It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that it is legal until it’s told otherwise. Some news articles.
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- Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen
- >20,000 Linksys routers leak historic record of every device ever connected
- Telegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers
- Zoom will provide end-to-end encryption to all users
- A bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever
- TikTok is being discouraged and the app may be banned
- How I built a fully offline smart home, and why you should too
- Expert discloses details of 3 Tor zero-day flaws … new ones to come
- Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage
- Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network
NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant
Published: 2024-01-30 12:12:30
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Author: Bruce Schneier
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How I built a fully offline smart home, and why you should too
Published: 2024-01-07 14:11:26
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Author: andrewfromx@users.lobste.rs (andrewfromx)
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...moreTor Browser & OONI Security Audit Findings
Published: 2023-10-27 16:01:41
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Author: freddyb@users.lobste.rs (freddyb)
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...moreNew Revelations from the Snowden Documents
Published: 2023-09-21 11:03:43
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Author: Bruce Schneier
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Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. And it’s unclear who has those archives anymore. According to Appelbaum, The Intercept destroyed their copy. I recently published an essay about my experiences ten years ago.
...moreCasper-fs is a Custom Hidden Linux Kernel Module generator
Published: 2023-01-05 16:08:52
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Author: junkblocker@users.lobste.rs (junkblocker)
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...moreApple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage
Published: 2021-08-10 11:37:30
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Author: Bruce Schneier
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LLM Says: ""Surveillance mode activated""
Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I have been following the details, and discussing it in several different email lists. I don’t have time right now to delve into the details, but wanted to post something. EFF writes: There are two main features that the company is planning to install in every Apple device. One is a scanning feature that will scan all photos as they get uploaded into iCloud Photos to see if they match a photo in the database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) maintained by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The other feature scans all iMessage images sent or received by child accounts — that is, accounts designated as owned by a minor — for sexually explicit material, and if the child is young enough, notifies the parent when these images are sent or received. This feature can be turned on or off by parents...
...morePrivacy bug in the Brave browser exposes Tor addresses to user’s DNS provider
Published: 2021-02-19 22:45:28
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Author: Pierluigi Paganini
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A privacy bug in the Brave Browser caused the leak of the Tor onion URL addresses visited in the Tor mode by the users. A bug in the Private Window with Tor implemented in the Brave web browser could reveal the onion sites visited by the users. The Tor mode implemented in the Brave web […] The post Privacy bug in the Brave browser exposes Tor addresses to user’s DNS provider appeared first on Security Affairs.
...morePaper review: Statistical and Combinatorial Analysis of the TOR Routing Protocol
Published: 2021-01-17 15:37:46
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Author: calvin@users.lobste.rs (calvin)
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LLM Says: "Router mess"
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...moreTelegram feature exposes your precise address to hackers
Published: 2021-01-05 21:40:31
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Author: Dan Goodin
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Messenger maker has expressed no plans to fix location disclosure flaw.
...moreA bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever
Published: 2020-09-18 11:48:26
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Author: Dan Goodin
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Behold: The useful and not-so-useful privacy features you've been waiting for.
...moreExpert discloses details of 3 Tor zero-day flaws … new ones to come
Published: 2020-07-30 21:53:32
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Author: Pierluigi Paganini
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A security researcher published the details about two Tor zero-day vulnerabilities and plans to release three more flaws. The security researcher Dr. Neal Krawetz has published technical details about two Tor zero-day vulnerabilities over the past week and promises to release three more. Oppressive regimes could exploit these Tor zero-day flaws to prevent users from […] The post Expert discloses details of 3 Tor zero-day flaws … new ones to come appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreTikTok is being discouraged and the app may be banned
Published: 2020-07-28 16:55:59
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Author: Pieter Arntz
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Companies and organizations are dicouraging their employees to use TikTok, especially on work related devices. Will TikTok face a ban? Categories: Privacy Tags: amazonAustraliabanbytedancechinaindiaprivacyredditsocial mediatiktokusa (Read more...) The post TikTok is being discouraged and the app may be banned appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
...moreZoom will provide end-to-end encryption to all users
Published: 2020-06-18 09:15:47
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Author: gerikson@users.lobste.rs (gerikson)
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...moreMicrosoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen
Published: 2020-05-07 19:38:02
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Author: Teckla@users.lobste.rs (Teckla)
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...moreTor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network
Published: 2019-10-10 11:14:28
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Author: Pierluigi Paganini
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LLM Says: "Tor dropouts"
Maintainers at the Tor Project have removed from its network more than 800 relay servers running outdated and EOL versions of the Tor software. Currently, the Tor network is composed of more than 6000 relays, some of them running outdated Tor software versions (in some cases back to the 0.2.4.x versions). Other relays are running […] The post Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network appeared first on Security Affairs.
...moreWhy big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS
Published: 2019-09-30 22:57:31
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Author: Timothy B. Lee
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DNS over HTTPS will make it harder for ISPs to monitor or modify DNS queries.
...moreStudy: Fortnite Game Becoming the Preferred Social Network for Kids
Published: 2019-06-08 14:12:58
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Author: Toni Birdsong
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According to a study recently released by National Research Group (NRG), the wildly popular video game Fortnite is growing beyond its intended gaming platform into a favored social network where kids go daily to chat, message, and connect. The study represents the most in-depth study on Fortnite to date and contains essential takeaways for parents trying […] The post Study: Fortnite Game Becoming the Preferred Social Network for Kids appeared first on McAfee Blogs.
...more>20,000 Linksys routers leak historic record of every device ever connected
Published: 2019-05-18 11:45:24
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Author: Dan Goodin
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Linksys said it fixed flaw in 2014. Researcher Troy Mursch disagrees.
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