Igor Delovski Board

delovski · Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 3524 Location: Zagreb

arstechnica.com - Harry Potter and the Serial Number of Doom

"They found that the EXIF metadata attached to the photos contains the serial
number of the camera used to take the pictures, along with all the other
technical details about the settings used to make the image."

Ike · Kapetan Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 3136 Location: Europe

r - SecuritySecond Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says 'sex compass' app gathered more Facebook data beyond the 87 million we already knew about

"Are we passive about our world because we know too much about our world? There's a lot of useful information that can be gleaned about REAL human nature; what people do when they think nobody is looking. But all the wrong people are going to use this information for the wrong things. More people will become addicted to more things. More people will tune out. More people will depend on social media while being less social."

Ike · Kapetan Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 3136 Location: Europe

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/aoxuhz/jeff_bezos_protests_the_invasion_of_his_privacy/

Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else

Ike · Kapetan Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 3136 Location: Europe

https://old.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/deb2bh/tifu_by_buying_my_mom_an_amazon_device/

TIFU by buying my mom an Amazon device

Ike · Kapetan Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 3136 Location: Europe

r - Ford CEO Says It Will Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto: We Lost That Battle 10 Years Ago

(/u/CProgrammer explains what companies learn about you from your location data)

"We also had locations over time. What caused me leave because I was dis-
gusted was when the Trump people (oh yes, did I mention that this company
had contracts with US air force and other US government agencies?) asked
for a list of devices that had been in Juarez Mexico, but within 24 hours were
in El Paso. Very easy to find.

When we implemented the feature where we could create location boxes at
various points on a map to find which devices had been in the boxes within
some period of time, I immediately made location boxes for the White
House, Mar A Lago, and the Kremlin. Two devices came up. I always
wondered who those were."