Mastodawn

Dec 4, 2022

📡 RightToPrivacy & Tech Tips Dec 4, 2022

The attacks on Journalists occurred while they reported on misbehavior at the El Salvador embassy

Let's not beat around the bush: #spyware / #malware for hire tools (such as #Pegasus), best serve #totalitarian regimes.

Many say merely having access to this type of tool influences democratic gov's to become more totalitarian in nature...

Leveraged as tool of "diplomacy".

In many cases, used to prevent gov accountability.

#Journalism #FreePress #privacy #NSOgroup
https://sazele.com/the-anatomy-of-spyware-why-pegasus-affects-all-of-us/

The anatomy of spyware: Why Pegasus affects all of us - Sazele

Security agencies have had their eyes on NSO Group and its Pegasus spyware for some time now. However, in July 2021, it became clear that the Israeli company was enabling governments to spy on journalists, politicians, and human rights activists, among others. The software, which was supposed to be used to fight terrorism, has thus became […]

Sazele

J. Lindley

Dec 4, 2022

@neil

To think that Ubuntu used to be the poster-child for user friendlyness and not doing anything stupid/annoying.

Now look where we are, some 10 or so years later... 😮‍💨

Don't password managers make use of automatic cursor movement to fill in forms though?

Also, how to they manage to fill in the password field when it isn't present yet (e.g. Amazon, Scaleway login pages)

J. Lindley

Dec 2, 2022

@KiltedQueer

Thing is, you can't resist; the system is so expertly tuned against those that would disrupt the narrative Elon is pushing, thus making it impossible to "resist"

Case in point: guy who found vulnerability days before 5.4million users' data got leaked had his account banned for trying to report the issue 🤦🏻

Not saying that's what they did, but the point still stands. Bad #security practices, especially when it comes to #PII is a big no-no.

Because when you get hacked (when, not if), and it turns out that you weren't handling sensitive #userdata correctly, well that's on your head.

This people, is why we salt and hash and don't store everything in plain text.

Nor use a cryptographic algorithm capable of hash collision (e.g. SHA-1) and secure everything with the same hash 😬

J. Lindley

Dec 2, 2022

Avoid The Hack!Dec 2, 2022

Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn #hackers can access all #data:

- email addresses
- phone numbers
- DMs (included deleted)
- private posts and messages

Yikes?

#hive #hivesocial #infosec #cybersecurity

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/hive-social-turns-off-servers-after-researchers-warn-hackers-can-access-all-data/

Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data

Site officials say site will be down for a couple of days.

Ars Technica

As if I actually trust #Google to not just cheap out and use server-side "End-to-End" encryption like so many do.

Doubly so as they're an ad company (+ more).

Why trust them, when there's already several PROVEN E2EE Messaging Platforms available for use?

J. Lindley

Dec 2, 2022

@hyouka

This message ❤️

Why society insists on perpetuating an appearance-based narrative, I'll never understand.

Most people DON'T look like models and maybe UNABLE to look like models. The advent of #SocialMedia and #DatingApps that (sometimes) further perpetuates this appearance-based narrative don't help matters.

Everyone is perfect as they are (and yes, while there is always the #health aspect, that's neither here nor there).

Isn't a disclaimer required for this sort of thing? Like a "this is only a product placement, we don't/can't/won't actually sell this" kind of thing?

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