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“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Putting a powerful surveillance tool like this in the hands of state & local law enforcement officials around the country will only further erode peoples’ Fourth Amendment rights, for citizens & non-citizens alike,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @404Media.co.
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly...
With the number of supply-chain attacks on common libraries on GitHub, its good to see they are continuing to take steps that allow further hardening
github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog/changelog/20...
Immutable releases are now generally available - GitHub Changelog
GitHub releases now support immutability, adding a new layer of supply chain security. With immutable releases, assets and tags are protected from tampering after publication, so the software you publ...
github.blog
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With the number of supply-chain attacks on common libraries on GitHub, its good to see they are continuing to take steps that allow further hardening
github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog/changelog/20...
If you are a developer, tinkerer, or hacker, please consider using your voice to speak out against the upcoming verification requirement for Android
keepandroidopen.org
keepandroidopen.org
Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.
keepandroidopen.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you are a developer, tinkerer, or hacker, please consider using your voice to speak out against the upcoming verification requirement for Android
keepandroidopen.org
keepandroidopen.org
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New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."
www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
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Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach, This include a wide range of sectors and well known organizations such as Bank of America, T-Mobile, AT&T, Fidelity, Walmart, Costco, FAA, U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, the House of Representatives, & many others
Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal projects.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach, This include a wide range of sectors and well known organizations such as Bank of America, T-Mobile, AT&T, Fidelity, Walmart, Costco, FAA, U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, the House of Representatives, & many others
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EFF is always so proud to represent security researchers doing important work. Our Coders' Rights Project often works with DEFCON presenters, and two of our clients are presenting today about schools, bathroom vape detectors, and audio recordings. www.wired.com/story/schoo...
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.
www.wired.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
EFF is always so proud to represent security researchers doing important work. Our Coders' Rights Project often works with DEFCON presenters, and two of our clients are presenting today about schools, bathroom vape detectors, and audio recordings. www.wired.com/story/schoo...
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www.youtube.com/live/b-G5jT5... someone cited me in a rural WIsconsin town hall (54:43) - I appreciate how passionate this guy is about stopping his community being ruined by a data center
Menomonie City Council for August 4, 2025
YouTube video by Eye On Dunn County
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
www.youtube.com/live/b-G5jT5... someone cited me in a rural WIsconsin town hall (54:43) - I appreciate how passionate this guy is about stopping his community being ruined by a data center
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BREAKING: Jerome Powell has just been referred to the DOJ for criminal charges for perjury related to his $2.5 billion “renovation” to the Federal Reserve Building
July 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
BREAKING: Jerome Powell has just been referred to the DOJ for criminal charges for perjury related to his $2.5 billion “renovation” to the Federal Reserve Building
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Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-astronom...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-astronom...
July 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-astronom...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-astronom...
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The best way to combat “car brain,” IMO, is to commute by foot, bike, or bus, often. If you can’t, you live in a poorly planned neighbourhood & you should point that out time & again to your city representatives. The community failed you in letting your neighbourhood develop in such a terrible way.
“To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain.’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of ...
www.echolive.ie
June 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The best way to combat “car brain,” IMO, is to commute by foot, bike, or bus, often. If you can’t, you live in a poorly planned neighbourhood & you should point that out time & again to your city representatives. The community failed you in letting your neighbourhood develop in such a terrible way.
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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
🔗 www.404media.co/directfile-o...
🔗 www.404media.co/directfile-o...
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
www.404media.co
June 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced
🔗 www.404media.co/directfile-o...
🔗 www.404media.co/directfile-o...
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It's good to reinvent the wheel sometimes!
endler.dev/2025/reinven...
Great post by Matthias Endler.
It helps understanding how wheels work, how you can fix them when broken, how to make better wheels if really needed, or how to find creative use cases for wheels by thinking outside the box.
endler.dev/2025/reinven...
Great post by Matthias Endler.
It helps understanding how wheels work, how you can fix them when broken, how to make better wheels if really needed, or how to find creative use cases for wheels by thinking outside the box.
Reinvent the Wheel | Matthias Endler
One of the most harmful pieces of advice is to …
endler.dev
May 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It's good to reinvent the wheel sometimes!
endler.dev/2025/reinven...
Great post by Matthias Endler.
It helps understanding how wheels work, how you can fix them when broken, how to make better wheels if really needed, or how to find creative use cases for wheels by thinking outside the box.
endler.dev/2025/reinven...
Great post by Matthias Endler.
It helps understanding how wheels work, how you can fix them when broken, how to make better wheels if really needed, or how to find creative use cases for wheels by thinking outside the box.
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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BREAKING.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
April 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BREAKING.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
Interesting new factor that needs to be considered in the development space, reinforcing the need for critical review of dependencies during code review and strong DevSecOps practices
socket.dev/blog/slopsqu...
socket.dev/blog/slopsqu...
The Rise of Slopsquatting: How AI Hallucinations Are Fueling...
Slopsquatting is a new supply chain threat where AI-assisted code generators recommend hallucinated packages that attackers register and weaponize.
socket.dev
April 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Interesting new factor that needs to be considered in the development space, reinforcing the need for critical review of dependencies during code review and strong DevSecOps practices
socket.dev/blog/slopsqu...
socket.dev/blog/slopsqu...
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Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems www.computerworld.com/article/3840...
LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs
The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week.
www.computerworld.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week as users look to avoid subscription costs. It works on Linux, macOS, Windows and Unix like systems www.computerworld.com/article/3840...
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
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Amazon is shutting down the option not to send Echo voice recordings to the cloud
Amazon is shutting down its option to process commands locally
It’s all about the cloud
buff.ly
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Amazon is shutting down the option not to send Echo voice recordings to the cloud
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Learn about the spying technologies police are deploying in our communities at EFF's Street-Level Surveillance hub.
Street Level Surveillance
EFF Presents: A Field Guide to Police Surveillance
www.eff.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Learn about the spying technologies police are deploying in our communities at EFF's Street-Level Surveillance hub.
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Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4aKfIZa
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4aKfIZa
February 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg.
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4aKfIZa
Read more here: tcrn.ch/4aKfIZa