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⚡️#TBOT 10: Meta’s Content AI Abused By Governments, Police Surveillance at Your Hardware Store, Build Your Own Pay Phone, Private FOSS Keyboard
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Here’s the stories for the week:
Meta’s Content AI Abused By Governments: An anonymous group has release Pt 1 of their data leak and analysis from Meta’s Integrity Labs.
Your Favorite Stores Surveil for the Police: A recent records request indicated that “Flock” license plate cameras have been installed at 171 Lowe’s and Home Depot hardware stores across the country.
Build Your Own Pay Phone: Electrical engineer Patrick Schlott installed 3 free pay phones for anyone who wants to use them in his town.
Solutions: Want a private FOSS keyboard? We take a look at Heliboard and some upgrades like voice typing, swipe, and more.
We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories soon.
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Here’s the stories for the week:
Meta’s Content AI Abused By Governments: An anonymous group has release Pt 1 of their data leak and analysis from Meta’s Integrity Labs.
Your Favorite Stores Surveil for the Police: A recent records request indicated that “Flock” license plate cameras have been installed at 171 Lowe’s and Home Depot hardware stores across the country.
Build Your Own Pay Phone: Electrical engineer Patrick Schlott installed 3 free pay phones for anyone who wants to use them in his town.
Solutions: Want a private FOSS keyboard? We take a look at Heliboard and some upgrades like voice typing, swipe, and more.
We’ll be publishing full posts and clips of each of these stories soon.
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Forwarded from The Hacker News
⚡ Cybersecurity isn’t failing in one big breach—it’s leaking everywhere.
This week’s signals show just how fast cracks turn into collapse:
– NFC trojan stealing cards via “tap-to-pay” 🎴
– Active exploits in N-able N-central
– Espionage ops in Georgia & Moldova
– Docker Hub images still hiding the XZ backdoor
– U.S. expands crypto sanctions
– Hackers rushing to weaponize new CVEs
Each story points to one truth: hesitation = risk.
Read full RECAP → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/weekly-recap-nfc-fraud-curly-comrades-n.html
This week’s signals show just how fast cracks turn into collapse:
– NFC trojan stealing cards via “tap-to-pay” 🎴
– Active exploits in N-able N-central
– Espionage ops in Georgia & Moldova
– Docker Hub images still hiding the XZ backdoor
– U.S. expands crypto sanctions
– Hackers rushing to weaponize new CVEs
Each story points to one truth: hesitation = risk.
Read full RECAP → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/weekly-recap-nfc-fraud-curly-comrades-n.html
Forwarded from The Hacker News
⚠️ Hackers just weaponized a new Windows flaw (CVE-2025-29824) to drop the PipeMagic backdoor—fueling RansomExx attacks.
The bait? Fake ChatGPT apps and Chrome updates.
Still active. Still evolving.
Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/microsoft-windows-vulnerability.html
The bait? Fake ChatGPT apps and Chrome updates.
Still active. Still evolving.
Details here → https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/microsoft-windows-vulnerability.html
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Forwarded from XiaomiTime: Xiaomi & HyperOS News (IFTTT)
"Five Android giants—Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Honor, and Lenovo—are joining forces for a new privacy system! Key updates include:- Unified privacy permission framework- System-managed authorization- Strict app permission standardsFull rollout by Q4 2026."
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Five Android giants unite for new privacy system - XiaomiTime
Major players in the Android market—Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Honor, and Lenovo—have announced a strategic partnership aimed at transforming privacy protocols
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Group notes update 2025-08-18:
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Why is the Aurora Store trying to update my microG apps and what can I do about it??
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LINK TO PREVIOUS GROUP NOTES UPDATE 2025-08-13:
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Why is the Aurora Store trying to update my microG apps and what can I do about it??
Updated notes:
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NONE
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LINK TO PREVIOUS GROUP NOTES UPDATE 2025-08-13:
https://t.me/microG/169972
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Hide.Folders.Files.V4.zip
3.8 KB
Hidden to Files Folder: addon.d, Install-Recovery.sh, Init.RC, Unix. These files detect the device as a Custom ROM, which can prevent the operation of some apps, bootloader force locked.
Attention‼ ️
Install Last, After You Have Installed All Your Modules
Compatible with
Magisk✅
KSU✅
Apatch✅
GITHUB LINK
Attention‼ ️
Install Last, After You Have Installed All Your Modules
Compatible with
Magisk✅
KSU✅
Apatch✅
GITHUB LINK