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It was a Windows exploit that ran. An adBlocker (funnily enough) would've been an excellent defense against this, given that the exploit ran in JavaScript served in targeted ads.

Though, there is a browser patch for this, don't advertise so much identifiable information that an advertiser can identify a user or their employer. That's the defense, but it'll never happen.

Where else do you sit with your elbows on your knees for about 10 minutes, once or twice a day? This device test offers a look into how applications can use sensor data built into your phone to build a map of your home.

Works better on a phone!

I've been tracking some of the movement on SAM.gov and it's interesting to see how quickly the government is moving to AI-ify so much of our data.

It feels like this has been the end goal for forever. Like the petabytes of data that's been being collected for the last two decades are finally going to be able to be acted upon. It's concerning.

Companies like Flock that started out with just ALPRs are expanding to collect SIGINT data harvested by Bluetooth sensors at traffic lights.

This technology allows ALPRs to collect information the devices inside your car (what phone, fitness tracker, headphones, etc.). So now, the enforcement agencies using this tech will be able to tell exactly who is in the car based on unique device combinations.

While there are already cases of this data being abused by ex-partners and stalkers, we are overlook the abuse that can be done by this growing surveillance apparatus. What about the harm that can be done to journalists, activists, immigrants, or protestors when their movements are logged and reported to enforcement agencies?

Companies like Palantir already provide governments with information on our online activities, search history, sites visited, stuff like that, so the expansion of this monitoring just makes me feel uneasy.

Not only are they ignoring these opt-out signals, they're certifying CMPs that have useless opt-out banners and continue to set cookies after the banner is clicked.

Students often ask me why privacy matters if they have nothing to hide. The short answer is that surveillance changes behavior before the question of guilt ever comes up.

The Stoycheff research on NSA surveillance and search self-censorship and even the prison experiment are concrete examples of this.

(I meant to put a comment on my last post with this link. If you're moderating, please delete the other one)