#privacy

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Pleased to announce the launch of Surveillance Watch, an interactive map and resource that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/

By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry's extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse.

Tiny Privacy Tip for Events πŸ“ΈπŸ”’:

If you value privacy, remember to also value the privacy of others.

Be mindful of the photos you post online that might include none-consenting people.

Everyone has a different threat model and, unless you ask first, you cannot know if these persons could even be endangered by having their faces showing unwillingly online (and showing where they are).

πŸ‘‰ Be mindful.
πŸ‘‰ Stay respectful.
πŸ‘‰ Blur faces where you can.
πŸ‘‰ Ask for consent before posting.

Privacy rights is team work! πŸ’šπŸ™Œβœ¨

oh hell yeah, the beta VeilidChat app is now available for Android and iOS!!!

anybody wanna try it out with me?

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Fingerprint:
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a screenshot of the VeilidChat Android app showing a QR code invitation to connect with me

0.0.0.0 Day: Exploiting APIs From the Browser

Websites can can communicate with services running on the local network by using 0.0.0.0. This could lead to arbitrary code execution on the site visitor's device.

Fixes by different are on the way and in different stages:

WebKit () blocks access to 0.0.0.0 for Private Network Access.

now blocks 0.0.0.0 but has not implemented Private Network Access.

Chromium browsers strting with 128 will be updated to block access to 0.0.0.0

https://www.oligo.security/blog/0-0-0-0-day-exploiting-localhost-apis-from-the-browser

Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Shared with

(US-centric)

Pixel strikes again.

In 2022, @themarkup revealed how the Department of Education's use of the Meta Pixel collected and sent names, email addresses, and zip codes of prospective college students who filled out the FAFSA to Facebook/Meta.

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2024/07/26/department-of-education-sued-following-markup-investigation-into-fafsa-data-shared-with-facebook