Samsung has started showing Samsung Health users a controversial notice requiring them to consent to their data being used for AI training if they want to keep their data from being deleted.
I've seen the number of induction coils increase drastically over the years in The Netherlands. They are quite easily recognizable, as there's typically a solar panel on a pole, that appears to provide power to the system.
Considering there's a wide variety of vehicles on the road, surely each variant must have (slightly) different characteristics when passing over the coil; especially when in a specific place at a specific time.
And given that they are situated at highway exits (see picture) or after entrances, and road users unable to exit and enter elsewhere, it would be trivial to track the bulk of a vehicle's trip.
This in context of ALPRs (in different forms) being in place at strategical locations (large junctions or at bridges or tunnels, and parking), and the address of vehicle's owner; you'd be able to connect the dots, and end up with a pretty complete picture.
Mole is a free, open-source macOS maintenance tool that helps you clean caches, uninstall apps with leftovers, analyze disk usage, optimize your system, and monitor performance, all from the terminal.
If you like tools such as CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus, Mole combines many of their core features into a single CLI.
Smartphones, tablets, cloud storage, workspace with office suite & mobile device management (MDM) – intuitive, privacy-friendly, and sustainable. For individuals and businesses.
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Some cheery reading from Cambridge Analytics on the Brave browser, and on other “privacy-first” products and services:
“Brendan Eich’s 2015 promise was seductive in its simplicity: a browser that blocks trackers, ads, and the entire apparatus of surveillance capitalism. Seven years later, Brave has attracted 60 million monthly active users with that vision. What those users largely don’t understand is that Brave replaced Google’s tracking with its own.”
Unrelated to the ad tracking, some years ago Brave was collecting (Brave cryptocurrency) donations on behalf of others, without prior permission or even knowledge of those it claimed to be collecting the donations for:
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The Brave browser:
Some cheery reading from Cambridge Analytics on the Brave browser, and on other “privacy-first” products and services:
“Brendan Eich’s 2015 promise was seductive in its simplicity: a browser that blocks trackers, ads, and the entire apparatus of surveillance capitalism. Seven years later, Brave has attracted 60 million monthly active users with that vision. What those users largely don’t understand is that Brave replaced Google’s tracking with its own.”
Unrelated to the ad tracking, some years ago Brave was collecting (Brave cryptocurrency) donations on behalf of others, without prior permission or even knowledge of those it claimed to be collecting the donations for:
Flock CEO: "Unfortunately, there’s terrorist organizations like DeFlock whose primary motivation is chaos. They’re closer to Antifa than they are anything else." #privacy #JoinAntifa deflock.org/
EasyOptOuts and 404 Media discovered that Apple's Hide My Email, a popular iCloud feature that allows users to receive emails without revealing their personal email address, has a vulnerability which makes the real email address publicly discoverable. The vulnerability has been reported a year ago and is still present.💔
Vantor, the American Earth-observation company formerly known as Maxar, is now rebuilding chosen stretches of the planet as three-dimensional models and
but this can be easily overturned. #chatControl has been rejected on two previous occasions and MEPs have received death threats to accept it on the third vote. The pathetic #farLeft #feminist Roberta #Metsola will face prosecution.
I *really* like what they’re doing with regard to #OpenSource and #Privacy respecting software, so this is very much appreciated. And it’s always thrilling to actually win something!
TOKYO - Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a revised personal data protection law to enable companies to use sensitive information without consent as the country pushes for domestic artificial intelligence.
Information collected via social media and other platforms for purposes such as AI and statistical analysis can include race, personal beliefs, and medical and criminal histories but should not identify individuals.
According to Japanese news reports, this personal information can also be handled by sole proprietors and foreign companies "if certain conditions are met."
Furthermore, anonymization is not required, and it is possible to link the information, including medical history.
データを外部に提供する際、提供元がデータ内の氏名を匿名化することも求められていない
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TOKYO - Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a revised personal data protection law to enable companies to use sensitive information without consent as the country pushes for domestic artificial intelligence.
Information collected via social media and other platforms for purposes such as AI and statistical analysis can include race, personal beliefs, and medical and criminal histories but should not identify individuals.
According to Japanese news reports, this personal information can also be handled by sole proprietors and foreign companies "if certain conditions are met."
Furthermore, anonymization is not required, and it is possible to link the information, including medical history.
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Today, the European Parliament allowed the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications (“Chat Control 1.0”) to pass, a measure it had rejected twice in March. Although a majority of voting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) actually opposed the regulation (314 against, 276 in favor, 17 abstentions), the motion to reject it failed to secure the required absolute majority of 361 votes. As a result, mass scanning is now permitted again until 2028.
Today, the European Parliament allowed the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications ("Chat Control 1.0") to pass, a measure it had rejected twice in March.
Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sweeping internet bill that would pressure websites and apps to determine users’ ages before allowing them to read websites, send private messages, or participate in online communities.
Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at NetNut, a botnet claimed by Google and the Feds to be sitting inside the homes of users of cheap Android TV boxes running malware without their knowledge. This has been silently sitting in homes for two years and 7/2it got exposed and shut down by the cops.
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I just watched the EU parliament plenary and they just voted in favor of Chat Control. I can't understand what's going on in their head. The last speaker before the vote had very good points.
I think we should now verify who voted in favor and have all their communications be public from now on.
PPE - Aaltola, Abadía Jover, Adamowicz, Aftias, Agius, Arimont, Arłukowicz, Beke, Beleris, Bellamy, Benjumea Benjumea, Bentele, Berger, Bernhuber, Bogdan, Brejza, Brnjac, Buda Daniel, Budka, Bugalho, Buła, Carberry, Casa, del Castillo Vera, Černilec Tomašič, Crespo Díaz, Cunha, Dahl, Dávid, de la Hoz Quintano, De Meo, Doherty, Doleschal, do Nascimento Cabral, Dorfmann, Düpont, Ehler, Estaràs Ferragut, Ezcurra Almansa, Falcă, Falcone, Farský, Ferb
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I just watched the EU parliament plenary and they just voted in favor of Chat Control. I can't understand what's going on in their head. The last speaker before the vote had very good points.
I think we should now verify who voted in favor and have all their communications be public from now on.
On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote on a request for urgent procedure aimed at reviving the previously rejected, indiscriminate mass surveillance of private communications ("Chat Control 1.0").
The secret weapon of stylometry -- the statistical analysis of writing style -- is something called “function words.” Most people assume AI looks for unique topical vocabulary. It actually looks for words like the, and, of, and in. Authors use these filler words unconsciously. Because you do not think about them, they are incredibly difficult to fake or manipulate. You naturally drop them into sentences at a highly specific, mathematical rate, making your "word print" almost wholly unique.
Edit : Since this seems to be an AI summarization (the whole site seems to be, upon closer investigation), here's the original journal article from PLOS .
🔒 A 19-year-old cybercriminal was caught despite using a VPN across multiple countries - because Windows has a tracking number built into every install that a VPN can't hide.
Peter Stokes, arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US last week, is tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group behind the 2023 MGM and Caesars casino breaches. The group is linked to 100+ intrusions and over $100 million in extortion.
The FBI didn't crack his VPN. Microsoft handed over his Global Device ID (GDID), a unique identifier baked into every Windows installation at setup. It doesn't change when you update, switch networks, or use a VPN. The only way to reset it is a full OS reinstall.
Investigators matched Stokes's GDID across IP addresses in Estonia, New York, and Thailand, correlating with login times on his Snapchat, Apple, and Facebook accounts. The same device that breached a luxury jewelry retailer and demanded $8 million in ransom also logged into Snapchat and a video game from his real network.
So while VPNs mask your IP address, they were never
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🔒 A 19-year-old cybercriminal was caught despite using a VPN across multiple countries - because Windows has a tracking number built into every install that a VPN can't hide.
Peter Stokes, arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US last week, is tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group behind the 2023 MGM and Caesars casino breaches. The group is linked to 100+ intrusions and over $100 million in extortion.
The FBI didn't crack his VPN. Microsoft handed over his Global Device ID (GDID), a unique identifier baked into every Windows installation at setup. It doesn't change when you update, switch networks, or use a VPN. The only way to reset it is a full OS reinstall.
Investigators matched Stokes's GDID across IP addresses in Estonia, New York, and Thailand, correlating with login times on his Snapchat, Apple, and Facebook accounts. The same device that breached a luxury jewelry retailer and demanded $8 million in ransom also logged into Snapchat and a video game from his real network.
So while VPNs mask your IP address, they were never designed to hide device-level identifiers embedded in your operating system. The tracking can live one layer deeper than the one most people defend.
A suspected member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group has been extradited from Finland to stand trial in the United States. Peter Stokes, 19, a dual
Flight attendants are reportedly refusing to give their consent to hand over biometric data to the federal government in order to use a new TSA line-skipping system that is being progressively rolled out at airports across the United States.
