Sergey Shkundaleu @archit3ct@social.ssbx.dev

You car might be spying on you! Biggest problem with privacy laws in US is that plaintiffs have to prove damage from sale of information, that they deemed private, like SMS messages(they are not, don't make that mistake). Essentially extortion that happens 5 years down the road after some threat actor connected dots from sets of data they purchased legally or stole from tech company can't be proved as it has not happened yet. Surveillance capitalism in action. #privacy https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy

Hey folks, it looks like AI buzzword is back into fashion. Today Whitehouse released a fact sheet about AI executive order. I am no lawyer do not take any advice from me, and this is not a legal advice. What is interesting is approach to privacy in that EO, statements looks good from marketing standpoint, but do nothing. You can track individuals from anonymized datasets, no PII needed thus you can build model of a person without need to name them. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/

@phil looks like you are giving some advice from ISC2 Cybersecurity Congress stage, nice!

If you are using Android phone then you could have noticed recent update from Google which allowed you to "personalize your ad experience" and those settings apparently were on by default. So you have to actually do work to opt out. Here is how you can turn it off: Settings->Security&Privacy->More privacy settings->Ads->Ad privacy. It will take you to the screen in picture, go ahead and turn off all of these settings and definitely delete your advertising ID. #punkprivacy

I am excited to announce that I am going to be speaking at HOU.SEC.CON - THE Houston-area information security conference. October 12-13 2023, right before solar eclipse. If you are in town, come see me and learn a thing or two about "Privacy in the age of AI". If you are not in town, take a trip to Houston and see what you've been missing all of these years. Stay tuned for exact day and time of my session. #infosec https://web.cvent.com/event/76d46ccb-fe00-4fe5-ba46-e4a77c807f21/summary

If it is not censorship then what that is? This week youtube published new guideline on medical information that they will remove content that contradicts health authority(bureaucrats that has nothing to do with science), essentially censoring content that cast shadow of a doubt on official position. Now here is puzzle for you: aspartame deemed dangerous by WHO yet some how safe by FDA. What they'll do? https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/a-long-term-vision-for-medical-misinformation-policies/

Stumbled upon this article. Today people "own" lot's of things in electronic form, now think how much could you trust company that you purchase it from. Even giant are not protected from a market forces or bad management. So ask yourself do you really own that e-book, or song from iTunes or you just leasing it for free. https://slate.com/technology/2009/07/how-amazon-s-remote-deletion-of-e-books-from-the-kindle-paves-the-way-for-book-banning-s-digital-future.html

Old news, but even SEC is trying to influence openly traded companies to do more when it come to #cybersecurity and incidents in particular. https://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2023/08/sec-votes-to-adopt-rules-expanding-cybersecurity-reach-and-disclosure.html

Not everything about AI or LLM/GLLM is great, people often focus on positive side, improvements those models can bring to our lives. However there is also dark side of it. Advances in AI has always been used by APT actors, with GLLM it just another piece of the puzzle that corporations have to think about when deploying those tools into their ecosystems. https://securityintelligence.com/posts/unmasking-hypnotized-ai-hidden-risks-large-language-models/ #cybersecurity

Many people misunderstood what privacy protection should be implemented in order for them to keep their free will. At the end of the day [social media company name here] does not care about you drunk photos or your most guarded secret as those have no monetary value for legal business. However your attention and your intentions do have a value. So when you are protecting your privacy avoid disclosing your intentions at all costs. #privacy

Interesting article, main point in my opinion everyone has to decide by themselves how much privacy do they want. https://tracks.ranea.org/post/722507935765397504/youre-so-vain-you-probably-think-this-app-is

TIP: Never store passwords on your mobile, or for that matter use built in password manager which does not have additional master password. Imagine situation when your phone gets stolen, and thief already learned your pin code by shoulder surfing. Their next move is to change your AppleID password and from there they'll have access to every single piece of information connected to your AppleID. Use stand alone 3-rd party password managers. #punkprivacy

Quite interesting vulnerability recently discovered within MS Teams. https://www.hackread.com/microsoft-teams-flaw-malware-employees-inbox/ #cybersecurity