Surveillance Report 12

05/11/20 • 19 min

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Sources

Companies

Tesla

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/05/hacker-mines-passwords-locations-and-more-from-retired-tesla-infotainment-gear/

Firefox

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-76-released-with-integrated-data-breach-alerts/

Xiaomi

https://palant.info/2020/05/08/what-data-does-xiaomi-collect-about-you/

Clearview AI

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-no-facial-recognition-private-companies

Banjo

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/5/8/21252657/banjo-ceo-steps-down-fallout-revelations-past-ties-kkk-white-supremacist-group-damien-patton

Other

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing

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Sources

Companies

Tesla

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/05/hacker-mines-passwords-locations-and-more-from-retired-tesla-infotainment-gear/

Firefox

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-76-released-with-integrated-data-breach-alerts/

Xiaomi

https://palant.info/2020/05/08/what-data-does-xiaomi-collect-about-you/

Clearview AI

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-no-facial-recognition-private-companies

Banjo

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/5/8/21252657/banjo-ceo-steps-down-fallout-revelations-past-ties-kkk-white-supremacist-group-damien-patton

Other

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing

Previous Episode

Surveillance Report 11

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Sources

Companies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/30/exclusive-warning-over-chinese-mobile-giant-xiaomi-recording-millions-of-peoples-private-web-and-phone-use/#7cf04a4a1b2a

Google/Apple

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/04/29/google-confirms-new-security-threats-for-2-billion-chrome-users/#bef865f39bc5

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-discloses-zero-click-bugs-impacting-several-apple-operating-systems/

https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/29/how-to-turn-on-off-covid-19-contact-tracing-iphone-ios/

Other

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/29/amazon-thermal-cameras-china-dahua

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-viewing-a-gif-in-microsoft-teams-triggers-account-hijacking-bug/

https://twitter.com/NBCNewsNow/status/1254924882934185984/video/1

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Next Episode

Interviewing Sean O'Brien: A Privacy & Security Expert

Very happy to welcome Sean O'Brien to the SR podcast for an interview!

Sean O'Brien Webpage: https://cyberclear.cc/

Yale Privacy Lab: https://privacylab.yale.edu/

PrivacySafe: https://privacysafe.tech/

0:00:10 Introduction
0:02:32 Why Privacy?
0:05:50 History Behind Privacy Concerns
0:11:52 Technological Reliance & Privacy
0:14:14 Effects of COVID-19
0:18:12 COVID-19 Contact Tracing
0:25:30 Hasty Nation-Wide Responses
0:28:53 GrapheneOS, LineageOS, ROMs, & Phones
0:30:00 About Yale Privacy Lab
0:34:35 About PrivacySafe
0:39:11 Experience with Purism
0:43:11 Sean's Favorite Projects
0:44:58 Technological Autonomy
0:47:32 Alternative Mobile Phones
0:52:00 3 Things to Reclaim Privacy
1:11:33 Scariest Privacy Concerns
1:18:07 What OS do you use?
1:19:40 Final Words

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