Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.
Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.
We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.
#Mobile#Cellphones#Surveillance#CyberSecurity#Spyware: "We’ve all been there before: You’re traveling abroad, and as your plane lands and is taxiing to the gate, you reach for your phone, wait for it to connect to the local network, and then you are greeted with a text message: “Welcome abroad, you’re now roaming!” Beyond the exorbitant fees, few of us are likely to give the matter much thought.
However, hidden within this seemingly routine transaction lies one of the most extensive, yet lesser-known surveillance risks of our age: the technical vulnerabilities at the heart of the world’s mobile communications networks. Accompanying the complex arrangement of global networks, international roaming service providers, and financial agreements are surveillance actors who access and covertly manipulate decades-old protocols to extract your sensitive personal information from the mobile network. Human rights and national security risks abound. A new report by the Citizen Lab (a research center with which we are affiliated) details how it all works."
#AmnestyInternational on Thursday demanded transparency from the Indian government regarding its contracts with surveillance companies, including the Israeli firm NSO Group, after the rights organization joined The Washington Post in publishing what it called "shocking new details" about the use of spyware to target journalists in India.
"Most Sophisticated" #SPYWARE attack campaign called 'Operation Triangulation' targeted Apple #iOS devices with never-before-seen exploits, including exploiting an unknown hardware feature.
Amnesty International reported today that it found invasive spyware on the iPhones of prominent journalists in India, supporting Apple’s late-October warning that journalists and political opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have been the targets of state-sponsored attacks. Tech Crunch reports: https://flip.it/hrWJZo #Tech#Spyware#Technology#Apple#AmnestyInternational#India
Predator is associated with the Intellexa Alliance consortium, comprising Cytrox (later acquired by WiSpear), Nexa Technologies, and Senpai Technologies.
I just noticed a funny change in the "cookie banner" you see on many websites. Suddenly they started to turn on by default a ton of 3rd parties with the annotation "legitimate interest". The last website I was on had like over 60 3rd parties with "legitimate interest".
🚨 🕵🏽 :apple_inc: :google: Once again proud of my US Senator, who is blowing the whistle on government #surveillance of people through mobile push notifications typically sent through #Apple or #Google servers.
Yet another reason to use @fdroidorg to avoid corporate #spyware. And to use something like @ntfy for your push notifications instead.
Freitag: Microsoft will Game Pass überall, Metas Threads bald auch in der EU
Xbox-Abo auf mehr Geräten + Threads vor EU-Start + Hacking-Team-Gründer in Haft + Malware-Analyse per KI + Ex-Landesdatenschützin im Podcast + Adventskalender
'The founder of the infamous and now-defunct spyware maker Hacking Team was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder a relative, according to multiple news reports. David Vincenzetti, who launched Hacking Team in 2003, was arrested when police showed up to his apartment after his cousin called the police, local media reported, because he couldn’t reach his wife on the phone.'
🚨 Access Now, SHARE Fondacija, CitizenLab and Amnesty International have uncovered that two members of civil society in Serbia were targeted with #spyware earlier this year.
The use of surveillance tech to silence & suppress civil society must stop!
Press release: "Free Android Spy Apps for Catching a Cheating Spouse"
"It's human nature to seek answers when trust is at stake," it says. The only downside for the top-ranked app — which records keystrokes, messages, email, location, and calls — is that you need physical access to your partner's phone. "This may pose challenges if your spouse is highly protective of their phone."
I can think of some other problems. But hey, when "trust is at stake," why not install some spyware?
Diese Software für Eltern zum Verfolgen ihrer Kinder ist oft dieselbe, die als #Stalkerware bezeichnet wird und für die Überwachung innerhalb von Partnerschaften vermarktet wird. Eine Art #Pegasus#Spyware für das Privatleben.
Ich diskutiere darüber allerdings häufiger mit Vätern als mit Müttern. 'Big Mother' trifft's nicht so richtig.
The Israeli government appears to be turning to controversial spyware maker NSO Group to help track those kidnapped and murdered by Hamas in the last month.