UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression @davidakaye has a new book out detailing the complexities of regulating speech online. This @KQEDforum interview is a must-listen if you want to understand the global impact of the problem. https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101871413/speech-police-navigates-social-media-regulation-free-speech-concerns
Regulations designed to curb "extremist" content on social media platforms can have a negative impact on free expression. Our new white paper authored with @witnessorg and @syrian_archive demonstrates how. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/impact-extremist-speech-regulations-human-rights-content
Third parties should never have access to backups of your encrypted messages, photos, and data by default. It’s time for Apple to #FixItAlready https://fixitalready.eff.org/apple
Sensor calibration settings can be used by apps/sites to fingerprint iOS and Android phones.
We added a "Lockdown Mode" for the Librem 5 which allows you to defend against this.
Librem 5 Lockdown Mode: https://puri.sm/posts/lockdown-mode-on-the-librem-5-beyond-hardware-kill-switches/
Sensor Calibration Attack: https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/
Factory sensor calibration settings can be used by apps/websites to fingerprint iOS and (some) Android devices. This reinforces why adding "Lockdown Mode" to the Librem 5 was a good idea. #privacy https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/
Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/28/its-middle-night-do-you-know-who-your-iphone-is-talking/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e6c0feb340e3 #privacy
Most "duress mode" safeguards are misguided movie threat fantasies, would put you at more risk in real life. Instead, cross borders w/o sensitive data, comply w/ searches w/o smuggling. You are a bad liar, customs agents are pro lie detectors. #infosec
A: Purdue infiltrated WHO
C: That's what I want to find out
A: I say Purdue infiltrated WHO
C: So you're the reporter?
A: Yes
C: And you don't know the org's name?
A: Well I should
C: Well then who's the org?
A: Yes
C: I mean the org's name
A: WHO
C: Purdue infiltrated who
A: Yes
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/world-health-organization-parroted-purdues-deceptive-opioid-claims-report-says/
Like It or Not, We're Already Cyborgs
https://www.pcmag.com/news/368457/like-it-or-not-were-already-cyborgs
Our interview with @laura for PC Magazine was published today.
“To privacy activists Aral Balkan and Laura Kalbag, we don't need brain implants to become cyborgs; we're already jacked in. And we need a Universal Declaration of Cyborg Rights.”
I've long thought that it was messed up that engineers chose to portray AI servants as women, and that it reinforced bad stereotypes and behaviors. Now some studies have come out that reinforce this: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48349102
I've been critical of elastic in the past for making basic security like TLS part of their paid Enterprise software. I'm happy to see them open up these security features now: #infosec https://www.elastic.co/blog/security-for-elasticsearch-is-now-free
"Recognizing that something needs to be done is easy. Looking to AI to help do that thing is also easy. Actually doing content moderation well is very, very difficult, and you should be suspicious of any claim to the contrary." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/content-moderation-broken-let-us-count-ways
The practice of content moderation is fundamentally broken, and the integration of AI isn't going to fix it. It's time to rethink the system entirely—and we've got ideas. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/content-moderation-broken-let-us-count-ways
Purism’s Librem One Suite of Privacy Protecting, No-track Apps and Services Surges Past Initial Crowdfunding Goal After Two Weeks
Signing Git Commits
Protect your code commits from malicious changes by GPG-signing them.
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/signing-git-commits
By @kyle
#git #security #howto
I was interviewed by Fast Company about @purism hardware kill switches in this piece on the current trend to put them in home automation devices to address everyone's unease with always-on cameras and mics in their bedroom. #privacy
https://www.fastcompany.com/90349731/the-hardware-trend-google-amazon-and-apple-are-throwing-their-weight-behind
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