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Congratulations to @sidnext2none who defended today his doctoral thesis "Analysing Communications and Software Systems Security" at @CSAalto @AaltoUniversity
aalto.fi/en/events/public-de…
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NEW @citizenlab report "Please Don't Make It Public" finds major vulnerabilities in Chinese keyboard input app, #Sogou (used by 450 million people)👇
🚨🚨➡️ NEW REPORT OUT > Imagine if someone read everything you type online. Our new report-
“Please do not make it public”, analyzes Tencent's #Sogou Input Method, the most popular input app in #China has serious vulnerabilities in the encryption system.
citizenlab.ca/?p=79791&previ…
Sid Rao retweeted
A while back, I stumbled upon a file I consider the largest piece of evidence revealing how hundreds of data brokers trade personal data on everyone, including very sensitive data, globally.
Massive investigation by @themarkup and German @netzpolitik_org:
themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0…
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➡️ Download the report HERE: lnkd.in/eMYNzjYZ
Dive in to explore: 💡 What is intersectionality? 💡 Why is intersectionality important in fighting inequality? 💡 How can intersectionality be applied in practice?
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EU telcos want Google, Netflix et al to pay for network traffic/infrastructure. Can someone help me understand, why can't they actually just raise bandwidth/transit prices, re-negotiate peering etc across the supply chain?
(European telco lobby report: etno.eu/library/reports/105-…)
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👉🏽 Are you passionate about gender equality?
📈 Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit?
🤳🏽 Does the lack of safety in our digital spaces bother you?
We have an opportunity for you! 👇
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#jobs #hiringnow #jobsinindia #digitalsafety #impactsectorjobs
ALT If your answer is "yes", TechSakhi has an exciting opportunity for YOU!
ALT Tech Sakhi is seeking a Project Lead. Lead the scaleup of TechSakhi to increase digital safety for women and LGBTQIA+ persons.
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A tool that can track “almost anybody who carries a mobile phone, whether they are blocks away or on another continent.” Meet Ubiqo, a surveillance package developed by Tykelab and its parent company, the longstanding Italian intercept house RCS Lab.
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🔥 New Post: Announcing InAppBrowser - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser
👀 TikTok, when opening any website in their app, injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes, including passwords, and all taps.
krausefx.com/blog/announcing…
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Some academic research including papers in high-profile journals relies on location data obtained from shady data brokers, that secretly gather it from people while misleadingly describing it as 'opt-in' or 'anonymized'.
@jenuhhveev on why this must stop:
eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/ba…
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Our last session today is about privacy and security tools! The first paper "Usability and Security of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Library APIs" is brought to you by Siddharth Prakash Rao & Gabriela Limonta at Nokia Bell Labs and Janne Lindqvist at Aalto University.
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TIL that Finns now rank "IEEE Access" a 2 in JuFo (tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.…) whereas Usenix Security is 1! 🤦🏾Talk about misaligned incentives! OTOH the other three top security venues are ranked 2 now (compared to none a few years ago!) #GlassHalfFull
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Our @citizenlab report on Predator spyware can be found here 👇
citizenlab.ca/2021/12/pegasu…
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1/7 2021 was the year of resilience, collective & victorious work for our digital rights network. As we launch the @EDRi Annual Report, join us in reflecting on last year’s biggest achievements. 🔎🧵👇🏿
edri.org/our-work/take-a-vir…
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All ,please let’s do whatever we can do to find #shubhamdasgupta @IndEmbFinEst @DrSJaishankar @LUpoliisi @HelsinkiPoliisi @SuomenPoliisi
@DrSJaishankar requesting assistance from the MEA. My brother Shubham Dasgupta is a current student at Espoo Finland and is missing since Thursday, 9th June 2022. He is not present in his dormitory room, His phone is not reachable and his internet is off @OfExternal please assist
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While data brokers often claim that geolocation data is “anonymized,” location data is never anonymous. If a phone’s location data shows where its owner sleeps at night or works during the day, it is very easy to find that owner’s name and address. eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/da…
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Last call 📢 #soups2022 posters, workshop papers, lightning talks, and Karat Award Nominations are all due on Thursday, May 26, 2022, AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time. We are cheering for you at the finish line! usenix.org/conference/soups2…
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BREAKING: Major new @citizenlab report "CatalanGate" - extensive mercenary spyware operation against Catalans in Spain discovered
citizenlab.ca/2022/04/catala…
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I wrote a note on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) with Britta Hale, in which we review how intuitive notions of E2EE do or do not map onto existing notions of encryption. eprint.iacr.org/2022/449
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Telegram has gained a reputation as the “secure” communications app in the post-Soviet states. Here are some things Telegram users in Russia and Ukraine need to know in order to use the app in a safer way. eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/te…
