USA terrorist group admits to buying citizens’ location data
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244848/us-intelligence-memo-admits-buying-smartphone-location-data
#location #tracking #data #usa #gov #military #dia #why
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/22/22244848/us-intelligence-memo-admits-buying-smartphone-location-data
#location #tracking #data #usa #gov #military #dia #why
The Verge
US Defense Intelligence Agency admits to buying citizens’ location data
It says it rarely uses the data.
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
DC residents get visits from FBI as agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
A DC woman said an FBI agent contacted her and said investigators were reaching out to the owner of every phone that touched a cell tower near the riot.
WASHINGTON — If you were anywhere near the Capitol on Jan. 6, you may be getting a knock on your door from the FBI.
A D.C. woman said an agent visited her neighbor and called her, telling them investigators were tracking people whose cell phones connected to wi-fi or pinged cell phone towers near the Capitol during the riots.
"They don't call first, they just come to your house," Bree Stevens, a legal investigator who lives near Capitol Hill, said.
Stevens said an FBI agent told her they were reaching out to every single person whose cell phone put them near the Capitol during the riots.
https://telegra.ph/DC-residents-get-visits-from-FBI-as-agents-track-cell-phones-that-pinged-near-the-Capitol-01-23
via www.wusa9.com
#usa #fbi #tracking #cellphones #capitol
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
A DC woman said an FBI agent contacted her and said investigators were reaching out to the owner of every phone that touched a cell tower near the riot.
WASHINGTON — If you were anywhere near the Capitol on Jan. 6, you may be getting a knock on your door from the FBI.
A D.C. woman said an agent visited her neighbor and called her, telling them investigators were tracking people whose cell phones connected to wi-fi or pinged cell phone towers near the Capitol during the riots.
"They don't call first, they just come to your house," Bree Stevens, a legal investigator who lives near Capitol Hill, said.
Stevens said an FBI agent told her they were reaching out to every single person whose cell phone put them near the Capitol during the riots.
https://telegra.ph/DC-residents-get-visits-from-FBI-as-agents-track-cell-phones-that-pinged-near-the-Capitol-01-23
via www.wusa9.com
#usa #fbi #tracking #cellphones #capitol
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Telegraph
DC residents get visits from FBI as agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
Producer's Picks A DC woman said an FBI agent contacted her and said investigators were reaching out to the owner of every phone that touched a cell tower near the riot. WASHINGTON — If you were anywhere near the Capitol on Jan. 6, you may be getting a knock…
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon
Supercookie uses favicons to assign a unique identifier to website visitors.
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
The tracking method works even in the browser's incognito mode and is not cleared by flushing the cache, closing the browser or restarting the system, using a VPN or installing AdBlockers.
https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookie
#supercookie #browser #tracking
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Supercookie uses favicons to assign a unique identifier to website visitors.
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
The tracking method works even in the browser's incognito mode and is not cleared by flushing the cache, closing the browser or restarting the system, using a VPN or installing AdBlockers.
https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookie
#supercookie #browser #tracking
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Forwarded from Libreware
disable-trackers-from-recovery.pl
23.2 KB
Modified perl script of @ robertoprubio to use the local file
where <pathname> refers to pathname of the local exodus file that you've downloaded from https://etip.exodus-privacy.eu.org/trackers/export
#disablebadservices #disable #blocker #watt #mat #block #ifw #intents #services #ads #tracking
perl disable-trackers-from-recovery.pl --exodus-trackers-pathname <pathname> where <pathname> refers to pathname of the local exodus file that you've downloaded from https://etip.exodus-privacy.eu.org/trackers/export
#disablebadservices #disable #blocker #watt #mat #block #ifw #intents #services #ads #tracking
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Spy pixels in emails have become endemic
The use of "invisible" tracking tech in emails is now "endemic", according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request.
Hey's review indicated that two-thirds of emails sent to its users' personal accounts contained a "spy pixel", even after excluding for spam.
Its makers said that many of the largest brands used email pixels, with the exception of the "big tech" firms.
Defenders of the trackers say they are a commonplace marketing tactic.
And several of the companies involved noted their use of such tech was mentioned within their wider privacy policies.
‼️ Emails pixels can be used to log:
❌ if and when an email is opened
❌ how many times it is opened
❌ what device or devices are involved
❌ the user's rough physical location, deduced from their internet protocol (IP) address - in some cases making it possible to see the street the recipient is on
This information can then be used to determine the impact of a specific email campaign, as well as to feed into more detailed customer profiles.
Hey's co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson says they amount to a "grotesque invasion of privacy".
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56071437
#spy #pixels #email #invisible #tracking #bigtech #BigData #thinkabout
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
The use of "invisible" tracking tech in emails is now "endemic", according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request.
Hey's review indicated that two-thirds of emails sent to its users' personal accounts contained a "spy pixel", even after excluding for spam.
Its makers said that many of the largest brands used email pixels, with the exception of the "big tech" firms.
Defenders of the trackers say they are a commonplace marketing tactic.
And several of the companies involved noted their use of such tech was mentioned within their wider privacy policies.
‼️ Emails pixels can be used to log:
❌ if and when an email is opened
❌ how many times it is opened
❌ what device or devices are involved
❌ the user's rough physical location, deduced from their internet protocol (IP) address - in some cases making it possible to see the street the recipient is on
This information can then be used to determine the impact of a specific email campaign, as well as to feed into more detailed customer profiles.
Hey's co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson says they amount to a "grotesque invasion of privacy".
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56071437
#spy #pixels #email #invisible #tracking #bigtech #BigData #thinkabout
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
BBC News
'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic'
Email app Hey reveals that two-thirds of the messages it handles contain the hidden trackers.
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
How to turn off the ANDROID TRACKING SERVICES [ROOT required]
Let's start:
👉🏼 Download Termux from Google Playstore and install and open it.
Install Packages:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_G6-M8ToF0PsjY0HIrZIAVrTHT6nbptE
💡 (Please always use the latest version)
👉🏼 Unpack to 👉🏼 /sdcard and then enter the following command...:
👉🏼 Then enter:
tsu
After that, just reboot your device and the job is done.
#root #android #tracking #services #guide
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Let's start:
👉🏼 Download Termux from Google Playstore and install and open it.
Install Packages:
pkg install aapt jq tsu curl -y( Asks for root privileges, allow this ❗️👇🏽)
cd /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin👉🏼 Download the script from here:
cp -R aapt /system/xbin/aapt
cp -R jq /system/xbin/jq
cp -R curl /system/xbin/curl
chmod +x /system/xbin/aapt
chmod +x /system/xbin/jq
chmod +x /system/xbin/curl
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_G6-M8ToF0PsjY0HIrZIAVrTHT6nbptE
💡 (Please always use the latest version)
👉🏼 Unpack to 👉🏼 /sdcard and then enter the following command...:
termux-setup-storage (grant permission)👉🏼 Then enter:
cd /sdcard(with root) 👇🏽
tsu
bash DisableTrackers.sh sys (Add ❗️)After that, just reboot your device and the job is done.
#root #android #tracking #services #guide
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
Google says it will not come up with new ways to track individual netizens as they browse the web once Chrome phases out third-party cookies, commonly used for loosely observing people's online activities.
In effect, the browser will not provide ad networks – and Google runs a very large one – alternative identifiers that can be used to follow individuals around the web, though it's not clear exactly how this will impact Google, which already has a variety of ways to shadow internet users.
Early last year, Google announced a plan to kill off third-party cookies, often used to associate you with the websites you visit so that adverts tailored to your interests can be shown on pages. Google made the move after other major browser makers decided to block third-party cookies by default because the little scraps of data can be abused to subvert privacy, and after regulators made it clear they had concerns about ad tech giants Google and Facebook.
Google aims to replace third-party cookies with its Privacy Sandbox, an umbrella term for a set of proposals from Google and other ad tech firms, to allow behavioral ad targeting to continue without individualized tracking identifiers.
Instead, the ad goliath intends to target broad groups of netizens defined by a common interest – eg, jazz fans – through a system called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), and at narrower groups defined by past interest-based interaction, through a scheme called FLEDGE (First "Locally-Executed Decision over Groups.")
Google plans to start testing FLoC-based cohorts publicly via origin trials in next month's release of Chrome and to make testing available for advertisers in Q2.
The idea has alarmed the ad industry, which isn't keen to give up the ability to track people and has proposed alternatives like a new identifier based on data like email addresses, normally classified as personal information.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/03/google_internet_tracking_pledge/
#google #DeleteGoogle #internet #tracking #advertising #cookies #chrome #browser #thinkabout #why
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
Google says it will not come up with new ways to track individual netizens as they browse the web once Chrome phases out third-party cookies, commonly used for loosely observing people's online activities.
In effect, the browser will not provide ad networks – and Google runs a very large one – alternative identifiers that can be used to follow individuals around the web, though it's not clear exactly how this will impact Google, which already has a variety of ways to shadow internet users.
Early last year, Google announced a plan to kill off third-party cookies, often used to associate you with the websites you visit so that adverts tailored to your interests can be shown on pages. Google made the move after other major browser makers decided to block third-party cookies by default because the little scraps of data can be abused to subvert privacy, and after regulators made it clear they had concerns about ad tech giants Google and Facebook.
Google aims to replace third-party cookies with its Privacy Sandbox, an umbrella term for a set of proposals from Google and other ad tech firms, to allow behavioral ad targeting to continue without individualized tracking identifiers.
Instead, the ad goliath intends to target broad groups of netizens defined by a common interest – eg, jazz fans – through a system called FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), and at narrower groups defined by past interest-based interaction, through a scheme called FLEDGE (First "Locally-Executed Decision over Groups.")
Google plans to start testing FLoC-based cohorts publicly via origin trials in next month's release of Chrome and to make testing available for advertisers in Q2.
The idea has alarmed the ad industry, which isn't keen to give up the ability to track people and has proposed alternatives like a new identifier based on data like email addresses, normally classified as personal information.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/03/google_internet_tracking_pledge/
#google #DeleteGoogle #internet #tracking #advertising #cookies #chrome #browser #thinkabout #why
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_FR
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag
The Register
Google says once third-party cookies are toast, Chrome won't help ad networks track individuals around the web
Notes an 'erosion of trust' – gee, wonder who could be responsible for that...
How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You
Everyone sends emails now: political parties, your book club, freelance journalists, the social networks you're signed up to, your parents, that online store that you only bought one item from a decade ago, and many, many more.
What do a lot of those email senders have in common? They want to know whether the messages they send you are being opened, and there are a variety of tools available to help them do just that—tools that aren't all that hard to use.
A tracking pixel, embedded somewhere in the email, is how most people monitor whether an email gets opened. Once the tiny, hidden single-pixel image is loaded, it reports back to base. Their use across emails is now up to "endemic" levels according to some experts.
Tracking pixels can report the times and dates their associated email was opened, as well as the location of the device used, and the email client involved. That's a lot of data to feed back to a third-party that you might not know much about.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-tell-which-emails-track-you/
#email #tracking #privacy
Everyone sends emails now: political parties, your book club, freelance journalists, the social networks you're signed up to, your parents, that online store that you only bought one item from a decade ago, and many, many more.
What do a lot of those email senders have in common? They want to know whether the messages they send you are being opened, and there are a variety of tools available to help them do just that—tools that aren't all that hard to use.
A tracking pixel, embedded somewhere in the email, is how most people monitor whether an email gets opened. Once the tiny, hidden single-pixel image is loaded, it reports back to base. Their use across emails is now up to "endemic" levels according to some experts.
Tracking pixels can report the times and dates their associated email was opened, as well as the location of the device used, and the email client involved. That's a lot of data to feed back to a third-party that you might not know much about.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-tell-which-emails-track-you/
#email #tracking #privacy
Wired
How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You
Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Data protection activist Max Schrems: Google illegally tracks Android users
Facebook watchdog Max Schrems is taking on Google. He has filed a complaint in France accusing Google of massive violations of the GDPR - specifically, tracking via advertising ID.
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed a complaint against Google in France with his privacy association Noyb, alleging that the U.S. tech giant is illegally tracking the use of Android smartphones without the consent of their users. He bases his accusation on the unique advertising ID that every Android smartphone carries.
Accusation: Google's advertising ID allows tracking without consent
These IDs allow Google and its advertisers to track the surfing behavior of Android users in order to target them with suitable advertising. Apple has very similar technology with its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA).
In the complaint filed Wednesday with France's data protection authority, Schrems accuses the tech giant of conducting "illegal operations" that violate EU data protection laws when creating and storing the advertising ID. In particular, he arguably sees the requirement for prior consent violated.
Schrems is calling on the data protection authorities to launch an investigation against Google. This should reveal Google's tracking practices and ultimately force the company to behave in a DSGVO-compliant manner. In addition, Schrems is calling for the imposition of hefty fines in the event that the authority finds evidence of misconduct.
"Trail of powder" allows detailed tracking
‼️ "These hidden identifiers on your phone allow Google and third parties to track users without their consent," Schrems' privacy lawyer Stefano Rossetti tells the Financial Times, adding, "It's like having a powder on your hands that leaves a trail of everything you do on your phone - from whether you swiped right or left to what song you were listening to."
Google has not yet commented on the allegations. Apple has just impressively proven that Schrems' concerns are not without substance by wanting to make the use of the advertising ID subject to consent in the upcoming iOS update.
(Paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/4617cc99-3ed2-49e1-b97f-db4f1b45b5db
https://t3n.de/news/google-trackt-android-1371162/#%E2%80%9ESpur_aus_Puder%E2%80%9C_erlaubt_detailliertes_Tracking
#dataprotection #android #advertising #id #user #tracking #illegal #gdpr #thinkabout
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Facebook watchdog Max Schrems is taking on Google. He has filed a complaint in France accusing Google of massive violations of the GDPR - specifically, tracking via advertising ID.
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems has filed a complaint against Google in France with his privacy association Noyb, alleging that the U.S. tech giant is illegally tracking the use of Android smartphones without the consent of their users. He bases his accusation on the unique advertising ID that every Android smartphone carries.
Accusation: Google's advertising ID allows tracking without consent
These IDs allow Google and its advertisers to track the surfing behavior of Android users in order to target them with suitable advertising. Apple has very similar technology with its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA).
In the complaint filed Wednesday with France's data protection authority, Schrems accuses the tech giant of conducting "illegal operations" that violate EU data protection laws when creating and storing the advertising ID. In particular, he arguably sees the requirement for prior consent violated.
Schrems is calling on the data protection authorities to launch an investigation against Google. This should reveal Google's tracking practices and ultimately force the company to behave in a DSGVO-compliant manner. In addition, Schrems is calling for the imposition of hefty fines in the event that the authority finds evidence of misconduct.
"Trail of powder" allows detailed tracking
‼️ "These hidden identifiers on your phone allow Google and third parties to track users without their consent," Schrems' privacy lawyer Stefano Rossetti tells the Financial Times, adding, "It's like having a powder on your hands that leaves a trail of everything you do on your phone - from whether you swiped right or left to what song you were listening to."
Google has not yet commented on the allegations. Apple has just impressively proven that Schrems' concerns are not without substance by wanting to make the use of the advertising ID subject to consent in the upcoming iOS update.
(Paywall) https://www.ft.com/content/4617cc99-3ed2-49e1-b97f-db4f1b45b5db
https://t3n.de/news/google-trackt-android-1371162/#%E2%80%9ESpur_aus_Puder%E2%80%9C_erlaubt_detailliertes_Tracking
#dataprotection #android #advertising #id #user #tracking #illegal #gdpr #thinkabout
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Ft
Max Schrems accuses Google of illegally tracking Android users
Activist’s complaint alleges tech giant’s use of tracking identifiers without user consent breaches EU law
Forwarded from BlackBox (Security) Archiv
Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users.
💡 FLoC is bad for privacy: It puts you in a group based on your browsing history, and any website can get that group FLoC ID to target and fingerprint you.
You can use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension (pending Chrome Web Store's approval of our update) to block FLoC's tracking, which is an enhancement to its tracker blocking and directly in line with the extension's single purpose of protecting your privacy holistically as you use Chrome.
DuckDuckGo Search (via our website duckduckgo.com) is now also configured to opt-out of FLoC, regardless if you use our extension or app.
https://spreadprivacy.com/block-floc-with-duckduckgo/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/9/22376110/duckduckgo-privacy-floc-block-chrome-extension-advertising-tech
#ddg #DuckDuckGo #google #FLoC #chrome #browser #ad #targeting #tracking #cookies #DeleteGoogle
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Google has created a new tracking method called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users.
💡 FLoC is bad for privacy: It puts you in a group based on your browsing history, and any website can get that group FLoC ID to target and fingerprint you.
You can use the DuckDuckGo Chrome extension (pending Chrome Web Store's approval of our update) to block FLoC's tracking, which is an enhancement to its tracker blocking and directly in line with the extension's single purpose of protecting your privacy holistically as you use Chrome.
DuckDuckGo Search (via our website duckduckgo.com) is now also configured to opt-out of FLoC, regardless if you use our extension or app.
https://spreadprivacy.com/block-floc-with-duckduckgo/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/9/22376110/duckduckgo-privacy-floc-block-chrome-extension-advertising-tech
#ddg #DuckDuckGo #google #FLoC #chrome #browser #ad #targeting #tracking #cookies #DeleteGoogle
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv
Spread Privacy
Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome
Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It's bad for privacy, which is why we're now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension.