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Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 04:27:12 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #privacy ☞ In the hands of #police #facialrecognition software risks violating civil liberties https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2019/10/18/hands-police-facial-recognition-tech-violates-civil-liberties/3904469002/
In conversation Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 04:27:12 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. In the hands of police, facial recognition software risks violating civil liberties
  
  from USA TODAY
  
  Studies show Amazon's Rekognition is fraught with racial and gender bias. So why are cops all over the country using it?
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 04:26:48 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● Execs Could Face Jail Time For #Privacy Violations https://threatpost.com/execs-jail-time-privacy-violations/149334/
In conversation Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 04:26:48 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Execs Could Face Jail Time For Privacy Violations
  
  By Lindsey O'Donnell from Threatpost - English - Global - threatpost.com
  
  Execs Could Face Jail Time For Privacy Violations
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 05:14:39 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #privacy #socialcontrol ☞ #California Governor Signs Bill Banning #FacialRecognition Tech Use By State's #Law Enforcement Agencies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191011/18013143178/california-governor-signs-bill-banning-facial-recognition-tech-use-states-law-enforcement-agencies.shtml
In conversation Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 05:14:39 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. California Governor Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Tech Use By State's Law Enforcement Agencies
  
  from Techdirt.
  
  California has become the first state in the US to ban facial recognition tech use by local cops. Matt Cagle has more details on the ACLU-backed law. Building on San Francisco's first-of-its-kind ban on government face recognition...
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 05:03:06 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #russia #privacy #surveillance ☞ Russian Activist Fights Use of #FacialRecognition Technology https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/18/russian-activist-fights-use-facial-recognition-technology
In conversation Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 05:03:06 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Russian Activist Fights Use of Facial Recognition Technology
  
  from Human Rights Watch
  
  Russian women’s rights activist Alyona Popova has filed a lawsuit against the Moscow city government, claiming its use of video with facial recognition technology violates privacy rights.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 00:37:41 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #cn #china #hk ☞ Why #HongKong protesters don't just want #privacy from China, they need it to survive https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/10/why-hong-kong-protesters-dont-just-want-privacy-from-china-they-need-it-to-survive/
In conversation Saturday, 19-Oct-2019 00:37:41 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Why Hong Kong protesters don’t just want privacy from China, they need it to survive
  
  from Private Internet Access Blog
  
  Why Hong Kong protesters don’t just want privacy from China, they need it to survive
Hubert Chathi (hubert@social.uhoreg.ca)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 16:15:45 EDT Hubert Chathi

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: This Week in Matrix is out now, read the latest news here matrix.org/blog/2019/10/18/thi… #decentralisation #matrix #twim #hashtag #privacy #opencommunications

In conversation Friday, 18-Oct-2019 16:15:45 EDT from social.uhoreg.ca permalink
Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 16:07:09 EDT Matrix.org

This Week in Matrix is out now, read the latest news here https://matrix.org/blog/2019/10/18/this-week-in-matrix-2019-10-18 #decentralisation #matrix #twim #hashtag #privacy #opencommunications
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1. This Week in Matrix 2019-10-18 | Matrix.org
  
  from Matrix.org blog
  
  Matrix Live 🎙 Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡 Last week Matrix had a presence at UbuCon Europe and PyCon Ireland. We gave workshops on using…
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 10:29:23 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #Wyden #ronwyden ☞ New Bill Promises an End to Our #Privacy Nightmare, Jail Time to CEOs Who Lie https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5qd9/new-bill-promises-an-end-to-our-privacy-nightmare-jail-time-to-ceos-who-lie
In conversation Friday, 18-Oct-2019 10:29:23 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. New Bill Promises an End to Our Privacy Nightmare, Jail Time to CEOs Who Lie
  
  from Vice
  
  "Mark Zuckerberg won’t take Americans’ privacy seriously unless he feels personal consequences. Under my bill he’d face jail time for lying to the government," Sen. Ron Wyden said.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 01:40:14 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● Low Cost Phones Are Turning #Privacy Into A Luxury Option https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191008/07362643143/low-cost-phones-are-turning-privacy-into-luxury-option.shtml
In conversation Friday, 18-Oct-2019 01:40:14 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. Low Cost Phones Are Turning Privacy Into A Luxury Option
  
  from Techdirt.
  
  Even when you're shelling out thousands of dollars for the latest smartphone and an "unlimited" data plan for it to run on, that cost expenditure still puts you at great privacy risk. Wireless carriers, for years, have collected and...
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 01:13:09 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● #privacy #surveillance #listeningdevices ☞ New Bill Would Force Hardware Makers To Disclose Hidden Mics, Cameras https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191008/10340743150/new-bill-would-force-hardware-makers-to-disclose-hidden-mics-cameras.shtml
In conversation Friday, 18-Oct-2019 01:13:09 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. New Bill Would Force Hardware Makers To Disclose Hidden Mics, Cameras
  
  from Techdirt.
  
  Back in February, you might recall that Google took some heat from owners of their Nest home security platform, after they suddenly discovered that the Nest Secure home security base station contained a hidden microphone the company had never publicly...
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2019 00:07:31 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
● NEWS ● ¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?: Four Years Setting The Bar for #Privacy Protections in Latin America and #Spain https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/quien-defiende-tus-datos-four-years-setting-bar-privacy-protections-latin-america
In conversation Friday, 18-Oct-2019 00:07:31 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
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1. ¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?: Four Years Setting The Bar for Privacy Protections in Latin America and Spain
  
  from Electronic Frontier Foundation
  
  Four years have passed since our partners first published Who Defends Your Data (¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?), a report that holds ISPs accountable for their privacy policies and processes in eight Latin America countries and Spain. Since then, we’ve seen major technology companies providing more...
Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2019 14:02:38 EDT Brian Ó

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8OE8kg7DoQ

#djshadow #rockwellknuckles #tefpoe #daemon #rap #music #surveillance #privacy
In conversation Thursday, 17-Oct-2019 14:02:38 EDT from social.gibberfish.org permalink
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1. DJ Shadow - Urgent, Important, Please Read (feat. Rockwell Knuckles, Tef Poe, Daemon) [HQ Audio]
  
  By Mass Appeal Records from YouTube
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 23:36:43 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
I treat the "there's no money in #privacy " crowd the same way I do the "there's no money in #linux " crowd
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In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 23:36:43 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 23:32:19 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
#PrivacyOneGroup is the very opposite of #privacy

It's is mass #surveillance

PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS #STARTPAGE OR #ixquick

They are COMPROMISED!!

In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 23:32:19 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
Soh Kam Yung (sohkamyung@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2019 20:58:04 EDT Soh Kam Yung

Cryptographer Matthew Green on a change Apple made in iOS13: "Apple is sharing some portion of your web browsing history with the Chinese conglomerate Tencent. This is being done as part of Apple’s “Fraudulent Website Warning”, which uses the Google-developed Safe Browsing technology as the back end."
#Privacy #Security #Encryption #Google #Apple #Tencent #Malware #WebBrowsers
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/10/13/dear-apple-safe-browsing-might-not-be-that-safe/
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1. How safe is Apple’s Safe Browsing?
  
  By Matthew Green from A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
  This morning brings new and exciting news from the land of Apple. It appears that, at least on iOS 13, Apple is sharing some portion of your web browsing history with the Chinese conglomerate Tencent. This is being done as part of Apple’s “Fraudulent Website Warning”, which uses the Google-developed Safe Browsing technology as the back end. This feature appears to be “on” by default in iOS Safari, meaning that millions of users could potentially be affected.
  
  (image source)
  
  As is the standard for this sort of news, Apple hasn’t provided much — well, any — detail on whose browsing history this will affect, or what sort of privacy mechanisms are in place to protect its users. The changes probably affect only Chinese-localized users (see Github commits, courtesy Eric Romang), although it’s difficult to know for certain. However, it’s notable that Apple’s warning appears on U.S.-registered iPhones.
  
  Regardless of which users are affected, Apple hasn’t said much about the privacy implications of shifting Safe Browsing to use Tencent’s servers. Since we lack concrete information, the best we can do is talk a bit about the technology and its implications. That’s what I’m going to do below.
  
  What is “Safe Browsing”, and is it actually safe?
  
  Several years ago Google noticed that web users tended to blunder into malicious sites as they browsed the web. This included phishing pages, as well as sites that attempted to push malware at users. Google also realized that, due to its unique vantage point, it had the most comprehensive list of those sites. Surely this could be deployed to protect users.
  
  The result was Google’s “safe browsing”. In the earliest version, this was simply an API at Google that would allow your browser to ask Google about the safety of any URL you visited. Since Google’s servers received the full URL, as well as your IP address (and possibly a tracking cookie to prevent denial of service), this first API was kind of a privacy nightmare. (This API still exists, and is supported today as the “Lookup API“.)
  
  To address these concerns, Google quickly came up with a safer approach to, um, “safe browsing”. The new approach was called the “Update API”, and it works like this:
  
  Google first computes the SHA256 hash of each unsafe URL in its database, and truncates each hash down to a 32-bit prefix to save space.
  
  Google sends the database of truncated hashes down to your browser.
  
  Each time you visit a URL, your browser hashes it and checks if its 32-bit prefix is contained in your local database.
  
  If the prefix is found in the browser’s local copy, your browser now sends the prefix to Google’s servers, which ship back a list of all full 256-bit hashes of the matching URLs, so your browser can check for an exact match.
  
  At each of these requests, Google’s servers see your IP address, as well as other identifying information such as database state. It’s also possible that Google may drop a cookie into your browser during some of these requests. The Safe Browsing API doesn’t say much about this today, but Ashkan Soltani noted this was happening back in 2012.
  
  It goes without saying that Lookup API is a privacy disaster. The “Update API” is much more private: in principle, Google should only learn the 32-bit hashes of some browsing requests. Moreover, those truncated 32-bit hashes won’t precisely reveal the identity of the URL you’re accessing, since there are likely to be many collisions in such a short identifier. This provides a form of k-anonymity.
  
  The weakness in this approach is that it only provides some privacy. The typical user won’t just visit a single URL, they’ll browse thousands of URLs over time. This means a malicious provider will have many “bites at the apple” (no pun intended) in order to de-anonymize that user. A user who browses many related websites — say, these websites — will gradually leak details about their browsing history to the provider, assuming the provider is malicious and can link the requests. (Updated to add: There has been some academic research on such threats.)
  
  And this is why it’s so important to know who your provider actually is.
  
  What does this mean for Apple and Tencent?
  
  That’s ultimately the question we should all be asking.
  
  The problem is that Safe Browsing “update API” has never been exactly “safe”. Its purpose was never to provide total privacy to users, but rather to degrade the quality of browsing data that providers collect. Within the threat model of Google, we (as a privacy-focused community) largely concluded that protecting users from malicious sites was worth the risk. That’s because, while Google certainly has the brainpower to extract a signal from the noisy Safe Browsing results, it seemed unlikely that they would bother. (Or at least, we hoped that someone would blow the whistle if they tried.)
  
  But Tencent isn’t Google. While they may be just as trustworthy, we deserve to be informed about this kind of change and to make choices about it. At very least, users should learn about these changes before Apple pushes the feature into production, and thus asks millions of their customers to trust them.
  
  We shouldn’t have to read the fine print
  
  When Apple wants to advertise a major privacy feature, they’re damned good at it. As an example: this past summer the company announced the release of the privacy-preserving “Find My” feature at WWDC, to widespread acclaim. They’ve also been happy to claim credit for their work on encryption, including technology such as iCloud Keychain.
  
  But lately there’s been a troubling silence out of Cupertino, mostly related to the company’s interactions with China. Two years ago, the company moved much of iCloud server infrastructure into mainland China, for default use by Chinese users. It seems that Apple had no choice in this, since the move was mandated by Chinese law. But their silence was deafening. Did the move involve transferring key servers for end-to-end encryption? Would non-Chinese users be affected? Reporters had to drag the answers out of the company, and we still don’t know many of them.
  
  In the Safe Browsing change we have another example of Apple making significant modifications to its privacy infrastructure, largely without publicity or announcement. We have learn about this stuff from the fine print. This approach to privacy issues does users around the world a disservice.
  
  It increasingly feels like Apple is two different companies: one that puts the freedom of its users first, and another that treats its users very differently. Maybe Apple feels it can navigate this split personality disorder and still maintain its integrity.
  
  I very much doubt it will work.
Hypolite Petovan (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2019 20:24:29 EDT Hypolite Petovan

Urging anyone using #Apple #iOS to disable #Safari Fraudulent Website Warning as browsing history may be sent to Tencent Safe Browsing with little to no information about their #privacy policy, see thread: twitter.com/matthew_d_green/st… reclaimthenet.org/apple-safari…

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Esther Payne :kubuntu: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (onepict@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 13:39:59 EDT Esther Payne :kubuntu: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#RFC1984 utilising "morality" in order to justify an assault on our human rights by breaking encryption and gaslighting the masses into accepting this in the name of security. Don't let AG Barr break our Internet. #privacy
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RT @thehill@twitter.com
Attorney General Bill Barr: "This is not decay. This is organized destruction. Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainm…
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1182851865203105792

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The Human (blort@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2019 14:30:52 EDT The Human

WTF?! My non-rooted phone had #Google Maps pre-installed, but I only use #OSMand for navigation etc.
Yesterday, I walked to a local restaurant, without using my phone, and had lunch there before walking back.
I never opened #GoogleMaps.
Today, I find a notification from Maps:
How was {restaurant name}?
Rate places to get smarter recommendations.
So it tracked and calculated where I ate without even opening my phone or the app.
Definitely time for #Pinephone / #LibreM
#privacy #Android

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anprim@todon.nl (anprim@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 14:27:55 EDT anprim@todon.nl

We need decentralized communication, now.
https://medium.com/@johnnyboyer/we-need-decentralized-communication-now-c2a462a2330a
#decentralized #freecomunication #privacy #fediverse #distribuir

In conversation Tuesday, 01-Oct-2019 14:27:55 EDT from todon.nl permalink
Karl Voit ✅ (publicvoit@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 13:19:24 EDT Karl Voit ✅

RT @maxschrems@twitter.com
We are #HIRING a #SoftwareDeveloper for our office in Vienna!😉
If you know anyone interested in #privacy, #security and #dataprotection with solid coding experience - [share] our offer - or apply yourself!
⏩Details: https://noyb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Onepager_job_tech_vFin.pdf
#code4privacy #gdpr #dsgvo

In conversation Thursday, 26-Sep-2019 13:19:24 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

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