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#surveillancecapitalism and #listeningdevices enthusiast Craig Lloyd now promotes #gafam (Pentagon) -connected #cctv that does #facerec for Big Brother. Bloody hell. 

The Best Wi-Fi Cams with Facial Recognition
If you just need a simple Wi-Fi cam that can capture video, then there are plenty of options available. However, if you want one that has facial recognition, the list gets much shorter. The good news is that there are still some great options to choose from.www.reviewgeek.com
Certificate system gamed to the point of uselessness and #surveillancecapitalism companies are complicit because #privacy is against their interests 

Powerful Permissions, Wimpy Warnings: Installing a Root Certificate Should be Scary
More lessons from "Facebook Research"Last week, Facebook was caught using a sketchy market research app to gobble large amounts of sensitive user activity after instructing users to alter the root certificate store on their phones. A day after, Google pulled a similar iOS “research program” app....www.eff.org
#surveillancecapitalism enthusiast Craig Lloyd is promoting #surveillance devices that abuse your neighbours and anyone else who walks past your house. What a reckless fool. 

The Best Video Doorbell with Facial Recognition
A lot of video doorbells can differentiate between a person and another random object, but what if you want to know exactly who rang your doorbell? There’s really only one video doorbell on the market that can do facial recognition, but it’s a great option.www.reviewgeek.com
"Vizio was sued for reportedly spying on customers and using this data to target ads." Will people buy "smart" things still? This site promotes this for #surveillancecapitalism giant #amazon 

How to Get Settlement Money If You Bought a Vizio Smart TV
Last year, Vizio was sued for reportedly spying on customers and using this data to target ads. This resulted in a $17 million class-action lawsuit that is now paying customers who bought a Vizio smart TV between February of 2015 and February of 2017.www.howtogeek.com
"If I plot all the different domains (including any subdomain) which got queried at least 10 times in a week, we see the following graph." HOLY CRAP! #surveillancecapitalism in action.
Snowden on Kashmir Hill's "Goodbye Big Five": "Look at the numbers on this chart and tell me this series wasn't worth writing. This is quality public service journalism." #Librem #SurveillanceCapitalism https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194


"Smart Home Technology and the IoT Threat Models"
Buzzwords as a threat. https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/willkelly/iot-threat-modeling-made-easy-011119 #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #listeningdevices #backdoors
Buzzwords as a threat. https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/willkelly/iot-threat-modeling-made-easy-011119 #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #listeningdevices #backdoors

IoT Threat Modeling Made Easy
The Internet of Things is all around us - think of the virtual assistant in your living room or a sensor that turns on the lights when you enter an empty conference room at work. These small internet-connected devices raise the level of security threats in ways your traditional enterprise has yet to see. As you roll out more IoT devices, it’s time...it.toolbox.com
Nest Secure has an unlisted, disabled microphone
https://www.androidauthority.com/nest-secure-google-assistant-mic-950134/
Wondering how many times this has been used before being offically activated? How many agencies knew, had access to it, etc?
#FuckOffGoogle
#FuckOffGoogleAndCo
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#Spying

https://www.androidauthority.com/nest-secure-google-assistant-mic-950134/
Wondering how many times this has been used before being offically activated? How many agencies knew, had access to it, etc?
#FuckOffGoogle
#FuckOffGoogleAndCo
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#Spying

#listeningdevices on the cheap https://www.reviewgeek.com/12816/woot-is-selling-refurbished-amazon-products-for-more-than-50-off/ #surveillancecapitalism #surveillance #amazon i 

Woot Is Selling Refurbished Amazon Products for More Than 50% Off
Have you been waiting for the perfect opportunity to buy an Amazon smart device? Well, the wait is over. Woot is selling Amazon products at a ridiculous discount.www.reviewgeek.com
#cctv inside your home that the state can remotely access https://www.reviewgeek.com/12584/the-best-battery-powered-wi-fi-cams/ #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism (and yes, it's you who pays for it) 

The Best Battery-Powered Wi-Fi Cams
Most Wi-Fi cameras require a power outlet, which puts a real damper on where you can place them. Battery-powered Wi-Fi cameras, while not as numerous as their wired counterparts, offer much more flexible placement. Here are the best models available.www.reviewgeek.com
Like two RFIDs on the same person https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-4-dual-sim-rumor/ #google #android #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism
#surveillancecapitalism champion lies to us; it pretends that we get the most #security and #privacy if we're hosted by it. Who falls for these lies? 

Google eyes confidential computing to buff cloud security cred
Google has issued a challenge to boost developer participation in the Google Asylo confidential computing project. The effort reflects GCP's desire to be a leader in public cloud security.searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com
#google is pursuing #surveillance , e.g. #listeningdevices , that you wear at all times https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/8/18217335/google-vp-of-engineering-wearables-wear-os-pixel-watch-rumors-speculation #surveillancecapitalism 

Google is hiring a VP of engineering for wearables, but what does that really mean?
Google’s smartwatch strategy is confounding.www.theverge.com
I will never understand so-called 'news' sites that are entirely dedicated to Chrome, Android, Chromebooks and Google. These people waste their talent promoting #surveillancecapitalism (usually just for traffic); same for #microsoft sites, but Microsoft bribes them
#amazon -funded #surveillancecapitalism site is advocating the #listeningdevices of pervert Jeff #bezos 

Want Better Smarthome Voice Control? Use Groups
If your Google Home or Amazon Echo has trouble controlling multiple lights or devices in a room, you probably haven’t set up groups correctly. Giving each item a unique name and then grouping those items makes your Voice Assistant work better.www.howtogeek.com
German Regulators Just Outlawed Facebook's Whole Ad Business
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/
Some good news to kick off the weekend with.
#SurveillanceCapitalism
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/
Some good news to kick off the weekend with.
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#techrights is a generic enough site name that some day in the future we might as well focus on battling #surveillancecapitalism
It runs the Web (bloat), it ruins how people communicate with one another, it harms human rights
It runs the Web (bloat), it ruins how people communicate with one another, it harms human rights
What disturbs me more than #surveillancecapitalism and the rise of #listeningdevices and 'IoT' with #biometrics is the shocking lack of #corporatemedia critique of it. They're complicit in actively promoting such agenda, misleading the public.
OK, maybe I am reading the wrong sites. Maybe not. Not about politics but tech. Some that I monitor constantly promote #surveillancecapitalism agenda and #listeningdevices
Does #corporatemedia do the same? Has it gotten this bad?
Does #corporatemedia do the same? Has it gotten this bad?
Overlap between #surveillancecapitalism and #nsa https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190202/09354341513/ex-nsa-personnel-spied-americans-journalists-united-arab-emirates.shtml profiting from access to government, connection... 

Ex-NSA Personnel Spied On Americans And Journalists For The United Arab Emirates
When former NSA employees and contractors decide to start working for a journalist-murdering authoritarian, they should feel sick. Instead, after targeting journalists, dissidents, and other people the United Arab Emirates government doesn't...www.techdirt.com
Carriers selling your location to bounty hunters: It was worse than we thought https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18214667/att-t-mobile-sprint-location-tracking-data-bounty-hunters #sprint #tmobile #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism 

Carriers selling your location to bounty hunters: It was worse than we thought
Never pass up a chance to say "bounty hunters" in a headlinewww.theverge.com
When you carry around a so-called 'phone' you become yet more of a product (of many companies) because you vomit a lot of personal data to these companies every 60 seconds or so. #surveillance #tracking #listeningdevices #surveillancecapitalism
In #surveillancecapitalism the product is the person (data)
The objective is to empty this product's wallet
The clients are those whose pockets get filled at the expense of the product's wallet
Crude? Sure. But true.
The objective is to empty this product's wallet
The clients are those whose pockets get filled at the expense of the product's wallet
Crude? Sure. But true.
#surveillancecapitalism is, to me, this notion that many companies now profit by controlling people's "screen time" (brainwash) while watching every place they go, listening to what they say, what they browse, what they type (keylogging), what they search (think) for wallet control
Far too many sites now have malicious code on them (in every page), sent to the browser to be run. I can't quite stop linking to all these sites, but I think I might start issuing visible warnings each time I link to these. #surveillancecapitalism
"Smart City" = city with lots and lots of #surveillance everywhere. Not smart at all. #surveillancecapitalism
Keep your #JavaScript command-line tools neat and clean with Notion https://jaxenter.com/notion-javascript-toolcahin-manager-155304.html also: keep JS out of Web pages. JS has been abducted on the #www by #surveillancecapitalism and must now be blocked.
#surveillancecapitalism sites call freedom "stupid" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/09/why-stallman-is-wrong-when-he-calls-cloud-computing-stupid/ #condenast site. They will also sell #reddit data now. To "raise money"...
Why Stallman is wrong when he calls cloud computing stupid
Richard Stallman, one of the fathers of the software freedom movement, has …arstechnica.com
Just a word of caution: if #lwn feels slow and bloated nowadays, it's because LWN added #spyware to all of its pages. It's #googleanalytics spyware, which #germany at one point deemed illegal. Is LWN getting desperate? #surveillancecapitalism @aral
#google liars redefine the word "confidential". A #surveillancecapitalism company in #nsa PRISM and with back doors in everything (and with NSA access to your passwords) hunours confidentiality? 

Google Set to Advance Confidential Computing With Asylo Project
Google is looking to further the development and advancement of a model for security known as confidential computing, which will help to protect the integrity of workloads, wherever they are running.www.eweek.com
#surveillancecapitalism and mass #surveillance everywhere. Stop #sharing data with these private, for-profit firms
#surveillancecapitalism enthusiast Craig Lloyd advises people to help the #pentagon also spy on neighbours worldwide with #cctv connected to the router and #gafam 

The Best Battery-Powered Video Doorbells
Video doorbells are one of the most useful smarthome gadgets to have for your house, but if you’d rather not deal with the wiring situation, you can buy battery-powered models that you simply just mount to an outside wall and connect to your Wi-Fi.www.reviewgeek.com
Kashmir Hill continues cutting out #BigTech: "I do have a computer, one that I can use for the final two weeks of the experiment: a Librem 13, made by a company called Purism that is fiercely opposed to the tech giants..." #SurveillanceCapitalism
https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-apple-out-of-my-life-it-was-devastating-1831063868

https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-apple-out-of-my-life-it-was-devastating-1831063868

#gnu #compiler project takes money from #surveillancecapitalism giant that helps the #cia drone people (using so-called 'AI' to decide who to kill next, along with people around/nearby)
Linux Hardware Reviews, Open-Source Benchmarks & Linux Performance - Phoronix
Phoronix is the leading technology website for Linux hardware reviews, open-source news, Linux benchmarks, open-source benchmarks, and computer hardware tests.www.phoronix.com
#surveillancecapitalism disguised as office suite. Use #libreoffice instead
Google Docs - Long-term combat test
Long-term, thorough review of Google office suite, including Docs, Sheets and Slides, covering basic and advanced usage, real-life examples and test cases, styles, filters, charts, equations, translations, online collaboration, version control, changes tracking, file format conversion quality, media playback, add-ons, some quirks and bugs, and morewww.dedoimedo.com
#amazon -funded site #reviewgeek spamming for #listenining devices again today... "Alexa-driven smarthome" https://www.reviewgeek.com/12473/deal-alert-amazon-smart-plugs-40-off/ #surveillancecapitalism promoted by corruptible 'journalists' 

Deal Alert: Amazon Smart Plugs 40% Off
If you’re looking for a smart plug to pair seamlessly with your Amazon Alexa-driven smarthome, it’s tough to go wrong with a first-party solution. Today you can snag some Amazon Smart Plugs for 40% off.www.reviewgeek.com
#microsoft focus on #surveillancecapitalism by sensors
https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/01/30/new-patent-shows-off-microsofts-foldable-device-with-focus-on-sensors/
All about #surveillance as a business model http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA
https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/01/30/new-patent-shows-off-microsofts-foldable-device-with-focus-on-sensors/
All about #surveillance as a business model http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA

New patent shows off Microsoft's foldable device with focus on sensors
According to multiple reports, Microsoft is working on a dual-screen device called Andromeda that could debut sometime in 2019. Microsoft is also said to be working on another dual-screen device codenamed Centaurus 2-in-1 and the software maker might announce it soon. Unlike traditional 2-in-1 devices and smartphones, the setup of foldable devices is complicated. Microsoft apparently …www.windowslatest.com
So-called 'phones' to the aid of #surveillancecapitalism companies https://www.xda-developers.com/tensorflow-lite-mobile-gpu-android/ you pay their energy bills
#google money in #debian
In the name of #diversity
Not in the name of #surveillancecapitalism
But Debian devs might think twice about blasting Google for #surveillance
In the name of #diversity
Not in the name of #surveillancecapitalism
But Debian devs might think twice about blasting Google for #surveillance

Bits from Debian Project
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.bits.debian.org
Your TV Is Now a Computer, but Not in a Good Way https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/smart-tvs-are-dumb/581059/ #surveillance #surveillanceCapitalism 

Your TV Is Now a Computer, but Not in a Good Way
You don’t really own it, and it breaks in unpredictable ways.www.theatlantic.com
How to protect humans in a fully automated society https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18205204/automation-ai-software-disruption-artificial-intelligence-big-picture #surveillanceCapitalism #surveillance #privacy 

How to protect humans in a fully automated society
What happens when every job is replaced by a machine?www.theverge.com
#surveillance on people's #music habits https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/spotify-reportedly-in-advanced-stages-of-acquiring-podcast-company-for-230m/ #surveillanceCapitalism #spotify 

Spotify reportedly in “advanced stages” of acquiring podcast company for $230M
Unknown whether series like Reply All, Science Vs. would become Spotify exclusives.arstechnica.com
Word of advice to #mozilla : if you try to promote the idea of #privacy in #firefox and #thunderbird do not use platforms like #medium to communicate because these have lots of trackers. #surveillanceCapitalism
Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restore https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/apple-facebook-spat-is-over-for-now-ios-certificate-access-restored/ #nsa PRISM squad happy again. #surveillanceCapitalism 

Apple, Facebook spat is over, for now—iOS certificate access restored
Spokesman: "We are in the process of getting our internal apps up and running."arstechnica.com
"The #IAB system provides for the inclusion of personal data in the bid request, some of which are very intimate indeed. Indeed, the IAB explicitly recommends the inclusion of personal data in the bid request." #surveillanceCapitalism 

Response to IAB statement
By: Jim Killock (Open Rights Group) Johnny Ryan (Brave) Katarzyna Szymielewicz (Panoptykon Foundation) Michael Veale (University College London)www.openrightsgroup.org