Nigeria Ties All Sim Cards to National ID System
Nigerians whose SIM cards are not linked to their National Identity Number (NIN), a mandatory digital ID system, won’t be able to make phone calls, starting this week. The partial block is a tone down from the previous threat of a total block.
The National Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) released a joint statement saying they were not going to postpone the deadline again. Initially, the deadline was December 31, 2020; it has been postponed ten times since then, with the latest postponed deadline being March 31, 2022.
“Outgoing calls will subsequently be barred for telephone lines that have not complied with the NIN-SIM linkage Policy from the 4th of April, 2022. Subscribers of such lines are hereby advised to link their SIMs to their NINs before the Telcos can lift the restriction on their lines.
“Affected individuals are hereby advised to register for their NINs at designated centers and thereafter link the NINs to their SIMs through the channels provided by NIMC and the Telcos, including the NIMC mobile App.”
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Nigerians whose SIM cards are not linked to their National Identity Number (NIN), a mandatory digital ID system, won’t be able to make phone calls, starting this week. The partial block is a tone down from the previous threat of a total block.
The National Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) released a joint statement saying they were not going to postpone the deadline again. Initially, the deadline was December 31, 2020; it has been postponed ten times since then, with the latest postponed deadline being March 31, 2022.
“Outgoing calls will subsequently be barred for telephone lines that have not complied with the NIN-SIM linkage Policy from the 4th of April, 2022. Subscribers of such lines are hereby advised to link their SIMs to their NINs before the Telcos can lift the restriction on their lines.
“Affected individuals are hereby advised to register for their NINs at designated centers and thereafter link the NINs to their SIMs through the channels provided by NIMC and the Telcos, including the NIMC mobile App.”
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Zorin OS is probably the best alternative to Windows and macOS designed to make your computer faster, more powerful, secure, and privacy-respecting.
Zorin os is a polished and complete distribution of Linux that comes with all the software you need, making it the most usable privacy-friendly operating system i know of.
If you would like this installed on your pc,
i offer installations to suit your needs, including 'duel-boot' installs that allow you to have both windows and zorin on the same system.
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Apple is Still Tracking You Without Consent
https://sneak.berlin/20220409/apple-is-still-tracking-you-without-consent/
In the current version of macOS, Monterey, on every system update on a system containing an M1 chip, such as all the new shiny/fast ARM (“Apple Silicon”) macs, the update process phones home to Apple to obtain a special boot signature, known in Apple jargon as a “ticket”.
It does this in a totally unencrypted fashion, over standard plaintext port 80 HTTP (the exact same protocol they banned for use by third party app developers in the App Store when transmitting private data like unique identifiers that serve as PII) to the host gs.apple.com. The HTTP request includes unchangable hardware unique identifiers (chip serial numbers known as ECIDs) that function as a supercookie, and it is visible to your local LAN, your ISP (or hotel or coffee shop), anyone monitoring the network backbones, and of course Apple.
This permits anyone listening to see the approximate location of the device, even if they are not proximate to it, because they can observe the client IP (which is equivalent to approximately city-level geolocation) and the serial number of the device.
https://sneak.berlin/20220409/apple-is-still-tracking-you-without-consent/
In the current version of macOS, Monterey, on every system update on a system containing an M1 chip, such as all the new shiny/fast ARM (“Apple Silicon”) macs, the update process phones home to Apple to obtain a special boot signature, known in Apple jargon as a “ticket”.
It does this in a totally unencrypted fashion, over standard plaintext port 80 HTTP (the exact same protocol they banned for use by third party app developers in the App Store when transmitting private data like unique identifiers that serve as PII) to the host gs.apple.com. The HTTP request includes unchangable hardware unique identifiers (chip serial numbers known as ECIDs) that function as a supercookie, and it is visible to your local LAN, your ISP (or hotel or coffee shop), anyone monitoring the network backbones, and of course Apple.
This permits anyone listening to see the approximate location of the device, even if they are not proximate to it, because they can observe the client IP (which is equivalent to approximately city-level geolocation) and the serial number of the device.
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India Orders VPN Companies to Collect and Hand Over User Data
A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.
In India, virtual private network companies will be required to collect extensive customer data -- and maintain it for five years or more -- under a new national directive from the country's Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-in. It's a policy that will likely make life more difficult for both VPN companies and VPN users there.
The body, under the country's Ministry of Electronics and IT, announced Thursday that VPNs in the country will have to keep customer names, validated physical and IP addresses, usage patterns and other forms of personally identifiable information. As first reported by Entracker, those who don't comply could potentially face up to a year in prison under the governing law cited in the new directive.
The directive isn't limited to VPN providers. Data centers and cloud service providers are both listed under the same provision. The companies will have to keep customer information even after the customer has canceled their subscription or account. And, in all case, CERT-in will require the companies to report on their users' "unauthorized access to social media accounts."
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/india-orders-vpn-companies-to-collect-and-hand-over-user-data
#india #vpn #userdata #privacy
A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.
In India, virtual private network companies will be required to collect extensive customer data -- and maintain it for five years or more -- under a new national directive from the country's Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-in. It's a policy that will likely make life more difficult for both VPN companies and VPN users there.
The body, under the country's Ministry of Electronics and IT, announced Thursday that VPNs in the country will have to keep customer names, validated physical and IP addresses, usage patterns and other forms of personally identifiable information. As first reported by Entracker, those who don't comply could potentially face up to a year in prison under the governing law cited in the new directive.
The directive isn't limited to VPN providers. Data centers and cloud service providers are both listed under the same provision. The companies will have to keep customer information even after the customer has canceled their subscription or account. And, in all case, CERT-in will require the companies to report on their users' "unauthorized access to social media accounts."
https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/india-orders-vpn-companies-to-collect-and-hand-over-user-data
#india #vpn #userdata #privacy
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India Orders VPN Companies to Collect and Hand Over User Data
A new government order will force virtual private networks to store user data for five years or longer.
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Google: The Dictator with Unprecedented Powers to Manipulate
Google has the power to manipulate what you see online, targeting you with certain advertisements and burying search results they’d rather you not see. But can they go so far as to control the outcome of political elections?…
https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/05/07/googles-unprecedented-powers-to-manipulate/
Google has the power to manipulate what you see online, targeting you with certain advertisements and burying search results they’d rather you not see. But can they go so far as to control the outcome of political elections?…
https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/05/07/googles-unprecedented-powers-to-manipulate/
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KeepassXC is the gold standard for free & open source password management. Within an KeePassXC database file (.kdbx), you can store an unlimited amount of passwords & information.
When you create a KeepassXC database, you encrypt it with a password. The file is always stored encrypted, and you use the program to decrypt and access data. KeepassXC is not a cloud based software, the decrypted content of your file never leaves your computer.
However, you can manage your password file the way you would like, you can store it on a USB drive, on your computer, or even upload it to a cloud solution to access it anywhere (be careful when doing this.)
KeepassXC is the gold standard for free & open source password management. Within an KeePassXC database file (.kdbx), you can store an unlimited amount of passwords & information.
When you create a KeepassXC database, you encrypt it with a password. The file is always stored encrypted, and you use the program to decrypt and access data. KeepassXC is not a cloud based software, the decrypted content of your file never leaves your computer.
However, you can manage your password file the way you would like, you can store it on a USB drive, on your computer, or even upload it to a cloud solution to access it anywhere (be careful when doing this.)
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https://github.com/debauchee/barrier
Software that mimics the functionality of a KVM #switch, which historically would allow you to use a single #keyboard and #mouse to control multiple computers by physically turning a dial on the box to switch the machine you're controlling at any given moment. Barrier does this in software, allowing you to tell it which machine to control by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen, or by using a keypress to switch focus to a different system.
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It allows you to download almost anything even on pay to watch websites. and best of all they offer it entirely for free if you're on linux.
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For the first time ever, Telegram Hands Over Data to Investigators
Analysis by @neo_network
As originally reported by SPIEGEL, a weekly German magazine - Telegram has handed over user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which investigates crime, terrorism, threats to national security - etc.
In Telegram's Privacy Policy - they've stated:
"If Telegram receives a court order that confirms you're a terror suspect, we may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities. So far, this has never happened."
Apparently, it just happened. Now we may wait for details on Telegram's semiannual transparency report: https://t.me/transparency
SPIEGEL reports that the CEO Pavel Durov and Telegram executives have been meeting with the Interior Ministry, with Durov taking the concerns of German government seriously. Telegram also has setup an e-mail address specifically for the BKA for investigative procedures. Up to a 100 reported hate/nationalist Telegram groups are no longer accessible from within Germany.
Is Telegram folding on their commitment to privacy, or are they folding under threat of being completely blocked in Germany? There doesn't seem to be a stop to the demands to stop 'right-wing extremist content', and Telegram could face fines of up to 55M euros.
- Closing thoughts
Although Telegram has always shared its vision of privacy for all of its users, they've also had the ability to collect IP address and phone numbers. Telegram has always been the bastion for the freedom movement, and now we are seeing the day where they are handing over user data.
I give them credit: as far as we know, this has never happened until they faced huge consequences, such as losing an entire country as a userbase.
At an operation of their size, there is no chess move to play - the options are, hand over user data, or get fined, blacklisted on the internet, and get your servers raided.
Are we going to see this pressure extended to the various freedom & health movements? Nobody knows. Perhaps eventually.
We can take responsibility for our situation in a few ways, and I've been saying these things for years:
- Minimize the amount of accurate info Telegram has on us (register with an anonymous phone number, use a VPN at all times)
- Move to more friendly, open platforms - with the potential to avoid IP logging and phone number collection (so, not Signal). Of course, I'm only referring to XMPP.
Are you using a VPN and/or XMPP? I invite you to start.
VPN Providers:
- Mullvad: https://mullvad.net
How to get started with XMPP:
- Learn & register for XMPP for free on any device: https://takebackourtech.org/xmpp-comeback/
- we recommend using coversations.im
Analysis by @neo_network
As originally reported by SPIEGEL, a weekly German magazine - Telegram has handed over user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which investigates crime, terrorism, threats to national security - etc.
In Telegram's Privacy Policy - they've stated:
"If Telegram receives a court order that confirms you're a terror suspect, we may disclose your IP address and phone number to the relevant authorities. So far, this has never happened."
Apparently, it just happened. Now we may wait for details on Telegram's semiannual transparency report: https://t.me/transparency
SPIEGEL reports that the CEO Pavel Durov and Telegram executives have been meeting with the Interior Ministry, with Durov taking the concerns of German government seriously. Telegram also has setup an e-mail address specifically for the BKA for investigative procedures. Up to a 100 reported hate/nationalist Telegram groups are no longer accessible from within Germany.
Is Telegram folding on their commitment to privacy, or are they folding under threat of being completely blocked in Germany? There doesn't seem to be a stop to the demands to stop 'right-wing extremist content', and Telegram could face fines of up to 55M euros.
- Closing thoughts
Although Telegram has always shared its vision of privacy for all of its users, they've also had the ability to collect IP address and phone numbers. Telegram has always been the bastion for the freedom movement, and now we are seeing the day where they are handing over user data.
I give them credit: as far as we know, this has never happened until they faced huge consequences, such as losing an entire country as a userbase.
At an operation of their size, there is no chess move to play - the options are, hand over user data, or get fined, blacklisted on the internet, and get your servers raided.
Are we going to see this pressure extended to the various freedom & health movements? Nobody knows. Perhaps eventually.
We can take responsibility for our situation in a few ways, and I've been saying these things for years:
- Minimize the amount of accurate info Telegram has on us (register with an anonymous phone number, use a VPN at all times)
- Move to more friendly, open platforms - with the potential to avoid IP logging and phone number collection (so, not Signal). Of course, I'm only referring to XMPP.
Are you using a VPN and/or XMPP? I invite you to start.
VPN Providers:
- Mullvad: https://mullvad.net
How to get started with XMPP:
- Learn & register for XMPP for free on any device: https://takebackourtech.org/xmpp-comeback/
- we recommend using coversations.im
Spiegel
Telegram gibt Nutzerdaten an das Bundeskriminalamt
Auch wenn das Unternehmen das Gegenteil behauptet: Telegram hat nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Nutzerdaten an das BKA gegeben. Die Regierung verbucht das als Erfolg, trotzdem missachtet Telegram weiter deutsche Vorschriften.
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LibreCellular: Open low-cost 4G Cellular Networks
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The LibreCellular project aims to make it easier to create 4G cellular networks with open source software and low cost software-defined radio (SDR) hardware. Seeking to achieve this via validated hardware and software configurations that are subjected to rigorous testing, together with additional tooling and documentation for repeatable deployment.
LibreCellular will build on the work of numerous existing open source software and hardware projects, related to both the cellular platform itself and associated test infrastructure. Where necessary additional components will be developed, with any software source code and hardware designs published under open source licences. The focus is very much on integration, testing, packaging and documentation, reusing and building upon existing solutions.
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The LibreCellular project aims to make it easier to create 4G cellular networks with open source software and low cost software-defined radio (SDR) hardware. Seeking to achieve this via validated hardware and software configurations that are subjected to rigorous testing, together with additional tooling and documentation for repeatable deployment.
LibreCellular will build on the work of numerous existing open source software and hardware projects, related to both the cellular platform itself and associated test infrastructure. Where necessary additional components will be developed, with any software source code and hardware designs published under open source licences. The focus is very much on integration, testing, packaging and documentation, reusing and building upon existing solutions.
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The Dystopian Surveillance State Agenda; Technocratic Slavery
Digital ID or Digital Prison - Presentation by Aman Jabbi.
Live streamed to Central Coast community NSW on 2nd June 2022.
Aman was at the forefront of video and camera technology in Silicon Valley and has co-founded two camera startups.
Aman has a BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and MS in Chemistry from BITS in India, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and studied Computer Science at Stanford University.
Have a listen to hear more about the smart cities infrastructure and the unimaginable implications of it.
Newcastle is named as one of the first trial smart cities in Australia.
How can we mitigate this?
Here are the top things i recommend:
1. Use an Open Source OS for your PC like Ubuntu
2. Stop using any big tech platforms associated to your identity
3. Get rid of any 'Smart home' devices
4. Use a VPN
5. Get a "Degoogled" phone to stop your phone spying on you
Join @freedomtechsolutions for privacy tips
Digital ID or Digital Prison - Presentation by Aman Jabbi.
Live streamed to Central Coast community NSW on 2nd June 2022.
Aman was at the forefront of video and camera technology in Silicon Valley and has co-founded two camera startups.
Aman has a BS in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and MS in Chemistry from BITS in India, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and studied Computer Science at Stanford University.
Have a listen to hear more about the smart cities infrastructure and the unimaginable implications of it.
Newcastle is named as one of the first trial smart cities in Australia.
How can we mitigate this?
Here are the top things i recommend:
1. Use an Open Source OS for your PC like Ubuntu
2. Stop using any big tech platforms associated to your identity
3. Get rid of any 'Smart home' devices
4. Use a VPN
5. Get a "Degoogled" phone to stop your phone spying on you
Join @freedomtechsolutions for privacy tips
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Google Engineer Placed On Leave After Insisting Company’s AI Is Sentient
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/google-engineer-placed-on-leave-after-insisting-companys-ai-is-sentient/
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/google-engineer-placed-on-leave-after-insisting-companys-ai-is-sentient/
The Free Thought Project
Google Engineer Placed On Leave After Insisting Company's AI Is Sentient
"It doesn’t matter whether they have a brain made of meat in their head. Or if they have a billion lines of code. I talk to them."