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Notices tagged with surveillance, page 38

  1. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:28:29 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #bbc #surveillance #fb #espionage #wiretapping ☞ Facebook video calls soar 1,000% during Italy's lockdown https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52029737
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:28:29 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Facebook group calls soar 1,000% in Italy lockdown
      from BBC News
      The social media platform has seen usage rocket in countries hardest hit by coronavirus lockdowns.
  2. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:27:48 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #bloomberg #fb #surveillance #brainwash #facebook ☞ Facebook’s Ads Business Weakening Despite Surge in Usage https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/facebook-says-ads-business-weakening-despite-surge-in-usage
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:27:48 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
  3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:27:03 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #futurism #surveillance #policestate ☞ A Growing Number of Countries Tap Phone Data to Track #COVID19 https://futurism.com/countries-tap-phone-data-track-covid19
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:27:03 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      A growing number of countries tap phone data to track COVID-19
      from Futurism
      In some countries, the cops will automatically know if you break your quarantine. Here's how.
  4. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:26:28 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #jpmens #surveillance #spying #ProprietarySoftware ☞ To Zoom or not to Zoom https://jpmens.net/2020/03/23/to-zoom-or-not-to-zoom/
    In conversation Wednesday, 25-Mar-2020 04:26:28 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
  5. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 22:05:34 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    In the name of so-called 'health' the #Surveillance zealots who push #SurveillanceCapitalism everywhere say you need more #spying inside your home. This is lunacy. https://www.iottechtrends.com/smart-thermometers-track-coronavirus/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 22:05:34 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Smart Thermometers Being Used to Track Coronavirus in US
      By Laura Tucker from IoT Tech Trends
      Smart Thermometers Being Used to Track Coronavirus in US
  6. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 04:44:47 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #creativecommons takes #surveillance money ☞ Collaborate With Us as a #Google Summer of Code or #Outreachy Participant https://creativecommons.org/2020/03/23/collaborate-with-us-as-a-google-summer-of-code-or-outreachy-participant/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 04:44:47 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Collaborate With Us as a Google Summer of Code or Outreachy Participant
      By Kriti Godey from Creative Commons
      The deadline to apply for Google Summer of Code is March 31, and the deadline to apply for Outreachy is April 7.
  7. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 03:26:52 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #theverge #surveillance #covid19 #spying ☞ Governments around the world are increasingly using location data to manage the #coronavirus https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/23/21190700/eu-mobile-carriers-customer-data-coronavirus-south-korea-taiwan-privacy
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 03:26:52 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Governments are using cellphone location data to manage the coronavirus
      from The Verge
      Using location data provides a wealth of info to health officials, but it raises privacy concerns.
  8. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:17:18 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Be sceptical if not openly critical of tech companies that claim to battle/tackle #covid19

    From what I have seen -- and I saw dozens of example -- it's cheap, facts-free marketing ploy

    Many leverage pandemic for: 1) lock-in. 2) #surveillance .
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:17:18 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
  9. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:11:04 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Laura Tucker helps #gafam -- #apple in this case -- sell the same old lie that #listeningdevices #surveillance would "help health" https://www.iottechtrends.com/siri-help-diagnose-coronavirus-covid-19/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:11:04 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Siri Can Help You Diagnose Coronavirus COVID-19
      By Laura Tucker from IoT Tech Trends
      Siri Can Help You Diagnose Coronavirus COVID-19
  10. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:10:24 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Laura Tucker helps #gafam -- #apple in this case -- sell the same old lie that #listeningdevices #surveillance would "help health" https://www.iottechtrends.com/siri-help-diagnose-coronavirus-covid-19/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 02:10:24 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Siri Can Help You Diagnose Coronavirus COVID-19
      By Laura Tucker from IoT Tech Trends
      Siri Can Help You Diagnose Coronavirus COVID-19
  11. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 01:32:53 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    #suse working for #microsoft and helping its #proprietarysoftware #surveillance https://www.suse.com/c/cloud-foundry-in-azure-made-easier/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 01:32:53 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Cloud Foundry in Azure, made easier - SUSE Communities
      from SUSE Communities
      I’m proud to announce the release of our new SUSE Cloud Application Platform deployment tool, leveraging Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), terraform, and a sleek new web application to provide you the quickest on-ramp to Cloud Foundry! The tool is bundled as a virtual machine image in the Azure Marketplace, which allows you to get up …
  12. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 01:02:46 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    #singapore totally exploiting #covid19 for mass #surveillance https://harishpillay.wordpress.com/2020/03/23/buildtogether-data-code-people-for-the-world/
    In conversation Tuesday, 24-Mar-2020 01:02:46 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      BuildTogether – data, code, people for the world
      By harishpillay from life one degree north, one-o-three degrees east

      The Singapore Government Technology Agency released, at the end of last week (Friday 20 March 2020) a mobile phone app, called TraceTogether which uses the bluetooth of the mobile phone to establish tiny database with the app residing in the individual’s phone with data of users – all anonymised – running the same application when they are nearby.

      The objective is to help with contact tracing so that should an individual be diagnosed with COVID-19, if this app was running on their phones, then the Singapore Ministry of Health can, with the user’s permission, extract the database and initiate contact tracing.

      I was initially skeptical about the tool. I rarely turn on the bluetooth on my phone. And TraceTogether needs it to be on all the time. Also, since the code is not yet available under any license, let alone an open source license, I have far less confidence in the the design and architecture of the application. I do, however, I have implict trust that GovTech devs will do the right thing – maybe it is misplaced trust. The possibility for Big Brother surveillance is, nonetheless, real and looming.

      To GovTech’s credit, they published a myth busting page which addresses most of the issues and questions. That page is well worth the read, especially myth #7. I am comfortable with that.

      While the app was released, over the weekend there were many calls on the Telegram channel “DevSG” to open source the code so that anyone and everyone can take a look at the code and improve it as needed.

      GovTech did publish the BlueTrace Manifesto as well. It is sparse on details, but I think once the code is published, we will know more.

      Suffice to say, the request has been heard and the code will be open sourced and it should not be delayed any further. The world needed it urgently.

      There are three lessons here:

      1. First, all code built by GovTech and any other non-defence non-security services agencies, must default to open source code. I want to see a site like: https://code.gov.sg. The closest is https://github.com/GovTechSG.
      2. Second, since all of these software systems are built using tax payer dollars, it should be released under a strong copyleft license (GPLv3 for example) so that it will always be available to anyone forever. By placing the code on a strong copyleft license, we will be encouraging wider collaboration across both the local and global developer communities. One cannot predict where the next bright idea will come from and by being open, we can guarantee that it will come sooner or later.
      3. Third lesson is that in times of national and global emergencies like COVID-19, trust in technology is foundational. I will never recommend the installation of anything from government if I feel that there is something that I am not comfortable with. This is NOT the time for playing games but a time for building trust and working together.

      While the code itself is being waited upon to be released, there are some in the dev community reverse engineering the application. This is a wasteful effort both in time and effort, for if the code is available, let’s work on making it better, together.

      When Free and Open Source Software wins, the world wins. And as we say in Red Hat, “Open unlocks the world’s potential”.

      [added 11:36 pm 23 March] Addendum: Here’s a post with additional details about TraceTogether.

      [added 8:51 am 24 March] Zerotypic’s tweet thread on the reverse engineering done thus far.

      [added 12:41 am 25 March] https://medium.com/@meshead/tracetogether-a-technical-look-e48360d4a4a9 – more reverse engineering

      [added 5:37 pm 25 March] https://www.securityweek.com/sweyntooth-bluetooth-vulnerabilities-expose-many-devices-attacks an issue with BLE security.

      [added 9:19 am 4 April] https://splira.com/2020-03-28/ – an analysis by Kevin Chu.

  13. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2020 04:49:39 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    "The outbreak necessitates heavy government involvement in our lives but this does not mean an overreach is justified." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/22/coronavirus-conundrum-and-human-rights unprecedented mass #surveillance among those!
    In conversation Monday, 23-Mar-2020 04:49:39 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      The Coronavirus Conundrum and Human Rights
      from Common Dreams
      The outbreak necessitates heavy government involvement in our lives but this does not mean an overreach is justified... These are strange times. From left to right, no one quite knows what to do or who to believe. While the rapid spread of the coronavirus has rendered many of us bewildered and confused, the edict to physically distance ourselves from others has managed to highlight both just how vulnerable and interdependent we all are. These are also extremely dangerous times. This is true not only, or even primarily, due to the deaths COVID-19 will cause, but rather due to the policies our governments are introducing or refusing to introduce.
  14. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2020 04:49:01 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    "The network operator #Telefónica #Deutschland can include your data in statistical evaluations"

    #surveillance
    #surveillancecapitalism
    #socialcontrol

    https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=de&u=https://www.telefonica.de/dap/selbst-entscheiden.html
    In conversation Monday, 23-Mar-2020 04:49:01 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
  15. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2020 00:13:16 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    This is #Microsoft and #Facebook #openwash of mass #surveillance using proprietary programs https://fossbytes.com/what-is-the-open-compute-project/
    In conversation Monday, 23-Mar-2020 00:13:16 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      What Is The Open Compute Project?
      By Abhijeet Katte from Fossbytes
      What Is The Open Compute Project?
  16. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 23:32:18 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    #apple trying to turn people's heads into #surveillance devices or #cctv with legs and necks https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/03/19/apple-aiming-for-immaculate-images-in-ar-glasses-vr-headset #gafam includes Apple -- not #google in this case (PRISM)
    In conversation Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 23:32:18 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Apple aiming for immaculate images in AR glasses & VR headset
      from AppleInsider
      From optimizing images, and replicating physical controllers within Virtual or Augmented Reality, to ensuring perfect audio, it's all in Apple's latest published work encompassing its rumored head-mounted display or AR glasses.
  17. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 10:05:02 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Looks like PR shill #jonobacon leverages #covid19 to promote #proprietarysoftware and #surveillance traps https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonobacon/2020/03/20/amazon-launches-new-aws-initiative-as-part-of-a-broader-global-technology-response-to-covid-19/ see http://techrights.org/2019/04/08/jono-bacon-works-for-microsoft/
    In conversation Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 10:05:02 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Jono Bacon Works for Microsoft
      from Techrights
      Jono Bacon and the Linux Foundation's work for Microsoft are a subject scarcely discussed as it's shrouded in secrecy/mystery; but we continue to dig deeper and unearth the ugly business model at hand
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      Amazon Launches New AWS Initiative As Part Of A Broader Global Technology Response To COVID-19
      from Forbes
      Amazon have launched the AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative, as one part of a global technology community reacting to COVID-19 to support diagnosis, data, and response.
  18. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:51:51 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    Maybe we got a lethal and highly contagious virus from #china

    But the worse and more contagious thing that we've gotten here from China is an oppressive system with de facto 'home arrests' and increased #surveillance they cannot justify (curfews)
    In conversation Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:51:51 EDT from pleroma.site permalink
  19. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:46:15 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    ● NEWS ● #eff #ExploitingPandemic ☞ Governments Haven’t Shown Location #Surveillance Would Help Contain #COVID19 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/governments-havent-shown-location-surveillance-would-help-contain-covid-19
    In conversation Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:46:15 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      Governments Haven’t Shown Location Surveillance Would Help Contain COVID-19
      from Electronic Frontier Foundation
      Governments around the world are demanding new dragnet location surveillance powers to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. But before the public allows their governments to implement such systems, governments must explain to the public how these systems would be effective in stopping the spread of COVID...
  20. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (schestowitz@pleroma.site)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:37:36 EDT Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    • Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)
    #surveillance companies quick to exploit #pandemic for lock-in, profit, and more data to be sold https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-coronavirus-who-information-app/
    In conversation Sunday, 22-Mar-2020 03:37:36 EDT from pleroma.site permalink

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      WhatsApp Is at the Center of Coronavirus Response
      from Wired
      The World Health Organization is partnering with the messaging app to help ensure trustworthy information gets out.
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