Your WIFI access points and MAC addresses are being scanned and stored online on wigle.net


https://cybernews.com/security/your-wifi-is-part-of-global-tracking-network/

#osint
#privacy

In Australia we are less than 100 days away from having our biometrics harvested by social media platforms as a part of the reform's to block social media usage for under 16s.

Whilst I absolutely see the merit in limiting social media usage for children to avoid all kinds of harms I'm most concerned about how the platforms will implement this and have no faith they are doing it with the users best intentions.

If anything I think it will be used to train their algorithms, build out their networks and harvest even more of your data and user statistics to further their main interest, which from what I can see is growth and profits.

It's utterly horrifying really.

#privacy
#socialmedia

Android looking to lock down the Play Store and tighten up controls about what apps can run on Android.

Surveillance capitalism profiles your data and habits turning you into the product for unseen buyers who trade in human habits and browsing history as a commodity.

It seems to be most prevalent on websites that people commonly interact with like news outlets, banks and social media which are crawling with trackers and pervasive advertising.

It's the classic watering hole attack.

Try a privacy focused browser like #Brave or use an ad blocker.

#privacy
#surveillancecapitalism

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/uk-agrees-to-drop-encryption-backdoor-mandate-for-apple-619721

The idea that an operating system deliberately bakes in a backdoor to their OS is ridiculous.

It's just begging yo be abused by malicious actors or more likely governments

#privacy
#infosec

The truth is anyone can become a victim of a scam.

Scammers spend vast amount of time and resources trying to manipulate and exploit you to click their links or engage with their malicious emails.

Don't be so hard on yourself, we are saturated with these attempts to rip us off.

Treat every interaction on the internet with a healthy dose of scepticism and you're on your way to a safer online experience.

Check out my blog in my bio if you want to learn more.

Don't take my word for it though, cut and paste it into virus total and you'll see it's safe to open.

#infosec
#online privacy

It's not until you start using privacy focused tools that highlight trackers blocked and advertisers that you really get a feel for how pervasive some of these websites are and how much they silently profile you on the way through their domain.

Oftentimes it's the sites you least expect.

Try #PrivacyBadger to block some of these trackers.

In 2025 and beyond it really is irresponsible to have a business that isn't thinking about data protection.

Data protection doesn't just mean data in transit (i.e email) it also means data at rest.

If it isn't encrypted in it's resting state, that is when it isn't being used then you're asking for trouble.

Insider threats or other malicious threats could compromise you and your business.

#dataprotection
#infosec

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-plans-full-quantum-resistant-cryptography-transition-by-2033-619779

Microsoft planning on rolling out quantum resistant cryptography on their products.

Not a massive fan of the company but glad to see that it's being implemented.

#privacy
#encryption

https://cybernews.com/crypto/hackers-exploit-data-breaches-to-steal-89m-in-bitcoin/

A person was apparently social engineered out of $89M in BTC.

#SocialEngineering
#Hacked
#Bitcoin