#Amazon is still hosting #stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert
"Im Paragon-Spyware-Skandal Italiens wurden mindestens 90 Einzelpersonen, Journalisten und Aktivisten mit dem Spionageprogramm Graphite ins Visier genommen.
(...)
Im Zentrum des Skandals steht #Paragon Solutions, das israelische Unternehmen hinter der Spionagesoftware Graphite. Die Technologie soll auch an italienische Behörden verkauft worden sein.
Über den Messenger #WhatsApp sollen die Journalisten und Mitglieder der #Zivilgesellschaft mit der Software ausspioniert worden sein...."
"Privacy respecting ads"
｢ Shortly after, balenaEtcher started displaying ads. Although we didn't like that, we initially didn't view it as a significant privacy risk and had no better alternative at the time.
However, in 2024, the situation changed: balenaEtcher started sharing the file name of the image and the model of the USB stick with the Balena company and possibly with third parties ｣
From Malpensa to Tel Aviv: Italian police use Israeli software to spy on anti-deportation activsts
„Police violence is about more than batons. It also manifests itself through interference and encroachment into private life. Police have always used an odious set of tools to achieve this. They follow people’s movements and observe and listen to their daily lives.
Today, however, access by police forces and governments to confidential, detailed and sensitive information can be much more pervasive than one might imagine. The spyware system Paragon, that has recently come to light, is one example of this. The services provided by the Israeli company Cellebrite are another, albeit different, example.
We have written this text because we believe it may help people protect themselves from the pervasive surveillance by the authorities. We invite you to share it widely.…“
Happy 10th anniversary to Spyware 2.0 – the video we released at the launch of Ind.ie (what is now Small Technology Foundation¹).
Have we learned any lessons in those ten years, I wonder.
#spyware #SiliconValley #BigTech #technology #fascism #technoFascism #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #surveillanceCapitalism
"How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/
I'm using an old Sony Xperia Z3 compact with CarbonROM so this doesn't affect me.
It doesn't come as a surprise, but it still sad and mad that this is the new norm i todays tech.
Screw them! Really
So Microsoft introduced Recall some time ago. Seemingly most people have never heard of it. It takes a picture of your screen every 5s, so you are able to search for what you did on your computer. Personally I can not think of many uses for this functionality and none that outweigh the privacy and security implications.
Would you care to enable such functionality on your computer?
#Spyzie #stalkerware is spying on thousands of #Android and #iPhone users
Spyzie stalkerware is spying on thousands of Android and iPhone users
#Cellebrite suspends #Serbia as customer after claims police used firm’s tech to plant #spyware
If you're not using Vivaldi Browser, you're not using a web browser, you're using spyware.
Stop using spyware, and start using the only web browser that respects you and your privacy, by using, Vivaldi Browser.
#Spyware #Mozilla #Firefox #MozillaFirefox #WebBrowser #Privacy #Security
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use #stalkerware apps
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/hacked-leaked-exposed-why-you-should-stop-using-stalkerware-apps/
#Stalkerware apps #Cocospy and #Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people
Spanish #spyware startup #Mollitiam Industries shuts down
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/spanish-spyware-startup-mollitiam-industries-shuts-down/
Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer
—TechCrunch
｢ These comments come after WhatsApp alleged on Friday that Paragon’s spyware was used in a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 journalists and other members of civil society ｣
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/spyware-maker-paragon-confirms-u-s-government-is-a-customer/
In a Q&A for the Digital Front Lines report by Foreign Policy Analytics (@foreignpolicy) human rights activist Carine Kanimba and The Citizen Lab director @rondeibert discuss the human toll of spyware and call for collaboration between civil society, tech firms, and governments to combat its abuse.
https://digitalfrontlines.io/2025/01/31/spyware-human-toll-cyber-mercenaries/
#spyware
