uRi

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Today: Software developer (write (code); research (malware););
Before that: Lawyer (47 U.S. Code § 230, the Israeli version).
Here mostly to read and learn, maybe post some rants about privacy, data protection or information security issues.
#privacy #databreach #dataprotection
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codec, c++, c#, python
1st modelZX Spectrum
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uRiNov 21
Electronic Frontier FoundationNov 21
VICTORY! EFF’s clients just ended a dragnet government surveillance program that spied on Sacramento residents’ electricity data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/victory-court-end-dragnet-electricity-surveillance-program-sacramento
Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento

For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis growing.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
uRiNov 21
BrianKrebsNov 21

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@BleepingComputer/115588709520660643

BleepingComputer says Crowdstrike has confirmed that an "insider" was caught sharing screenshots taken on internal systems. Bleeping reports that those ended up in the hands of Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters.

I'm guessing someone at Crowdstrike was responding to the group's recent posts on Telegram, where they said they were buying insider access to large companies. Here's the text of one recent solicitation:

"DM us to sell your IA on % locking with all major lockers depending on target; must be ready to run AD commands or Okta commands, or show /etc/openldap/ldap.conf /var/log and ip -a addr && ssh -i /home/$$/.ssh/*pem $$@(ip addr ip's) or anything else you find relevant to showing us

Rules:
- no companies under 500M revenue
- no RF/PRC/DPRK/Belarus companies

IA rates:
25% for any AD joined system.
10% for Okta, Azure portal, AWS IAM root, etc

were also recruiting employees/insider at the following!!!!

- Any company providing Telecommunications (Claro, Telefoinica, ATT, and other similar)
- Large software/gaming corporations (Microsoft, Apple, EA, IBM, other similar)
- Callcenter/BPM (Atento, Teleperformance, and other similar)
- Server hosts (OVH, Lcaweb, and other similar)

If you are not sure if you are needed then send a DM and we will respond!!!!
If you are not a employee here but have access such as VPN or VDI then we are still interested!!

You will be paid if you would like. Contact us to discuss that"

uRiNov 7
evacideNov 6

EFF teamed up with AV Comparatives to see how well anti-virus apps detect stalkerware on Android phones.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/eff-teams-av-comparatives-test-android-stalkerware-detection-major-antivirus-apps

uRiNov 7
Sarah SavageNov 6

Friends, I’m in a bit of a tough spot.

My business is growing but not fast enough to pay the bills.

I need some kind of extra work to keep my family fed and my house over my head.

I’m an expert in #php, systems design, and WordPress. I do devops and development. My website is https://sarah-savage.com

Can you help me get #fedihired
? Please boost for reach.

Sarah Savage - A fusion of development and business

A fusion of development and business

Sarah Savage - A fusion of development and business
uRiOct 14
Electronic Frontier FoundationOct 14

EFF, Access Now, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Fight for the Future, and 7amleh recently wrote to Microsoft calling on the company to cease any further involvement in providing AI & cloud computing technologies for use in Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/eff-and-five-human-rights-organizations-urge-action-around-microsofts-role-israels

EFF and Five Human Rights Organizations Urge Action Around Microsoft’s Role in Israel’s War on Gaza

EFF, Access Now, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Fight for the Future, and 7amleh sent a letter to Microsoft last month calling on the company to cease any further involvement in providing AI and cloud computing technologies for use in Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
uRiFeb 7, 2025
David RobertsFeb 7, 2025
Remember when we found out that Russian intelligence services are funding several prominent right-wing media figures and then the story just blew away like a feather in the wind and no one ever talked about it again?
uRiFeb 7, 2025
Lukasz OlejnikFeb 7, 2025
AI/LLM models intended to help with programming refuse to work when they encounter a forbidden word (gender, sex, trans and so on). It's important to develop methods to circumvent such truncations. Is it really reasonable to call such methods as 'abuse'? https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/72603
Copilot stops working on `gender` related subjects · community · Discussion #72603

As some people already mentioned here or here, Copilot purposely stops working on code containing hardcoded banned words from Github such as gender or sex. I am labelling this as a bug because this...

GitHub
Show threaduRiDec 20, 2024
@exus1pl
I guess it also depends on the threat analysis. Living in Israel, I don't trust my ISP, which is being regulated by the Israeli govt.
I prefer to shift my risk to a VPN provider that is a bit more trustworthy.
Show threaduRiDec 20, 2024
@LukaszOlejnik
I don't understand the personal VPN part. Doesn't it depend on the specific VPN provider? Or are they suggesting that most VPN providers are vulnerable?
Show threaduRiDec 17, 2024
@ruxotves @ia42
ב Sengi זה מובנה, רק צריך ללחוץ על האייקון של החשבון ממנו אני רוצה להגיב או לרטווט. לחיצה אחת וכתבתי את ההודעה הזו מהחשבון "השני", באותו חלון שבו היא נפתחה לי, בטור הרגיל של החשבון "הראשי".
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