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Why is TikTok CEO Shou Chew claiming they have never provided data to the Chinese government when just a couple of months ago Linus screamed- -when they talked about that ByteDance has handed over data to the CCP? Or rather: why are Ted Cruz asking him this when it already public knowledge that they do? I'm not following this super closely so sorry if I've missed something and am being stupid here.
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Bitwarden has opened their annual privacy survey: https://forms.bitwarden.com/privacy Results from previous years: 2023 2022 2021 Here's some of my predictions: ProtonMail increases their previous 73% share on the email list Aegis overtakes Authy for #1 authenticator app Joplin overtakes OneNote on the notes app list DuckDuckGo gets within 15 points of Brave on the browser list Opera falls off the browser list Kagi makes the search engine list
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Hey everyone! I wanted to set up some security cameras outside my house, But I had some security and privacy concerns… - What should I need to consider when choosing a security camera firm? - Which type of camera should I buy? (wifi or wired) - Should I connect those cameras to a switch and set up a vlan, and isolate them from the rest of the network? Any tips or recommendations would be appreciated! (^_^)
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I currently have a Samsung Galaxy A20, and I absolutely despise it, but due to circumstances beyond my control ive been forced to have a smartphone the last few years. But next year ill finally have the freedom to chose for myself so I have been looking for phones that actually suit the minimal amount of features I want. I have been looking at ones like the Nokia 110, but the 4G version, which is the only one that really has a hope of working in North America beyond a year, still for some reason has a Camera, Internet, GPS, and plenty of other things which I absolutely do not want. I had thought of just opening it up and ripping the hardware required for those functions out, but lack the requite tools and skill. Is there anything ive perhaps missed? and why aren't there truly basic phones available outside of Europe? Only if i had the money to buy a bunch of SDR's to setup my own 2G cell network, then i could just use one from 20 years ago.
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Summary Meta is no facing another privacy hit for EU by the crack down no Behavioral Advertising Quotes My thoughts Think this a good thing that Meta/Google and others in the same category, finaly get controlled by rules/laws. Sources https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-31/meta-faces-european-privacy-crackdown-on-behavioral-advertising#xj4y7vzkg https://nrkbeta-no.translate.goog/2023/10/31/forbud-mot-meta-om-bruk-av-persondata-utvides-til-hele-eos/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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Summary The USA's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have started a probe on OpenAI in terms of data use, data security, and liability of ChatGPT's outputs. Questions like copyright of the data input, and how potentially harmful the outputs are to the users, are some of the topics that the probe is investigating [0, 1, 2]. OpenAI have said they will work with the FTC on this, and that GPT-4 was built using "years of safety research" [1]. Quotes My thoughts Slowly but surely, the legislative machinery is beginning to approach LLMs. This could be highly impactful for both OpenAI but also other LLM companies, as it will likely set a precedent on these things. In terms of harm, we've seen numerous examples of everything from defamation [3] and making up court cases [4], to death [5]. Although OpenAI seemingly tries their best to keep ChatGPT "safe" (for a suitable definition of that word), communities have sprung up to "jailbreak" it and get around these restrictions [6-8]. It's an arms race, but one which also requires a lot of philosophical thought in terms of what is safe and in what context. (And the question of "truth" can depend on what language you are currently chatting to it in, see e.g. [12]). Another interesting thought is whether this is even a valid question to ask in terms of LLMs like ChatGPT. Another user on the forum, Sauron, pointed out [13] that the systems weren't necessarily designed with safety/alignment in mind: they were made to believably predict and generate the next word given the existing text, and at that they are excellent! [14]. But this design-goal doesn't specify anything about safety. Obviously LLM companies have started caring about this, there was a whole section (Section 6) in the GPT-4 technical report dedicated to how they filtered harmful prompts [11], but it slightly seems to be something which has now been added to the spec, rather than intended from the get-go (at least to the extent we're now seeing). LLMs and copyright is also an interesting question. Copyright and the internet/digital age has always been awkward, and now that companies are building (highly profitable) systems using potentially copyrighted data, the situation is unlikely to get better; there is a lot of money at stake. (A completely naive question, but could ChatGPT output (and maybe even input) be considered "fair use", given that it is extremely transformative?) Finally there's the question of data privacy. ChatGPT ran afoul of Italy some months ago, due to GDPR concerns [9], and various companies have tried their best to keep employees from leaking company secrets by using ChatGPT [10]. However, LLMs need this extra interactive data; it is what improves them and makes them more "natural" to interact with. I don't think what OpenAI (and other LLM developers) are doing is any worse than social media and targeted ads, people post secret information on Discord these days [15], not to mention the myriad of War Thunder leaks, and all of this data is being used to train/improve some sort of algorithm. If more privacy regulations come of this however, I will be very glad to see that. Sources [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/ftc-openai-chatgpt-sam-altman-lina-khan/ [1]: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-ftc-opens-investigation-into-openai-washington-post-2023-07-13/ [2]: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793911/ftc-openai-investigation-consumer-ai-false-information [3]: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/9/23755057/openai-chatgpt-false-information-defamation-lawsuit [4]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/23/two-us-lawyers-fined-submitting-fake-court-citations-chatgpt [5]: https://www.brusselstimes.com/430098/belgian-man-commits-suicide-following-exchanges-with-chatgpt [6]: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-jailbreak-chatgpt/ [7]: https://github.com/0xk1h0/ChatGPT_DAN [8]: https://www.jailbreakchat.com/ [9]: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/31/chatgpt-blocked-italy/ [10]: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/10/chatgpt-ai-cybersecurity-secrets [11]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08774 [12]: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/will-asian-diplomacy-stump-chatgpt/ [13]: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1517888-33-46-of-amazons-mechanical-turk-workers-estimated-to-use-llms-to-automate-their-work/?do=findComment&comment=16026532 [14]: https://fortune.com/longform/chatgpt-openai-sam-altman-microsoft/ [15]: https://www.polygon.com/23683683/discord-classified-documents-leak-thug-shaker-central-jack-teixeira
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I just noticed a serious privacy issue with Facebook. When just viewing someone profile on Android app it's automatically sent requests to them. At first I thought it was a human error then I couldn't locate the "friend request" or the message to cancel it. Other users on reddit have reported the issue. Now I have all these unsavoury friend suggestions. Check your Facebook hasn't been affected, hope this information helps. Android Authority: https://www.androidauthority.com/facebook-send-request-bug-3324254/ Reddit post:
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Summary In a recent blog post, Discord announced that they'll be moving away from the current system of numeric discriminators, i.e. your username followed by a # and 4 digits, to a system of unique usernames. The official argument is that it will make it easier to identify your friends, and that the old system with numbers was running into issues and so needed an update. However, a lot of users are unhappy since this introduces a sudden race to get unique usernames, similar to Twitter or Instagram, where there previously was none and your desired handle was always available, just with some numbers on the end. Nitro users will be getting priority access to migrating to the new system, making some call this a "pay to win" migration. Concern has also been raised about potential impersonation (by sniping famous handles), account selling, and phishing and harassment to get people with short or famous handles to hand them over. Quotes Thoughts I much preferred the numeric discriminators, since they avoided the whole issue of "Sorry, this username isn't available" common on so many social media. The numbers were never an issue, since you could easily copy it by clicking on your account in Discord, and then PM it to a friend on Steam or similar. It also meant that your display name always had a nice default value, with the option to customise it per server if need be. The new system still has display names, but now your default will have to be some mangled username, à la __l33t-sp34k__ , unless you're lucky and grab the first instance of your preferred handle. The change makes Discord's system similar to more mainstream social media like TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter, but I personally quite liked how Discord wasn't one of these. Of course Discord is still different, posts are not public facing, but given that these other platforms have had problems with phishing and harassment over rare and unique usernames, I absolutely believe that it'll happen on Discord as well. The argument that this is done due to system limitations also doesn't sit right with me. Surely, hashing usernames would solve the uniqueness problem on the server side, and something like Steam's friend codes could be used to connect with people. The discriminator could also be changed to the last parts of your account hash, similar to Git short hashes (for those unfamiliar, Git allows you to refer to a specific version by the final 7 characters of the hash value, instead of the full 40), which would keep the ability to distinguish accounts by clicking on them (I would even argue it would make it easier, since you would be more likely to have a differing letter (hashes are hexadecimal) vs just having differing digits). Unfortunately, both on Reddit and Twitter, there seems to be little discussion or acknowledgement of the concerns raised by the community, which is always promising. So I expect that they'll push through with the changes regardless... Sources Discord's blog: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/12620128861463-New-Usernames-Display-Names The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/6/23711332/discord-username-changes-community-backlash-handles PCMag: https://www.pcmag.com/news/discords-planned-username-change-is-causing-serious-annoyance Reddit discussion about privacy concerns: https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/13azn6c/discord_usernames_privacy_issues_a_warning_to/ Discord feedback forum: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/14337329256983--Do-NOT-add-The-new-discord-usernames-system Downvoted response from Discord on Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/136urpb/discord_is_removing_tags_and_replacing_them_with/jiqdwyq/?context=3 Darknet Diaries on harassment over unique handles: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/97/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/106/
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I've been using Pi-Hole for a while but do experience some issues with sites like bungie and other that are not bad. I put my network on Ad-Guard DNS and did a dynamic dns and noticed that it doesn't block like Pi-Hole did on good sites that it considered bad. I know how to whitelist on Pi-hole but not on every site i browse everyday that becomes a pain. I been on Ad-Guard for a while with no issues. so should i keep Pi-Hole or stay on Ad-Guard for privacy and safety reason on my home network. Anyone else done this?
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I was interested in Wave Inc.'s ClarityVx VST audio plugin for its excellent noise-cancellation ability. Waves gave people the ability the option to demo it by downloading their plugin manager and creating an account. However, when I saw their privacy policy (https://www.waves.com/legal/privacy-policy), I immediately got cold feet. They collect all kinds of data on you, and share/sell it liberally, including to Meta! When I saw that they have a "checkout as guest" option on their website, I actually felt a little hopeful- a direct exchange of money for software. Instead, I was directed to download the exact same #@$@#!$ installer as before, create an account, and sync the license on my machine. All for a 50KB VST plugin. But all was not lost. Being a resident of California, I have the CCPA at my disposal (California Consumer Privacy Act). The CCPA is great, because it grants me several rights over my personal data, including the right to have it deleted, the right to prevent its sale, and the right to not be discriminated for using these rights. I hoped I could use the CCPA to undo any damage the software had wrought. According to their privacy policy, they wanted me to send a form letter to privacy@waves.com to invoke my CCPA rights, so I let ChatGPT do the typing: After a few days, I received a response that I never expected- They want me to cancel the license I've already paid for. They did not satisfy *any* of the CCPA rights that I requested. My followup letter was brief, but to the point. This time, it was personally written. I honestly can't believe they would add CCPA rights to their privacy policy without actually fulfilling them if requested. TL;DR: I told them to delete my personal data; they told me to delete my account (along with the license that I paid for.)
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UPDATE: Thankfully I'm a pack rat and I found an old Huawei phone from three upgrades ago that had my authenticator app setup. I'm back in but still not impressed with the whole ordeal and technically this is still an issue for many others. I apologize for the bait-clicky title but I need eyes on this from any of you who can help or may have contacts at the right people at Meta/Facebook who can resolve this issue. TLDR: A factory reset on my phone caused me to lose access to my Google Authenticator 2FA. You can not recover your authenticator codes because they are not tied to your Google Account, they are tied to the device (which now no longer exists due to factory reset). While I was able to restore and set up new Authenticator codes for all other websites and apps, Facebook's recovery process is bugged and there is no way to recover my account. This has caused me to lose access to my 16-year personal FB account as well as Facebook Ads management on the several businesses I oversee and manage. FB self-help articles, troubleshooting, and even FB Business Meta Pro team have been unable to resolve my issue. The ASK: I need to contact a real person from Facebook login team who can Identify my identity and remove my 2FA authentication from my account so that I can restore it. Hopefully, this can also serve as a PSA to anyone out there who either loses their phone or doesn't transfer their Google Authenticator data to a new device At this point I'm reaching out to the community in the odd chance that some of you know someone at Facebook in the Login/security team who can help. Or maybe the team @LinusTech can shed some light on this glaring issue. I can't be the only person who's ever lost access to their Google 2FA EDIT: SO F**** Ironic, YESTERDAY April 24th Google annoucned that Google Authenticator is finally adding account syncing for 2FA Codes. This still sadly doesn't help me resolve my issue today. Details Personal account of 16 years: https://www.facebook.com/xXHappyJonXx/ This account has Facebook 2FA as well as SMS and email verification setup. This account also manages the following business accounts and pages: https://www.facebook.com/HPAMotorsports - Currently has Ads running, Our company's Customer service ticketing program is also tied to the FB Messenger chat which needs to be reauthorized. https://www.facebook.com/cotybuilt https://www.facebook.com/GoVADpro https://www.facebook.com/www.moosh.media - My personal Freelance business https://www.facebook.com/LUSAsoccer - The local non-profit community club As you can see, there's a lot of history, data, time, and money tied up to this personal account and I have essentially been locked out of my personal data. The Cause Of The Issue I brought my phone to a Samsung service centre to get my screen fixed. I anticipated needing to factory reset my phone so I did a cloud backup at the time to save my data. What I failed to do was transfer my Google Authenticator app to another device. While I was able to restore my other Google Authenticator accounts using other methods of identificationSMS/email etc. Facebook's account recovery codes via SMS and email only allow you to reset your password. If you have 2FA enabled, it still asks for the 2FA code, even if you have access to your email and phone number. See below. View Full Size Image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q3-UmtYXXsXscjDfz80hJFhD4orMr4Zg/view?usp=share_link On PC Full size image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0k7qww-mFqtgibCztkl2qVjJS8Tiltc/view?usp=share_link I have tried every article to recover my account but all of those lead to setting up a new password. It does not remove your 2FA access so logging in with a new password just presents you with the request for a code as you see above. In my efforts to troubleshoot I have also tried "My Account is Hacked" to see if I can re-secure my account. The closest I got was to This page here where you are asked to provide a different email than the one tied to your facebook account to secure it. I provided the email, got a security code to input, and I was greeting with this fantasitc /s page: I've seen other's people online have options to upload an ID at this point to provide identity confirmation, however for me, i have NO OPTIONS to choose from. I have reached out to our Meta Pro Team that handles the advertising where I was actually able to speak to someone on the phone. They said they would "open a case" and get back to me in 48-72 hours. I never heard back. I've tried multiple times again via email explaining everything above and I keep getting the same responses. At this point I'm reaching out to the community in the odd chance that some of you know someone at Facebook in the Login/security team who can help. Or maybe the team @LinusTech can shed some light on this glaring issue. I can't be the only person who's ever lost access to their Google 2FA
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Summary A group of Tesla employees shared videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras on an internal messaging system between 2019 and 2022, according to interviews with nine former employees by Reuters. Some recordings featured Tesla customers in compromising or embarrassing situations, while others were of crashes, road rage incidents, dogs, and funny road signs. Several former employees said that the program they used at work could show the location of recordings, potentially revealing where a Tesla owner lived. Tesla did not respond to Reuters’ detailed questions. Quotes My thoughts Holy FUCK. Though I can't say I'm that shocked by this, it's expected they are collecting data/footage to train the AI model however some of the footage is from inside people's garages while the car is 'off'... I'm not sure how much training data could really be gathered from those situations... Also, Tesla claims the footage is 'anonymous' however it's pretty simple for someone to figure out who the footage belongs to if it has the location (assuming it's parked in their own home). This is just another reason I hate putting cameras on everything, especially something that's inside your home and always connected to the internet. Sources https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ https://petapixel.com/2023/04/06/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-captured-by-owners-cars-report/
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Since every week we see more bad things from big brands, may it be anti-repair things, privacy violation, replace components during production, etc. Why not make a website/database where people can list all the bad things a brand has done? (with a good source, ofc). Good things would also be listed. For me, when shopping things that are all basically the same, the brand becomes an important factor: "Do they actually care about customers?" "Are they using slave labour?" "Has a sister company done something bad?". A ranking/list would help a lot to choose. I don't know if I can get my idea through. It can be just a list, a wikipedia-like website or a website that looks like a shopping platform but when you filter by "Vacuum Cleaners", only the brands with their profile show up.
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Summary Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a system that can allow standard wireless access points to determine both the position and pose of nearby people. The system works by using the APs to create and sample EMI. The results are fed into a machine learning model which spits out a wireframe of any detected people. Quotes My thoughts Good god. Hope you remembered to change the default password. Supposedly this is meant to allow for monitoring assisted living in a more "privacy sensitive" way, but anyone can tell that's the last thing it'll be used for. Sources https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wi-fi-routers-used-to-detect-human-locations-poses-within-a-room
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Today I opend the Eufy Security app and found that they now clearly state which options have you data stored in the cloud! To my knowledge their marketing hasn't changed and this is still necessary. However, this is a good and transparent step in the right direction! I am sorry that it is in Dutch there was no way for me to change the app over to english. The options are in the screenshot are: "most efficient" where you only get a text notification. "full effect" first get a text notification and if available a second notification with a thumbnail. "with thumbnail" get a notification with text and thumbnail. With the last two options there is a small note: "This mode will temporarily save previews and previews in the cloud to improve the experience for event notifications" I am happy to see that some changes are being made. While they haven't fully admitted their flaws publicly it seems that behind the scenes thing are changing for the better.
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Would anyone happen to know whether the products affected by the Eufy privacy issue extends to Anker-branded products like their webcams? My Google-fu is weak and all I can find is mention of Eufy's devices but no explicit confirmation if it also affects things like Anker's named line of products. I had set up a few family and friends with Anker's PowerConf C300 webcam in the past year and it is going to be a PITA to have to replace them all. I suppose I should replace them regardless even if there hasn't been an explicit confirmation that it extends to Anker-branded stuff, but it'd be nice to know so I can figure out how urgent I should be getting on this matter.
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Summary Apple just released a newsroom article to announce three new security features meant to protect user privacy in the cloud. Apple announced: Quotes iMessage Contact Key Verification: Security Keys: Advanced Data Protection for iCloud: My thoughts I have always believed that Apple is a leader in consumer data protections. With these new features, even more people will be able to feel safe with their data on Apples Servers. I encourage everyone to opt-in to these features, especially encrypting your photos and backups. I hope Apple continues to push forward with consumer data protection enchantments to further distinguish itself from the "You are the product" buisness models of companies like Google and Microsoft. To further demonstrate how serious this is, the FBI is worried that Apple is implementing these features. The FBI provided multiple statements on the subject: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/08/fbi-privacy-groups-icloud-encryption/ Sources https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/12/apple-advances-user-security-with-powerful-new-data-protections/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/08/fbi-privacy-groups-icloud-encryption/
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Yesterday I sent an email to Eufy support expressing how unhappy I was with this privacy issue. I think the response is mid and the security team should be a third party. The response is an obvious copy and paste PR template: Link to the sites post: https://community.security.eufy.com/t/eufy-security-statement-to-our-community/3541186
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I have a **Ticwatch 3 Pro Ultra**, and even though the hardware is nice, the software is rather mediocre and has received 0 updates since 5th of October 2021. The same goes for OS updates, including security fixes etc even though Mobvoi promised the update since the watches release since it's launch. That being said, today I was checking some of my google accounts settings, when i stumbled upon a warning from google on the **security checkup page**, that warned me about Mobvoi Fit app and the data it is using. > ## Remove risky access to your data > This app or service has extensive access to your personal information and its developer's information hasn't been verified by Google. You should remove its access unless you're sure you trust it. Even though the issue is clearly that they have not been verified by Google (which is suspicious on it's own), do you think that Mobvoi could indeed be a company that missuses it's user data?
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I just received a delivery of the Soundcore VR p10 after watching Riley's unboxing video. Upon installing the app, I saw that it requires a constant access "to find, connect to, and determine the relative position of nearby devices" This makes sense for the ability to switch between dongle(s) and other BTDs. However, I wondered if it the app also sends this data to Anker servers. That would NOT be reasonable for the local functionality. If it does/did then it is theoretically possible for it to use that collected data to built up associations between it's users through overlapping matching devices and their proximity. Privacy Policy verbiage makes it sound plausible, but even if it is not, its not as if that would stop them. It's noteworthy that the app was updated on 24NOV, which was shortly after the Eufy story broke out. The description of the update is: - Bug fixes and user experience optimization. I wonder if the previous version can be acquired from somewhere and tested for what it does. Any thoughts on any of this?
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Despite having a disable sharing analytics Apple has been still sending back information regarding search history, stock information, etc from their own apps and ignoring the privacy settings. A lawsuit has been launched in regards to this, alleging that Apple is in violation of California privacy laws. Apple won't be able to hide behind their wall of secrecy too much longer or try claiming it isn't analytics as one of the sites it sends data to literally has analytics in the name. It was also mentioned that based on Apple's website, they consider what they do for ads not tracking as they collect information on you and don't share it with 3rd parties or use 3rd party data (instead they just serve targeted ads to you based on what they can tell about you...but that's not tracking according to Apple) https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558 Overall it's not really surprising. Apple has always been a champion of double speak, or blatantly lying knowing the average consumer won't know. If the lawsuit that has started against them can use discovery in a meaningful way, hopefully we will be able to figure out how much information Apple has really collected (and how much information they collected despite having it toggled off). I honestly wonder what will happen to Apple if it turns out to have sensitive information as well how much the lawsuit or even regulatory body will be able to take from Apple. This really is Apple though once again being hypocritical in their actions.
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Summary Morgan Stanley, one of the biggest investment banks in the world, has been fined $35 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to delete customer data from old computers they were selling as part of an upgrade. Fifteen million customers were affected, going back to 2015. Not only did they hire a moving company with no tech knowledge to decommission the computers and servers, they didn't supervise them at all. They also found that branch offices were using machines that could have encrypted customer data, but they hadn't turned on that feature. Quotes My thoughts Getting fined $2.33 per customer should teach this multibillion dollar business its lesson, right? Right? Maybe they should invest in IT. Sources https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-168
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Hi everybody! I am trying to figure out if Bitdefender's Web Protection/Filtering service logs all the websites you visit? And if so, do they encrypt it and for how long they keep that data? And finally, what is the alternative if you want to be on the safe side while having people on your network that click on any link they see? From Bitdefenders website/blog: "Bitdefender’s web protection technology makes sure you don’t land on a malicious website and risk having your personal and banking data stolen. When the Web Protection feature is active on your iPhone or iPad, Bitdefender checks every website you or the installed apps access for threats, blocking all known infected links and protecting you from cyber thieves." "Bitdefender”s web-filtering technology makes sure you don”t land on a malicious website and risk that infects your devices with malware. Web attack prevention checks every website you access for threats, blocking all known infected links and protecting your personal information from cyber thieves"
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Summary I've encountered a strange issue on my work laptop and home desktop. When loading any website a <style type="text/css"> gets added. This css is loaded with trackers, and advertisements to sketchy websites. It's been a long time since I've done webdev, but it looks like it attempts to hijack existing ad spots on websites and serve their own ads. I've confirmed this happens in Chrome and Opera. This does not happen in Edge. The most concerning thing to me is that this is happening on my work laptop, which my company monitors. Some of these URLs are for things that would certainly get me fired. I have never looked at anything like this on that computer, nor have I plugged in a USB, so I'm not sure how it got on my laptop. Steps taken to produce issue 1. Load a webpage in Opera or Chrome. I use this URL because it's easy to find the fake stylesheet (https://phet-dev.colorado.edu/html/build-an-atom/0.0.0-3/simple-text-only-test-page.html) 2. Right click, inspect element 3. Look for a <style type="text/css"> , this is generally under <head> 4. Expand and note that it's full of trackers and advertisements I've attached the results that I see as a .HTML file of the website, in this case the fake stylesheet is showing on line 12. Steps taken to resolve issue I've cleared my cache, cookies, all browsing data, rebooted, ran CCleaner, and MalwareBytes. The issue persists. I did test another laptop on my home network and I didn't find any signs of this, so that rules out router issues. I'm sure this is just some kind of tracker that is incredibly suborn. If you have any ideas on how to remove it please let me know. Thanks, Denholm Simple Text Only Test Page.html
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what would be the name of a device that see through wall and see screen device through wall cause i am being violated of my person privacy, i have no more human rights, they have also hearing device that hears through wall, hacking all device even iphone new ios 15.5. theyve got photos and videos taken from their illegal work, the compromise our phones and laptop they remote and taken naked picture and videos and put it to the social media public for shamming and cyberbullying, even android tv they compromise. they are philippines hackers but more than any country you ever witness in this kind of action, i tried reporting it to the authorities twice but they make excuses. this violation is in my nation, the philippines. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuDLlXkv443PUmI-Kc_jqFA ive been uploading all this tragic situation and very toxic behaviour in this corrupt nation. i would like to know what kind of device they use to see through wall. the cybershamming and cyberullying has given a toll of depression and insomnia, getting harder to sleep all of this.
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