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Personal Acc't. Speaking only for myself. Privacy, Misinformation, AdTech, Education, Open Source, Content, and Standards. Education is a social justice issue.

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The privacy gap between the online locations controlled by Zuckerberg, and the stolen land on Kauai being developed by Zuckerberg, is telling.

https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/

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There are so many things wrong with healthcare in the US, and this piece from @ProPublica adds multiple details to this list.

Doctors with documented histories of malpractice making decisions on health care for insurance companies.

https://www.propublica.org/article/malpractice-settlements-doctors-working-for-insurance-companies

PogoWasRight, to ukteachers

Why federal efforts to protect schools from cybersecurity threats fall short:

https://theconversation.com/why-federal-efforts-to-protect-schools-from-cybersecurity-threats-fall-short-216866

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett

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@PogoWasRight @douglevin @brett

Any piece about cybersecurity in schools that doesn't explicitly call out the attack surface created by outsourcing key infrastructure to 3rd parties just isn't credible.

I mean, the other issues in the piece are real, but it's so incomplete.

douglevin, to ukteachers

Manchester public school officials say town was defrauded of $180,000 after vendor's email breached https://www.ctinsider.com/journalinquirer/article/manchester-ct-public-schools-fraud-18541516.php @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

funnymonkey,
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@douglevin

I wonder how many other districts got stung by that same vendor.

@PogoWasRight @brett

douglevin, to ukteachers

Groveport Madison forced to teach with pen and paper after hack prompts internet outage https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/12/11/blacksuit-hacked-groveport-schools-no-internet-for-a-week/71882106007/ @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

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@douglevin @PogoWasRight @brett

And, the "security" cameras were part of the attack. Because of course.

funnymonkey, to random
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In case you want to know what like looks like under expanded Republican government, this is it: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/08/texas-abortion-lawsuit-ken-paxton/

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Today, the staffers at the Washington Post are staging a one day walkout to protest management's unwillingness to make progress in contract negotiations.

To support these professionals, do not visit WaPo today.

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Government spying via push notifications.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

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From 14,000 to 6.9 million people affected.

Dishonest claims are in the DNA of companies like 23andMe.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/23andme-confirms-hackers-stole-ancestry-data-on-6-9-million-users/

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The reality that Facebook money and conflicts of interest would be used to eliminate disinformation research -- and silence a leading disinformation researcher -- is not surprising in the slightest.

Joan Donovan is credible. Harvard admins are not.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/04/joan-donovan-harvard-dismissal-complaint/

PogoWasRight, to infosec

Richland One employees' personal information exposed in data conversion mishap. Vendor isn't named in this news report:

https://wach.com/news/local/richland-one-employee-personal-information-exposed-data-conversion-mishap-breach

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett

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@PogoWasRight @douglevin @brett I'd love to know what they mean by a "data conversion" on a "employee information portal".

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@douglevin That was my thinking as well. The new system was likely brought online before access controls were tested/deployed.

But the writing about it was blech. We meed to describe problems accurately in order to fix them! @PogoWasRight @brett

douglevin, to ukteachers

Mass. former school IT manager hacked his ex-employer, disabling phones https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/mass-former-school-it-manager-hacked-his-ex-employer-disabling-phones.html @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey

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@douglevin @PogoWasRight @brett Calling that a hack is a bit of a stretch. He made a crap decision to use the credentials that his employer should have disabled.

Logging in via creds that should not have worked? Is this a hack, or the logical conclusion of multiple bad decisions?

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@PogoWasRight Oh, yeah - it's definitely not legal or good. It's also a shining example of what happens when bad process meets bad decision making. My (increasingly pointless lol) quibble is that calling this a "hack" is not accurate. @douglevin @brett

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The universe rejoices.

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Question for folks here: what are examples of "good" security or privacy advice that are shared frequently, but are difficult for people to implement?

Example: don't click on links in emails/mouse over links to see where they point.

This is technically useful and accurate, but very difficult/impractical to do on a phone - and in some cases, the title for a link shown on mouseover can differ from the actual link!

Any other examples like this? Please share!

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@chris What's your suggestion for password hygiene for folks who are stumped by/resistant to pw managers?

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@tek This is such a great point. @chris

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Just arrived. Curious about the link and number.

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So - the link is to a survey from Hillsdale College - this link is defanged to make it unclickable, with the tracking id that appears to tie it to a unique individual replaced with something more appropriate:

hxxps://lp.hillsdale.edu/take-the-national-survey-on-socialism/?sc=fuckyouhillsdale&utm_source=prospecting&utm_medium=mms&utm_campaign=socialismsurvey&utm_content=v1-votertrove-p

funnymonkey,
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But those tracking codes are interesting:

utm_source=prospecting

and

utm_content=v1-votertrove-p

What exactly are they prospecting, and where did they source (or who provided) the "votertrove" ?

funnymonkey,
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And of course, the folks running Hillsdale have ties to all the obvious people.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/01/15/what-hillsdale-college-florida-gov-desantis-wants-replicate/11048401002/

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And, obviously, the same people worried about socialism also appear to be failing to protect women from assault on their campus: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-students-accuse-hillsdale-college-retaliating-reporting-sexual-ass-rcna123864

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Elf on the Shelf is cop shit.

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Apparently the future of tech is a clownshow.

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