Using Radar to Read Body Language
March 8 2022Yet another method of surveillance:
Radar can detect you moving closer to a computer and entering its personal space. This might mean the computer can then choose to perform...
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Vulnerability in Stalkerware Apps
March 2 2022TechCrunch is reporting — but not describing in detail — a vulnerability in a series of stalkerware apps that exposes personal information of the victims. The vulnerability isn’t in...
Read morePrivacy Violating COVID Tests
February 25 2022A good lesson in reading the fine print: Cignpost Diagnostics, which trades as ExpressTest and offers £35 tests for holidaymakers, said it holds the right to analyse samples from seals...
Read moreApple AirTag anti-stalking protection bypassed by researchers
February 23 2022Problems with Apple's Tracker Detect system, which warns you of likely stalking attempts using hidden AirTags.
Read moreApple AirTag anti-stalking protection bypassed by researchers
February 23 2022Problems with Apple's Tracker Detect system, which warns you of likely stalking attempts using hidden AirTags.
Read moreBypassing Apple’s AirTag Security
February 23 2022A Berlin-based company has developed an AirTag clone that bypasses Apple’s anti-stalker security systems. Source code for these AirTag clones is available online.
So now we have several problems...
Read moreFrench speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links
February 21 2022You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?
Read morePossible Government Surveillance of the Otter.ai Transcription App
February 17 2022A reporter interviews a Uyghur human-rights advocate, and uses the Otter.ai transcription app. The next day, I received an odd note from Otter.ai, the automated transcription app that I had...
Read moreSecret CIA Data Collection Program
February 15 2022Two US senators claim that the CIA has been running an unregulated — and almost certainly illegal — mass surveillance program on Americans. The senator’s statement. Some declassified information from...
Read moreThe EARN IT Act Is Back
February 4 2022Senators have reintroduced the EARN IT Act, requiring social media companies (among others) to administer a massive surveillance operation on their users:
A group of lawmakers led by Sen....
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