EP046

EP046 – Tracking U
Music provided by: Denis Kreynin https://soundcloud.com/denis-kreynin

Greetings & Banter
We might have mentioned a thing different than follow up.

Follow up
Some follow up from episode 45 on Meltdown and Spectre:
– The Register article on Google patching old Chromebooks against Meltdown.
– A neat independent blog article on an issue Microsoft introduced when patching against Meltdown and Spectre. It’s a rare case where the cure is worse than the disease.
– Bleeping Computer article on the next CPU Side Channel attack.

– ZDNet covers that Intel won’t ever patch the Spectre variant 2 flaw in these chips.

Topic for this week: Tracking U
In this episode we discuss our paranoid insecurities of everyone watching what people do… Proof?! You want proof? Fine, check out the following links…

Tracking what you do digitally

1. Microsoft shenanigans
• Windows 10 tracks EVERYTHING you do and you can NOT stop it
• Windows 10 personal data collection ruled ‘excessive’
• France orders Microsoft to stop tracking Windows 10 users
• New Windows 10 privacy controls: Just a little snooping – or the max
2. Facebook shenanigans
• Facebook begins tracking non-users around the internet
• Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again
• Use Facebook Pixel | Facebook Help Center | Facebook facebook pixel tracks how your site is navigated
• Cambridge Analytica Is Shutting Down [Updated]
• Cambridge Analytica executives and Mercer family launch Emerdata
• How Facebook’s new ad platform lets brands track you around the web
• Facebook scandal ‘hit 87 million users’
3. Other
• Over 400 of the World’s Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke, Princeton Researchers Find – Motherboard
• Flaw In Major Browsers Allows 3rd-Party Scripts to Steal Your Saved Passwords
• personalization preferences Reddit has started to follow FBs lead as it’s slowly trying to pivot to a full blown social media site. This is the link to opt out

Tracking you physically

• Download Festival: Facial recognition technology used at event could be coming to festivals nationwide facial recognition used at a “public” event.
• Biometric Facial Recognition – How Facial Recognition Systems Work
  China Aims For Near-Total Surveillance, Including in People’s Homes 2018 article China full surveillance
• Strava Data Heat Maps Expose Military Base Locations Around the World

Defence
Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition
3 Ways to Blind a Surveillance Camera
punisher | grantalias central Comic book face blanking technology made real

Privacy laws
No Longer Fit for Purpose: Why Canadian Privacy Law Needs an Update – By Michael Geist
A practical guide to the European Union’s GDPR for American businesses General (not German) Data Protection Requirements are EU requirements that apply globally, with significant ramifications and fines involved.