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Little Brother Episode 157 2025-01-12

Major data broker pwnt. Stingrays at the DNC. Net neutrality is dead. EAS Misfires in Los Angeles.

Interview with Alex Marthews of Restore The Fourth. We talk about surveillance and laws to control it.

Opsec: Apple opts you into image analysis, and settles a lawsuit over Siri hearing too much. Cars record too much info, and so do ALPRs.

Pwns: US Treasury Department, Volkswagen.

Fail: Waymo

Links:

Mozilla Foundation’s analysis of cars and privacy

What happens without Net Neutrality

Restore The Fourth

The four episodes where I spoke about data brokers selling your car’s location data: 146, 147, 148 and 150.

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The Snitch in your Pocket

Little Brother Episode 94 2022-07-23

T-Mobile pays $350 million in settlement over getting pwnt. MinIO revokes Nutanix’ license under GPL. We’re going to stop trying to reach you about your vehicle’s extended warranty. FCC wants to know if cell phone providers are revealing your location. Lime adds a new level of surveillance to their electric scooters.

Focus piece: The ACLU’s efforts to FOIA federal use of cellular location data.

Messages from the listeners: Azriel and an anonymous listener from Texas.

Opsec tip: Duck Duck Go, Kiwix

Fails of the week: Microsoft 365, Albany International Airport parking