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China targets dissidents via JS surveillance kits – archived source

Uncovering Tetris – a Full Surveillance Kit Running in your Browser Executive Summary A Chinese state sponsored threat actor is targeting Chinese-speaking opposition through waterholed websites. The Campaign uses a modular and custom JS surveillance framework, dubbed “Tetris”, implementing a wide range of browser feature. Almost all of Tetris’ components have zero AV detections. Tetris exploits […]
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Apple scans all images on iPhones – archived source #2

One Bad Apple Sunday, 8 August 2021 My in-box has been flooded over the last few days about Apple’s CSAM announcement. Everyone seems to want my opinion since I’ve been deep into photo analysis technologies and the reporting of child exploitation materials. In this blog entry, I’m going to go over what Apple announced, existing […]
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Samsung remotely disables SmartTVs – archived source

Samsung Supports Retailers Affected By Looting With Innovative Television Block Function on 06-08-2021 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 06 August 2021 – Samsung South Africa has announced the implementation of a Television Block Function on all Samsung TV sets. The blocking system is intended to be implemented in respect of televisions that have been obtained by users […]
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Apple scans all images on iPhones – archived source #1

Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices. MADHUMITA MURGIA AND TIM BRADSHAW, FINANCIAL TIMES – 8/5/2021, 8:35 PM Apple intends to install software on American iPhones to scan for child abuse imagery, according to people briefed on its plans, raising alarm among security researchers […]
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Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it – archived source

Facebook is reportedly trying to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it A very slippery slope By Shawn Knight August 3, 2021 at 2:11 PM A hot potato: Facebook is reportedly building a team that’ll be tasked with learning how to analyze encrypted data without decrypting it. Given the company’s rocky history with user privacy, this seems like the last […]
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Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google – archived source

Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google Zoom users to get $15 or $25 each in proposed settlement of class-action lawsuit. JON BRODKIN – 8/2/2021, 9:51 PM Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle claims that it lied about offering end-to-end encryption and gave user data to […]
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TikTok blocked creators from using ‘Black Lives Matter’ in bios – archived source

TikTok blocked creators from using ‘Black Lives Matter’ in bios BY CAMERON JENKINS – 07/08/21 4:16 PM ET TikTok has reportedly blocked users of its Creator Marketplace from being able to use words and phrases including “Black” and “Black Lives Matter” in their bios, flagging the words as “inappropriate content.” Ziggi Tyler, 23, who is […]
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EU Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications – archived source

#CHATCONTROL: EU PARLIAMENT APPROVES MASS SURVEILLANCE OF PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS JULY 6, 2021 Brussels, 06/07/2021 – Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each citizen for presumed suspect content and report suspected cases to the police. The European Pirates Delegation in […]
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Google Assistant Records Audio Even When You’re Not Using It – archived source

Google Assistant Records Audio Even When You’re Not Using It, Company Reportedly Admits Teejay Boris, Tech Times 01 July 2021, 06:07 am Google Assistant records your conversations even when not in use, the company reportedly admitted to an Indian government panel.  So, it turns out that even without saying the word “OK Google,” the AI Assistant […]
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TikTok Quietly Updated Privacy Policy to Collect Faceprints and Voiceprints – archived source

TikTok Quietly Updated Privacy Policy to Collect Faceprints and Voiceprints June 22, 2021 2 minute read TikTok, one of the most downloaded apps of 2021 so far, decided to quietly update its privacy policy to collect biometric identifiers and biometric information know in the US as faceprints and voiceprints. The trendy app, owned by the Chinese internet […]
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