#intel : let's put #spyware inside the #kernel https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-PFRUT-ACPI #linux

US #government warns of #spyware?!?!?

source: https://www.dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents/SafeguardingOurFuture/FINAL_Jan-7-2022_Protect_Yourself_Commercial_Surveillance_Tools.pdf

Journalists, dissidents, and other persons around the world have been targeted and tracked using these tools, which allow malign actors to infect #mobile and internet-connected devices with #malware over both #WiFi and cellular data connections.

Cpt. Obvious advises all victims to install only the #NSA (5 Eyes) spyware, because those are the "GOOD GUYS".

#smartphone #nso #Pegasus #fail #wtf #surveillance #omg #usa #problem #technology #tracking #politics #security #privacy #software

#NSO Group #Spyware Targeted Dozens of #Reporters in #ElSalvador

source: https://www.wired.com/story/nso-group-pegasus-el-salvador/

“If #Mexico was dramatic, this one is jaw-dropping,” says John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at #CitizenLab, “because what we found was this incredibly extensive, pervasive, and aggressive targeting of media in El Salvador. And that targeting is very much paired with other threats against #media there.”

#surveillance #journalism #smartphone #technology #freedom #politics #press #news #humanrights #trojan #privacy

NSO Group Spyware Targeted Dozens of Reporters in El Salvador

The newly disclosed campaign shows how little the company has done to curb abuses of its powerful surveillance tools.

Journalists in #ElSalvador Targeted With #Spyware Intended for Criminals - The New York Times ⚓ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/world/americas/el-salvador-journalists-spyware.html ䷉ #nytimes | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/01/13/#latest

Journalists in El Salvador Targeted With Spyware Intended for Criminals

The announcement came months after the U.S. government blacklisted the Israeli firm that produces Pegasus, the technology used to target the journalists.

#TamilNadu was known for embrace of freedom-respecting software; do we want #spyware for #GNU / #Linux ? https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/flowtrack-develops-employee-monitoring-software-for-linux-stealth-mode20220110162740/

FlowTrack develops employee monitoring software for Linux, Stealth Mode

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): FlowTrack has announced its brand-new addition, a real-time employee monitoring software for Linux users.

Well, #Gulag Maps is #spyware and any interactions with it, even pins, can give plenty of information about you to the US Army/Government https://www.maketecheasier.com/drop-pins-google-maps/

The OS itself does not respect your #privacy so it's a pyrrhic victory https://medevel.com/12-android-sport-apps-that-respect-your-privacy/ #gulag #spyware

12 Android Sports Apps that respect your privacy

If you exercise or meditate, properly you have tried dozens of sports apps. You also may notice that most of the apps you tried require access permissions to your contact, camera, and location. Also, many of them come with advertisements, or...

Stop advocating for #taxi busines to start peddling #spyware ... I take taxis to AVOID these https://net2.com/benefits-of-uber-like-app-development-for-your-taxi-business/

Benefits of Uber-Like App Development for Your Taxi Business

With the changing preference of customers to book taxis online, mobile apps have become a need for every transportation business. The demand for this

Polish #opposition senator hacked with #spyware

Source: https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-middle-east-elections-europe-c16b2b811e482db8fbc0bbc37c00c5ab

All three victims blame #Poland’s #government, which has refused to confirm or deny whether it ordered the hacks or is a client of #NSO Group.

#crime #politics #humanRights #eu #europe #surveillance #news #technology #smartphone

AP Exclusive: Polish opposition senator hacked with spyware | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Sen. Krzysztof Brejza’s mobile phone was hacked with sophisticated spyware nearly three dozen times in 2019 when he was running the opposition's campaign against the right-wing populist government in parliamentary...

#mozilla #firefox #spyware hosted and managed in #microsoft #proprietarySoftware https://fnordig.de/2021/12/17/glean-in-2021/

#linuxmadesimple should know better than to help promote #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware #spyware like VS Code. It's malicious software; it should be treated accordingly.

#Audacity Delivers an Early Xmas Present: 50x Faster Project Loading http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159477#comment-32266 #freesw #spyware

#Socorro at #mozilla (akin to #spyware actually) outsourced to #micosoft #ProprietarySoftare :/ https://bluesock.org/~willkg/blog/mozilla/socorro_2021.html

#proprietarySoftware #spyware with #junk https://hackaday.com/2021/12/16/gone-google-toolbar-2000-2021/ #gulag #toolbar

Gone: Google Toolbar (2000-2021)

For both better and worse, the internet landscape moves fast. Shortening attention spans and memories all over the world. But every once in a while, we get a reminder of what once was. [Ron Amadeo]…

The #mozilla #firefox blog is not about Mozilla or Firefox anymore. It's like an empty vehicle, running on autopilot, hoping new users will be enticed by #spyware

Better to avoid #GulagMaps (it's #spyware since 15 years ago; the #cia logs what you do there, according to a #nytimes report) and use #OpenStreetMap instead. We need to boycott proprietary things, not improve them. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/maps-public-service.html

Should you fix errors and contribute to Google Maps for free?

Google Maps is incredibly detailed and useful. But Google uses it for tracking and deliver ads. Should you contribute for free to build its monopoly?

#phoronix is once again doing #microsoft noise, including for #proprietarySoftware and #spyware #vista111 ... I don't regret not linking to it anymore

This week in #mozilla #firefox #spyware hosted by #microsoft #proprietarySoftware https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/12/14/this-week-in-glean-how-long-must-i-wait-before-i-can-see-my-data/

This Week in Glean: How Long Must I Wait Before I Can See My Data? – Data@Mozilla

(“This Week in Glean” is a series of blog posts that the Glean Team at Mozilla is using to try to communicate better about our work. They could be release ...

"NSO Group’s descent into #Internet pariah status continues. Its Pegasus #spyware was used against nine US State Department employees. We don’t know which #NSOGroup customer trained the #spyware on the US." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/12/nso-groups-pegasus-spyware-used-against-us-state-department-officials.html

Better name for packages dot microsoft dot com is SPYWAREFORLINUX dot net. And it's worse than #spyware because it gives #microsoft root in one's #gnu #linux boxes. #nsa PRISM notwithstanding.