Emanuele @emanuele@m.divita.eu
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Computer engineer. Dreamer. Hero.
Joined May 2020
«Whoops, our bad, we may have 'accidentally' let #Google Home devices record your every word, sound – oops»
#ChallengeAccepted I am going to leave #Twitter when the number of followers on Mastodon will be bigger than the one on Twitter.
Are you with me?
#Firefox 79 includes protections against redirect tracking.
When you see an IP-camera pointing outdoor you usually think only the owner of the cam can access the records.
That's not always true.
A lot of IP-cam are exposed on the web leaking data.
User #surveillance in that areas can be done silently relying on these mis-configured devices.
Some #Google dorks examples:
intitle:"active webcam page"
inurl:”MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion”
intitle:”snc-rz30 home”
allintitle: “Network Camera NetworkCamera”
Remember when a Google #search used to lead you somewhere?
Now it increasingly just keeps you on Google. In fact, Google results take up 62.6% of the first screen of search results in a sample of 15,000 searches.
#Google is building a walled garden that encompasses some of the most accessed information on the internet with no recourse for businesses who are suddenly finding themselves on the wrong side, cut off from their users.
We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says technosociologist Zeynep Tufecki. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like #Facebook, #Google and #Amazon use to get you to click on #ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information.
You don't normally think of data collection when it comes to #headphones, but it's happening.
https://www.soundguys.com/headphones-are-collecting-too-much-personal-data-21524/
Running your own #Mastodon server instance you can join a social network without ever revealing any usage information to anybody.
The beauty of #federated networks its all there.
During a 12-month experiment, a team of academics tried to publish bad #Alexa skills on the #Amazon Alexa store
Bad news:
-they tried 234 skills (Alexa apps)
-they published all 234 skills
-193 on the first try
Stop using this kind of devices for your #HomeAutomation. Out there you can find cheaper and opensource alternatives.
Smartwatch and wearables maker Garmin goes down after ransomware attack
Currently down: #Garmin store, Garmin Connect (user data syncing service), production line in Taiwan, call centers, email servers, online chat tool
https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-services-and-production-go-down-after-ransomware-attack/
Is it time for a decentralized #fitness tracking system? Is something like this already working out there?
#TikTok’s potential for mass collection of data from hundreds of millions of adults, teenagers, and children poses a grave risk to #privacy.
Forget Google, Time to End the #Payment Processing Duopoly
https://medium.com/swlh/the-unknown-duopoly-that-needs-breaking-up-more-than-google-f7b2c8876ea7
In total, there are now 109 countries today that are either using or have approved the use of facial recognition technology for #surveillance purposes.
Emanuele
boosted
Don't let proprietary digital voting disrupt democracy | #FSF Blog
http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/dont-let-proprietary-digital-voting-disrupt-democracy
Personal Data Leaks in #Apple #Bluetooth Low-Energy Continuity Protocols
https://team.inria.fr/privatics/apple-devices-are-leaking-sensitive-data-over-ble/
