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https://www.eff.org/pages/tools
COVER YOUR TRACKS launched yesterday
- (update for Panopticlick from 2010)
- https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
- fingerprinting which can be used to ID your browser
- cookies are user controlled, can be deleted
- 85% of cases users were uniquely identifiable
- 95% with flash, others
- Privacy Badger blocker
- https://privacybadger.org/
- which has been instrumental in gathering data on industry practices
- times when you don't want to be anonymized
- the surprising math of ways you are uniquely identifiable based on your language, server access, location, browser, hardware,
- cute friendly animals exemplifying accessible human centered design ;-p
Threat Lab team, part of Tech Projects
- countering tech that threatens at risk & marginalized groups
- Analysis of state sponsored malware (Kazakstan & Lebanon targeting Human rights lawyers & journalist)
- cybermercenaries
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/dark-caracal-good-news-and-bad-news
- Spouseware or stalkerware
- https://www.eff.org/tags/stalkerware
- lobbying antivirus companies to alert when this type of often pooly coded malware appears
- companies pivoting to pitching kids vs spying on spouse
Proctorware doesnt do much to internet cheating & creating privacy/security risks
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/proctoring-apps-subject-students-unnecessary-surveillance
- please send folks to EFF if you run across vulnerable people/orgs including mandating COVID tracking apps
Police Surveillance
- Does tech work as adverstised, what is co$t? what are other consequences?
- largely police have fought community awareness/input of tech being implemented
- 'experts' generally limited to vendor salespeople
- sting ray use obfuscated in legal cases even to the point of dropping a case if disclosure required
- Requiring use policies and disparate impact reports to track usage of police surveillance tools, now that local officials aren't involved as much in budgeting
- https://atlasofsurveillance.org/
- https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/community-control-over-police-surveillance-ccops-model-bill
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/podcast-episode-fixing-digital-loophole-fourth-amendment