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so-much-for-subtlety · 7 months ago

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absolutely disgraceful and abhorrent

unfortunately technology is advancing much faster than people’s ability to comprehend it, and people need to start investing in educating themselves about threats and risks.

WhatsApp uses AES256 for encryption which can be assumed as secure (for now*) but only encrypts whatever is secure. The metadata of who is in groups etc is not encrypted or private.

Even without Facebook sharing this metadata with states (which they can and do), a nation state like Israel could use network traffic analysis to make pretty strong inferences about who is taking to who.

Excluding all of that there are other ways information can leak, especially in a group chat situation the encrypted data is only as secure as the weakest password of everyone involved, and other things like physical security and social engineering.

And while AES256 is technically secure, encryption is only secure as its implementation. WhatsApp uses Signal Protocol which is open source and has been publicly audited as cryptographically sound (most recently in 2017) but that doesn’t exclude the possibility that there is a flaw that orgs like IDF may have found (they certainly would not disclose if they had found flaws).

Not really relevant for Lavender, but AES256 is only considered secure currently. Computational power continues to double every 18 months, and advances in quantum computers mean that AES256 will probably not be secure forever. It’s assumed they nation states are currently collecting encrypted data for certain targets with the assumption that sometime in the near future quantum computers will allow this to be decrypted (Harvest Now, Decrypt Later).

it’s never too late to start learning how to keep yourself safe from surveillance. EFF has a great intro here!

And this is not just advice for people in a war zone, people in America, if you’re a woman, or use birth control, or you’re gay or trans, or you’re politically active - this is a great time to learn about digital security.

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a suspected militant [2]. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it? Lavender is Israel's system of "pre-crime" [3] - they use AI to guess who to kill in Gaza, and then bomb them when they're at home, along with their entire family. (Obscenely, they call this program "Where's Daddy"). One input to the AI is whether you're in a WhatsApp group with a suspected member of Hamas. There's a lot wrong with this - I'm in plenty of WhatsApp groups with strangers, neighbours, and in the carnage in Gaza you bet people are making groups to connect. But the part I want to focus on is whether they get this information from Meta. Meta has been promoting WhatsApp as a "private" social network, including "end-to-end" encryption of messages. Providing this data as input for Lavender undermines their claim that WhatsApp is a private messaging app. It is beyond obscene and makes Meta complicit in Israel's killings of "pre-crime" targets and their families, in violation of International Humanitarian Law and Meta's publicly stated commitment to human rights. No social network should be providing this sort of information about its users to countries engaging in "pre-crime".

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ausetkmt · 3 days ago

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But this wasn’t the only message she saw. Unbeknownst to John, his wife had bugged his smart phone. She was spying on John, eavesdropping on all of his texts and multimedia messages, and tracking his every move through the device’s GPS.

She was also stealing all of John’s photos. In one slightly blurred picture, John, a police officer in a small town in the southwestern United States, is knelt over a suspect, who is face down on the curb. In another photograph, John is taking a selfie wearing a dress shirt and a black tie. A third picture shows an email exchange with Facebook’s law enforcement help team, revealing that John was requesting data on a target of an investigation.

These messages and pictures, including some of the couple’s more intimate moments, were taken directly from John’s cellphone by his wife, using a piece of consumer surveillance software made by American company Retina-X. In an ironic twist, the software is called PhoneSheriff.

John is just one of tens of thousands of individuals around the world who are unwitting targets of powerful, relatively cheap spyware that anyone can buy. Ordinary people—lawyers, teachers, construction workers, parents, jealous lovers—have bought malware to monitor mobile phones or computers, according to a large cache of hacked files from Retina-X and FlexiSpy, another spyware company.

Read more: I Tracked Myself With $170 Smartphone Spyware that Anyone Can Buy

The breaches highlight how consumer surveillance technology, which shares some of the same capabilities and sometimes even the same code as spy software used by governments, has established itself with the everyday consumer. And it would appear no small number of people are willing to use this technology on their partners, spouses, or children.

In other words, surveillance starts at home.

Morgan Marquis-Boire is a security researcher who has spent months digging into the consumer spyware industry, and has seen it used in domestic violence cases first hand. He has also spent years researching spyware used by governments. For him, the former kind of surveillance, which can be also called stalkerware or spouseware, deserves more attention because it’s more common and widespread than many may think, and “the victims are everyday people,” he said.

Sophisticated government malware or cyberattacks on individuals are like “a rare bloodborne pathogen,” whereas consumer spyware is more like “the common cold” or flu. It’s not as exotic, but “it does kill a lot of people every year,” Marquis-Boire told Motherboard.

Listen to pluspluspodcast’s episode about the ‘Stalkerware‘ market.

Around 130,000 people have had an account with Retina-X or FlexiSpy, according to data provided to Motherboard by two hackers, in part via the leaking platform SecureDrop. However, the overall number of customers could be higher as the data may not be fully representative of the two companies.

The FlexiSpy account holders include a fifth grade teacher at a school in Washington, DC; a man who breeds dogs professionally in Georgia; and the president of a sunglasses distributor in New York.

“I used the service to confirm that my ex gf [girlfriend] was cheating on me. It allowed me to get a remote audio recording of her…in the act.”

Depending on whether someone installs FlexiSpy or Retina X’s software on a cellphone they have physical access to, users may be able to intercept calls; remotely switch on the device’s microphone; monitor Facebook, WhatsApp, and iMessage chats; read text messages; track the phone’s GPS location, and record the user’s internet browsing history.

And Retina-X account holders include the vice-president of a commercial bank in Los Angeles, the founder of a recruiting firm in Chicago, and, of course, John’s wife. On top of PhoneSheriff, Retina-X also makes SniperSpy and TeenShield.

Depending on the product, FlexiSpy and Retina-X customers may have paid only around $50 to $200 for a monthly or annual spyware subscription.

Motherboard identified account holders by using email addresses and names included in the data, and finding the individuals’ respective social media profiles, websites or other details online. (In some cases it was possible to verify an address was linked to a spyware account by attempting to create a new user on the respective site, or by requesting a password reset.) Some customers of both FlexiSpy and Retina-X included in the data confirmed to Motherboard they had purchased the companies’ malware.

“I bought it to see if my bf [boyfriend] was cheating,” one FlexiSpy user included in the data told Motherboard in an email.

“I used the service to confirm that my ex gf [girlfriend] was cheating on me. It allowed me to get a remote audio recording of her… in the act. Best money I ever spent,” another FlexiSpy customer said.

“It’s normal,” a third FlexiSpy customer told Motherboard.

These spyware account holders, and their victims, aren’t limited to the US. The Retina-X data contains several large files of alleged GPS coordinates of infected phones across the globe. France, Spain, Israel, Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Nigeria, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, and many more countries are all included. The GPS logs obtained by Motherboard stretch from 2014 to late 2016, but the hacker says he only provided a sample.

A map of alleged GPS locations of surveillance victims captured using Retina-X software. Motherboard has deliberately obfuscated the GPS locations to protect individuals’ privacy.

The data also includes evidence of government and law enforcement customers for FlexiSpy. FlexiSpy does have connections to the law enforcement malware market, but it is not clear whether the malware was purchased for official or personal use in each of these cases.

A summary of the types of data the two hackers stole from FlexiSpy and Retina-X.

However, the vast majority of Retina-X and FlexiSpy accounts appear to be linked to personal email accounts, rather than domains for businesses, institutions, or government agencies. And FlexiSpy has also explicitly marketed its products to jealous lovers wanting to spy on their spouses.

“Many spouses cheat,” FlexiSpy’s website has read. “They all use cell phones. Their cell phone will tell you what they won’t.”

Over the past two decades, consumer spyware has been used in cases of domestic violence, and in a recent call with Motherboard, one company admitted its software could be used to monitor a spouse without their permission. A 2014 NPR investigation found that 75 percent of 70 surveyed domestic violence shelters in the US had encountered victims whose abusers had used eavesdropping apps.

Elle Armageddon, an activist and operational security expert, said that while it’s hard to tell exactly how many women in an abusive relationship get targeted with spyware, its use could prevent women—or men—from escaping the relationship as abusers might find out about their partners’ plans to get away.

“Those peddling spouseware are willing to trade the agency of others for profit, considering some loss of life to be an acceptable cost of doing business,” Armageddon told Motherboard in an email. “Spyware is spyware, and is a violation of the privacy rights of those targeted by it, regardless of whether they’re dissidents being targeted by a state actor, or women being targeted by their abusive partners.”

Jessica* was a victim of domestic violence. Her then-husband used spyware to keep tabs on her while the couple was separated. Initially he used a keystroke logger on her laptop, and then malware for her cellphone.

“Oh shit, he knows exactly what I was texting all day long,” Jessica previously told Motherboard. “If I was going somewhere and I wasn’t where I said I was going to be, he would text me: ‘I see you.’ It was sort of this creepy chilling feeling; like he always knew what I was doing and where I was going.”

“If I was going somewhere and I wasn’t where I said I was going to be, he would text me: ‘I see you.’”

This business of spying on spouses is part of the reason the two hackers decided to target FlexiSpy and Retina-X. But the tens of thousands of accounts the pair provided to Motherboard only represent a slice of the consumer spyware market. A slew of other, similar companies exist, offering malware to anyone for a relatively cheap price. One of the largest, called mSpy, allegedly has around two million users. (Hackers reportedly targeted mSpy back in 2015.)

“Unfortunately most domestic violence victims never know which surreptitious ‘stalkerware’ product is being used by their abuser to monitor their every move,” Cindy Southworth, executive vice president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, told Motherboard in an email.

Explaining their motivation, the Retina-X hacker also pointed to parents who might use this sort of software to monitor their children.

“99% of the people being spied on with these things don’t deserve to have their lives invaded so much,” the hacker who broke into Retina-X, who didn’t provide any name to identify themselves, told Motherboard in an online chat.

The hacker criticized this use not just because of ethical reasons, but because by using this software on their kids, the parents aren’t the only ones getting access to their data. The companies providing the service do as well. And if the spyware companies don’t take care of that highly sensitive data, a third party may be able to get hold of it.

“It’s impossible to know that you’re the only one looking,” the hacker added. “I want parents to think twice about unleashing this kind of stuff on their kids […] I wanted to damage those spying mechanisms because I think it’s almost entirely a bad category of software.”

“I think they’re a bunch of unethical assholes who prey on insecure people in order to line their own pockets.”

The hacker behind the FlexiSpy breach went by the handle Leopard Boy, a reference to the 1995 cult film Hackers. Leopard Boy said that what FlexiSpy allows people to do is “fucking seedy and skin-crawlingly revolting.”

“I think they’re a bunch of unethical assholes who prey on insecure people in order to line their own pockets,” the hacker said. The goal of hacking FlexiSpy, Leopard Boy said, was to send a warning to this sort of industry as a whole.

“As good old Phineas once said, leaking isn’t an end in itself; it’s all about the message,” Leopard Boy added, referring to hacker Phineas Fisher. (Phineas has become a sort of folk hero in the hacking community for breaking into the servers of FinFisher and Hacking Team, two companies that sell spyware exclusively to governments.)

Both hackers claimed that each consumer spyware companies’ systems were not particularly difficult to breach.

An error message displayed on PhoneSheriff’s login portal after the hacker allegedly wiped the company’s servers, removing all data from them, and causing a days-long outage.

“I wouldn’t want other people finding those selfies on [cloud storage provider] Rackspace, and if I can interrupt those parents etc from spying, that also seems like a good thing,” he wrote.

Leopard Boy said he and another hacker did something similar to FlexiSpy on Monday.

“Goodbye, Flexispy,” Leopard Boy told Motherboard. “Hello, Flexidie.” The pair took over one of FlexiSpy’s related Twitter accounts on April 18, and taunted the company.

“Do you… feel secure?” one of the tweets reads. The pair also tweaked the website of FlexiSpy’s parent company to automatically redirect to UK-based activist group Privacy International, and wiped a number of servers.

“Goodbye, Flexispy. Hello, Flexidie.”

Motherboard attempted to contact FlexiSpy’s founder Atir Raihan. When reached by phone, a person on the other end identified as Raihan, but then claimed they were someone else when asked about FlexiSpy. No one replied to emails sent to FlexiSpy’s press address. Apparent customers have noticed the disruption, however, and in reply to one comment on FlexiSpy’s Facebook group, the company wrote on Tuesday, “FlexiSPY is currently experiencing a temporary technical issue, which means that you will not be able to login to access your portal. We expect this issue to be resolved within 48 hours.”

Retina-X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

These data breaches may not stop people from spying on their children or partners. But perhaps it will shine a light on just how common, and powerful, consumer spyware has become. Even in small-town southwestern United States.

John’s wife monitored his phone communications for around three months, according to the hacked data. And the SMS logs of their text messages play out in a way that suggests John didn’t know his spouse was spying on him. To that I love you text he’d sent her in early 2016, his wife sent a reassuring response.

“I love you too,” it read.

*Some names have been changed to protect the person’s privacy.

If you are concerned that consumer spyware may have been installed on your phone, here is some basic advice on what to do next.

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bostonlevin8 · 2 months ago

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chinedu2002 · 6 months ago

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My WhatsApp Experience

WhatsApp is far and away the most popular messaging/communication platform in the world, but also in general one of the most popular apps. This is due to it having an astonishing 5B+ downloads and a rating of 4.3/5 on the Google Play store.

The main thing when I first used WhatsApp is it’s very easy and simple to use meaning it can be used by anyone. In addition, it’s effortless to add or sync contacts into the app making the experience stress-free.

WhatsApp is truly worth all the popularity and hype due to the fact how secure and private it is. This is because your personal information will not get leaked , your chats will stay between you and the reciever and all data is automatically backed up. Moreover, as long as you have a person’s phone number you can text and call them for free regardless of where they live around the world.

There are only a few downsides to WhatsApp which are you can’t contact the person you want without their phone number, while their are other apps like Facebook and Instagram which you can use to get in contact with the designated person without the need for their phone number. Also, the video call option is not great as it’s not the best of quality and the layout of it feels slightly outdated.

Overall, WhatsApp is the best communication/messaging app in the world because it provides the most simple and secure experience out of any other and also has the popularity to back it up. So I recommend it more than any other.

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appsforandroiddevices · 10 months ago

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Everything You Need to Know About WhatsApp Spy Apps in 2024

Picture yourself, a modern-day parent, overhearing your teenagers whispering in hushed tones, their laughter punctuated by the common ping of incoming messages. In a world where communication happens through screens, curiosity gets the best of you. You wonder, "What's cooking in their digital universe?"

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Paid vs. free spy apps: Which ones are better? Before delving into the specifics of WhatsApp spy apps, it's crucial to understand the distinction between paid and free alternatives. Free spy apps may offer basic functionalities but often lack the comprehensive features and security measures found in their paid counterparts. Investing in a reputable paid spy app ensures a more reliable and secure experience, crucial factors when dealing with sensitive data.

How can parents and businesses leverage WhatsApp spy apps? You might be required to spy on WhatsApp chats tracker of your children and employees for various reasons.

FOR PARENTS Ensure Child Safety:

Parents can use WhatsApp spy apps to ensure their children’s safety by monitoring their conversations. This includes identifying potential threats, cyberbullying or any inappropriate content that may affect their well-being.

Prevent Online Predators:

Spy apps can help parents identify and prevent interactions with potential online predators. Parents can monitor WhatsApp chats to detect any suspicious conversations that may pose a risk to the safety of their child.

Monitor Online Activities:

Parents can gain insights into their child’s online activities by tracking WhatsApp messages. This will help them understand their interests, the people they interact with and be aware of any changes in behavior that might indicate issues like depression or peer pressure.

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Spy apps can help identify cases of cyberbullying. Parents can intervene if they notice that their child is being harassed or bullied, thus enabling them to take appropriate actions to address the situation and provide emotional support.

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Parents can build trust with their children by monitoring WhatsApp with transparency and open communication. By explaining why such tools are used and involving them in the process, parents can create a safer digital environment.

FOR BUSINESSES:

Protect Company Data:

WhatsApp spy apps can be used to monitor employee communications to ensure the protection of sensitive company information. This helps prevent leaks and unauthorized sharing of confidential data.

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deepviewusa · 2 years ago

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What is WhatsApp Archiving and Monitoring?

Beginning: Data sharing across all social media channels is crucial for business and personal communication. Today, there’s an upsurge in demand for safe communication online as cybersecurity is a major concern. Data is a great resource that, when not fully secured, may land in the wrong hands and be used wrongly. There are many channels used by businesses to reach more prospects, target audiences, create more business leads, drive sales funnels, improve their marketing strategy, and for many other reasons. From WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and many more. So, what’s social media archiving? Are there any benefits or advantages? Let's see below.

What is Social Archiving?

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Advantages and Benefits of Social Media Archiving Software.

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The secure archival of data or private documents means businesses and institutions are able to prevent and protect data from illegal access, cutting the risk of losing vital files and information.

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Data is always under a cloud of potential attack by online cybercriminals for a variety of uses. Unsecured data is open to all these risks and more. Several companies and businesses that have suffered breaches have reported massive hits to their business operations and operational readiness due to extended downtimes of network systems and crucial business-related data.

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There are multiple ways to keep the data and simple user interfaces that add to the overall archiving process and experience.

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After every round of special chats, information sharing, or other types of data exchanges, it's possible to get expedited archiving to preserve and keep the data out of third-party hands.

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Social media archiving gives the user overall insights into the social media channels, which helps prevent the sharing of delicate information capable of affecting or impacting your business’ brand image and reputation.

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Personalized, customized, and streamlined are clearly meant for the recipient they are generated for with great custom features. This means they are designed to drive results and push toward a specific outcome.

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sofiapetersonv · 2 years ago

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More than 500 Million Meta Users Data Leakage

On November 28 local time, the Irish Data Protection Commission said that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was fined 265 million euros (about 275 million dollars) by Ireland for violating two provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulations. In addition, the agency also required Meta to “take a series of specific remedial measures within the specified time to make its handling process comply with Irish regulations”.

According to the investigation of the Irish Data Protection Commission, in the two years 2018-2019 alone, more than 500 million Facebook users’ information around the world was leaked due to loopholes, including users’ registered telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and chat records, which also prompted multinational computer data processing centers including the Ireland Data Protection Commission to carry out investigations.

In fact, this is not the first time that Meta has been fined by the Irish Data Protection Commission for users data leakage. In March this year, Meta was also fined 17 million euros for data leakage involving 50 million users; Last September, WhatsApp, Meta communications software, was also fined 225 million euros (about 233 million dollars) for allegedly leaking user privacy.

Meta has repeatedly obtained and disclosed users’ personal information in violation of regulations or in connection with the US government and US intelligence agencies. Previously, the US legislature required Meta, YouTube, Microsoft and other technology companies to open the back door to law enforcement agencies and the US government, which also directly led to the disclosure of countless user data. The “back door” opened by these technology companies will be a gift to criminals, hackers and authoritarian regimes, providing them with a way to enter the system, making everyone using these social software and platforms more vulnerable to real life injuries.

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theechudar · 2 years ago

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How to enable end-to-end encryption in Instagram chats

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vilaspatelvlogs · 4 years ago

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typekit · 3 years ago

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bidaubadeadieu · 5 years ago

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A Series of Statements Regarding the Privacy and Security of Communications Apps

“Zoom will finally add end-to-end encryption to stop messages being intercepted as they are sent... Zoom had been criticized for previously suggesting on its website that it used end-to-end encryption when in fact it did not.” (May 8, 2020)

“Skype now offers end-to-end encrypted conversations, but it’s opt-in and not on by default... There’s a bit of a limitation, however: users can only participate in one private conversation per device at a time. The private conversation can be switched to another device, but anything sent and received will be tied to whatever device is currently being used.” (August 20, 2018)

“No, end-to-end encryption does not prevent Facebook from accessing WhatsApp chats... Facebook could potentially access your WhatsApp chats. In fact, it could easily access your entire chat history and every single attachment. I’m not saying it does, and I have no evidence suggesting that it ever has... Messages are encrypted when you send them, yes. But the database that stores your chats on your iPhone does not benefit from an extra layer of encryption. It is protected by standard iOS data protection, which decrypts files on the fly when needed.” (April 12, 2018)

“But security researchers have called Zoom “a privacy disaster” and “fundamentally corrupt” as allegations of the company mishandling user data snowball... the company announced it would freeze all new feature development and shift all engineering resources on to security and safety issues that have been called to attention in recent weeks... A report from Motherboard found Zoom sends data from users of its iOS app to Facebook for advertising purposes, even if the user does not have a Facebook account. Zoom changed some of its policies in response and said on Thursday that the company “has never sold user data in the past and has no intention of selling users’ data going forward”. But the Motherboard story was cited in a lawsuit filed in a federal court in California this week, accusing Zoom of failing to “properly safeguard the personal information of the increasing millions of users” on its platform.“ (April 2, 2020)

“[Discord’s] Spyware Level: Extremely High. Discord is spyware because it collects all information that passes through its communication platform. As Discord is a centralized communication platform, all communications have to go through Discord's official servers, where all of that information can potentially be recorded. The vast majority of said information has been confirmed to be recorded, such as all communications between users. Discord has also been confirmed to use other spyware features such as various forms of telemetry. Discord's main source of income is from investment, from which it has received over $279.3 million dollars. Discord cannot be built from source and the source code for Discord is unavailable.” (last edited April 11, 2019)

“Encrypted communication used to be too complicated for mainstream use, but approachable apps like WhatsApp and Signal have become a no-brainer for digital privacy. With all of their security-minded features, like disappearing messages and identity-confirming safety numbers, secure chat apps can rightfully give you peace of mind. You should absolutely use them... though, there's no such thing as perfect security... the FBI was able to access Signal messages sent by former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James Wolfe, and had at least some information about the encrypted messaging habits of New York Times reporter Ali Watkins, after the Justice Department seized her communications records as part of a leak investigation... Signal, WIRED's secure messaging recommendation, is open source, but it also proved its trustworthiness in a 2016 case where the service was subpoenaed. Developer Open Whisper Systems responded to a grand jury subpoena saying it could only produce the time an account was created and the most recent date that a user's Signal app connected to its servers. The court had asked for significantly more detail like user names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Signal had retained none of it.” (June 14, 2018)

tldr: Tech companies are not your friend, but Zoom is not, in particular, your enemy; It appears that Zoom is trash but so are its mainstream competitors. Consider Signal as a safer, but still imperfect, alternative.

#zoom #skype #whatsapp #facebook #signal #big data #privacy #security #encryption

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bowsetter · 5 years ago

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This AI Platform Identifies Privacy Threats in Social Networks and Messengers

Preserving your online privacy has become almost a lost cause these days. Thankfully, some entrepreneurial minds have taken it upon themselves to help web users stay informed of privacy risks and take action to thwart attempts to access their personal data. Guard is a platform which is doing exactly that.

Also read: Bankers Start to Recognize Bitcoin’s Role in Financial Evolution

Reading the User Agreement

Everyone has multiple online accounts, and most of us are worried about their digital personality being targeted by data collectors and marketing researchers. But we are also guilty of compromising our own security as very few people actually read the small print when subscribing to a service.

The people behind Guard have analyzed the privacy policies of major social networks, forums, and messengers, including some of those that are widely used by the crypto community. Their quest has produced some interesting and helpful results.

The developers have examined the user agreements many of us have with platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Whatsapp, Linkedin, Tinder, Pinterest, Netflix, and Aliexpress. Forums and messengers used by cryptocurrency enthusiasts like Reddit and Telegram are also part of their study.

Guard has discovered privacy threats and data leak scandals involving these services and has ranked them according to the findings. The platform has employed artificial intelligence to produce its ratings. It also surveys visitors on its website to learn what they consider a threat to their privacy and to teach the AI taking into account their input.

Analyzing the Privacy Policy

Among the networks that are of particular interest for members of the crypto community, Reddit, which offers a platform for cryptocurrency news and discussion, has received a “neutral” verdict from Guard. There have been no scandals around its user data practices but 24 privacy threats have been identified by the research.

The two risks that have been singled out in the report about Reddit concern the possibility of your information being shared with advertisers and the fact that your data may be recorded indefinitely. The forum keeps a complete log of all sent messages even when the accounts are deleted and retains the IP addresses from which they were created.

Telegram, the messenger that enjoys the most popularity with crypto enthusiasts because of its encryption features, has a “good” verdict. Telegram assures users that it never shares personal data with anyone and does not store your secret chats on its servers. Guard’s analysis has found only one potential threat in its privacy policy, a line that reads: “We never delete your funny cat pictures, we love them too much.”

Among the popular social networks, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr have scored poorly in the ratings. There’s also a notable omission – Facebook, despite its own share of cases involving compromised user data. However, Guard accepts suggestions about the next site or product you think should be analyzed and rated. The company is also developing specialized software that will be able to block trackers, delete online activity, confuse algorithms and pollute collected personal data.

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Have you thoroughly read the privacy policies of the social networks and messaging platforms you are using? Share your thoughts on the subject in the comments section below.

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