ashk4n18 Mar 2020
This privacy problem is of their own making. For years, @Google used #flutrends as a justification for their retention policies for search arguing that the social benefit from 'big data' offsets the privacy invasions. (Which was later mostly disproved: wired.com/2015/10/can-learn-…
What We Can Learn From the Epic Failure of Google Flu Trends

What We Can Learn From the Epic Failure of Google Flu Trends

GFT seemingly presented an eerily accurate projection of the prevalence of the flu, turning the digital refuse of people’s searches into potentially life saving insights.

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@business18 Mar 2020
Google says it hasn’t shared location data in virus response trib.al/5mrWWGn
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@profdiggity13 Mar 2020
our latest piece for @ThePrivacyIssue by @k_pendergrast on elections and democracy vs. digitization
The Privacy Issue (@ThePrivacyIssue) profile pictureThe Privacy Issue@ThePrivacyIssue13 Mar 2020
Elections are going digital, with or without voter consent. As online ballots and polling apps are deployed, the bugs in digital democracy are piling up. Can we trust the #privacy of digital voting as well as the results being counted accurately? theprivacyissue.com/privacy-…
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Dave Maass 🔦@maassive12 Mar 2020
Hey, if you're self-isolating this weekend, but still want to shine light on the surveillance state and socialize a little, join us this weekend for our online research sprint. eff.org/event/atlas-surveill…
Atlas of Surveillance Sprint

Atlas of Surveillance Sprint

Update: an earlier version of this invitation also included a social gathering at EFF's office in San Francisco. Due to widespread health concerns we have decided to move forward with the online

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Cameron
@kramlich12 Mar 2020
Laws that restrict encryption undermine all of our safety and democracy in general. Please consider writing your lawmaker to request that they vote against the Earn It act.
The Privacy Issue (@ThePrivacyIssue) profile pictureThe Privacy Issue@ThePrivacyIssue12 Mar 2020
To understand the impact of EARN IT act, a bill that paves the way for law enforcement to have backdoor access to services using encryption, start with this @protocol piece by @issielapowsky: protocol.com/earn-it-act-hea…
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Craig Silverman@CraigSilverman9 Mar 2020
NEW: Popular VPN And ad-blocking apps are secretly harvesting user data. I found the apps are actually owned by app analytics platform Sensor Data, which does not disclose its connection to them: buzzfeednews.com/article/cra…
Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data

Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data

Sensor Tower has owned at least 20 apps that track data passing through people’s phones.

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The Tor Project
@torproject5 Mar 2020
"Experts say that, if not addressed with great care, what Citizen does next could set the stage for invasive advertising, greater injustice for vulnerable people, and increased government surveillance." theintercept.com/2020/03/02/…
Citizen App Again Lets Users Report Crimes — and Experts See Big Risks

Citizen App Again Lets Users Report Crimes — and Experts See Big Risks

The revived video feature could foment racism, increase invasive surveillance, and stoke panic, the experts say.

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Jason Koebler@jason_koebler4 Mar 2020
A predictive policing company called Banjo has gotten the state of Utah to pay it $20.1 million to build an artificial intelligence-powered panopticon throughout the entire state vice.com/en_us/article/k7exe… investigation by me, @josephfcox and @emanuelmaiberg
This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon

This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon

Banjo is applying artificial intelligence to government-owned surveillance and traffic cameras across the entire state of Utah to tell police about "anomalies."

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Sean O'Brien
@profdiggity3 Mar 2020
my latest @ThePrivacyIssue, featuring @torproject @i2p @GNUnet @retroshare and more. "If a handful of small and anonymous or secret networks can cause such a fuss, the technologies that underpin their existence must be very disruptive and powerful indeed." theprivacyissue.com/privacy-…
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Barton Gellman@bartongellman25 Feb 2020
Important new report on the NSA program that gathered on the order of a trillion US phone records.
Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) profile pictureCharlie Savage@charlie_savage25 Feb 2020
EXCLUSIVE: The USA Freedom Act system, giving NSA access to Americans' phone logs from 2015-19, cost $100 million & produced 2 unique counterterrorism intelligence reports, plus 13 duplicating info FBI already had -- newly declassified report seen by NYT. nytimes.com/2020/02/25/us/po…
N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads (Published 2020)

N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads (Published 2020)

A disputed program that allowed the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts yielded only one significant investigation, according to a newly declassif...

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@profdiggity21 Feb 2020
in 2018 EFF "learned that Best Buy officials had a cozy relationship with the FBI since at least 2008" paying Geek Squad employees as informants to dig through files on customer devices. cc @doctorow for great EFF work. We need to be our own "Geek Squad": theprivacyissue.com/governme…
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