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Reading the (situation) room

Little Brother Episode 161 2025-03-30

ICE is watching your social media. So is Publicis Groupe. Clearview AI attempted to add arrest records to its database

Opsec: four lessons from the Yemen Signal chat incident. Alexa now sends all your requests to Amazon because AI. 23 And Me is going out of business; erase your data.

Fail: Heathrow Airport

Links:

Publicis Groupe bragging about what they know (YouTube)

California AG Rob Bonta on how to delete your 23 And Me data

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What could go wrong?

Little Brother Episode 160 2025-03-16

CISA loses some funding; hilarity likely to ensue. EU looking for alternatives to Starlink for Ukraine’s use. AI being used to monitor students at school and fails miserably. Drones to monitor students on the way to and from school in Ramapo, NY. Drones to monitor . . . everybody . . . in Miami Beach.

New tool to detect cell site simulators. FindMy network can find any Bluetooth device. Honda fined by California for making it difficult for residents to claim their rights. Consumers’ Union petitions carmakers to knock it off.

Rayhunter article from EFF

Consumers’ Union petition

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Government Work

Little Brother Episode 159 2025-03-02

Another small-town newspaper gets it first amendment rights violated. No more signal links on X. Ukraine likely to lose Starlink access. New York requires $15 broadband options; ISPs scared. Deflock sued by Flock; tells plaintiff to go flock themselves.

Please take care not to send rude emails to hr@opm.gov or any of its related email addresses.

Listener letter: Micky Metts.

Government requiring – or trying to require – backdoors in cryptographic products in UK, Sweden, US.

Opsec tip: How to shut off SafetyCore so it stops scanning your photos.

Pwn: US government. Fail: NY state government.