The story is that the US doesn’t want backdoors on iPhones because everyone in the government is using iPhones, and if they put backdoors in them, the Russians and the Chinese – and anyone else who wants them – will have access. The NSA has…
Tag: internet privacy
Apple Agrees to Pay $95 Million to Settle Lawsuit Accusing iPhones of Using Siri to Spy on People
I don’t know what kind of people thought Siri wasn’t spying on them. It’s not clear how Siri would even function without spying on people. Isn’t Alexa doing the same thing? AP : Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing…
Legal Documents Reveal Israeli Company Operates Pegasus Spyware, Not Clients
Whoa: NSO Group allegedly rolled a @WhatsApp exploit to implant #Pegasus spyware even after WhatsApp sued them. This previously-unrevealed “Erised” vector was later disabled by #WhatsApp . These un-redacted filings are quite the read. Even some footnotes have scoops. 1/ pic.twitter.com/1vkdu7P0EX — John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton)…
Social Media Companies Collecting User Information On and Off Their Websites, Selling to Third Parties
How much personal data are social media and streaming platforms collecting and selling about you? @tomcostellonbc digs into an eye-opening FTC report. pic.twitter.com/WHLaamXq0U — NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 19, 2024 Wow, I didn’t know this. The Guardian : Social media and…
Spanish Judge Wants to End Social Media Anonymity in Suspected “Hate Crime” Cases
Previously: Spanish Police Monitoring Social Media After Stabbing of 11-Year-Old Boy Sparks “Hate” If people just assume that a stabbing was done by an immigrant, then there is some kind of problem in society. But even if you don’t think that, you can’t tell people…
New Zealand Orders Extradition of Kim Dotcom to American Pigs
Fun fact: Israel, Ukraine and the CIA operate the 3 largest bot nets on X. They have been spamming the replies to my posts to celebrate the extradition decision. It makes me happy. It means that my content has irritated them enormously. Thanks for letting…
“Advocacy Group” Whines About Twitter “Training AI” “Without User Consent”
WATCH: Austrian advocacy group NOYB filed a complaint against social media platform X, accusing the Elon Musk-owned company of training its artificial intelligence with users’ personal data without their consent in violation of EU privacy law https://t.co/UJhK0JaFXR pic.twitter.com/1zQuA4qUUP — Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) August 12, 2024…
UK: Pro-Stabbing Cops Monitoring Anti-Stabbing Protesters on TikTok, Looking for Incriminating Footage
Has Keir Starmer condemned these gangs of armed Islamists yet? We won’t hold our breath. #TwoTierKeir pic.twitter.com/MRodr5YA9C — Britain First (@BFirstParty) August 7, 2024 Will Keir Starmer implement “facial recognition software” for these guys? Will the police be sent to smash down their front doors?…
Justice Department Sues TikTok with Goofy “Save the Children” Bullshit
Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws 🔗: https://t.co/lneVbaoBkZ pic.twitter.com/OUZyKtHZzg — DOJ Civil Division (@DOJCivil) August 2, 2024 The Justice Department is accusing TikTok of violating privacy laws by allowing children under 13 to create accounts and…
Colorado Teen Going to Jail After Cops Ask Google for IP Addresses Near Crime Scene
Kevin Bui I mean, they stole his iPhone. He probably didn’t have a back-up and he lost all his notes and all the numbers for his hoes. Isn’t this called “justice”? I get that it was the wrong family, but if blacks don’t want that…
Senate Authorizes Insane Warrantless Surveillance Program
America lost something important today, and hardly anyone heard. The headlines of state-aligned media screech and crow about the nefarious designs of your fellow citizens and the necessity of foreign wars without end, but find few words for a crime against the Constitution. https://t.co/VvgVQcq2NE —…
Domestic Spying Bill to Vastly Expand Access to Citizens’ Private Data Without Warrant
. @SpeakerJohnson was incredibly wrong to vote w/ Dems against the 4th amend. when he killed the FISA warrant requirement and wrong to give in to the Dems spending demands. As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between him being…
Social Media and Image Hosting Companies Licensing User Content to Train AI
On April 6, 2022, Elvis Dunderhoff realized that AI can produce different styles of art. He must have watched a YouTube video. -Editor More stupid nonsense, coming at you at digital speeds. Reuters : At its peak in the early 2000s, Photobucket was the world’s…
Google Agrees to Destroy Billions of “Private” Browsing Records to Settle Lawsuit
🚨BREAKING: Historic privacy settlement in which Google agrees to delete browsing data collected in Incognito Mode and more. Quotes: ➡️”Google with this Settlement agrees to rewrite its disclosures to inform users that “Google” collects private browsing data, including by… pic.twitter.com/CXkA4Z40uZ — Luiza Jarovsky (@LuizaJarovsky) April…
Zuck to Use Twitter Rip-Off App to Do Even More Invasive Data Collection
Is it even possible for Facebook to do “even more” privacy violations? Well. Apparently so. The Guardian : In just a matter of days, Meta’s new Threads app has reached 100 million users, solidifying the Twitter competitor’s claim to the title of the most rapidly…
EU Orders Meta to Stop Sending Users’ Data to the United States, Issues Record $1.3B Fine
BREAKING NEWS: Mark Zuckerberg and META Fined A RECORD $1.3 Billion by the EU for Violating Privacy Laws. ELON MUSK WILL PUT FACEBOOK OUT OF BUSINESS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER! — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) May 22, 2023 I recently watched the entire Senate hearing with…
EU Plan to Hack Everyone’s Phones to Check for Teen Slut Pics Might be Ruled Illegal
Yeah, I mean, it definitely used to be illegal for the government to spy on you. There was also a presumption of innocence that a fishing expedition for teenage skanks posting tits violates. The Guardian : An EU plan under which all WhatsApp, iMessage and…
McCarthy Says Lawmakers Will Move Forward With Legislation to Ban TikTok
It’s very concerning that the CEO of TikTok can’t be honest and admit what we already know to be true—China has access to TikTok user data. The House will be moving forward with legislation to protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist…
Meta to Pay $725 Million Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Data
I don’t even understand what this means. Reuters : Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information . The proposed…
ADL Jews Begging for Twitter, 100% of Replies are Mocking Them
Antisemitism is on a terrifying rise these days. When you give to ADL, you help us fight back. 🧵 — ADL (@ADL) December 22, 2022 In 2022, our Center on Extremism sent intel on antisemitic and extremist threats 1354 times to law enforcement agencies nationwide.…







