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What everyone is saying about mobile OS security is wrong
by Ryan Carboni 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-android-security-report-2017-we-read-it… Google Play has given Google more control over security. Like Apple's App Store, one central app distribution point gives Google more security control. Google noted that Android devices that only download apps from Google Play are nine times less likely to get a PHA than devices from other sources. Google Play Protect protects almost two billion devices. But is the above precisely correct? https://source.android.com/security/reports/Google_Android_Security_2017_Re… While all Android devices benefit from protections built into the platform, Android devices with Google Play services have an additional layer of defense to keep them safe. Google protects these devices right out of the box with Google Play Protect, our built-in device, data, and apps security scanning technology. No it is not, Google Play apps are scanned using a cloud anti-virus program. What else is special about Google Play? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/23/how-google-controls-andr… Manufacturers can be refused a licence if they do not meet Google's requirements. Google does not charge for a GMS licence, but any company producing an Android device will need a certificate from an authorised testing facility in order to apply for the licence. That often incurs fees. One source told the Guardian that the fee varies and is negotiated on a case-by-case basis, with one example costing $40,000 for a batch of at least 30,000 devices. A separate source said that in another deal, a testing facility quoted $75,000 to test 100,000 devices. And rather recently, Joseph Cox said in tweets within hours of each other that the US government shutdown a phone maker that could only sell secure Blackberries to drug dealers and that a judge signed a warrant for any Google location enabled apps. For some reason, the Tor Project recieves more free PR than any business providing a phone remotely resembling anything that is desired by civil libertarians. You people don't notice anything. At all. You people never accomplish anything useful you want, ever. It is extremely trivial for Google to make Android more secure, create an app anti-virus API, require security updates within one month of the issue being discovered for Google Play access, etc. And the question about whether devices should be rooted or not by the user is pretty simple. An unrooted device is a production environment designed to be secure by hundreds of people, and the occasional bug bounty. A rooted device is a development environment whose security is owed to anyone with physical access to it.

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Cypherpunks: Global attack on Silicon Valley
by Mark 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

https://medium.com/@tensorcoinai/the-global-attack-on-silicon-valley-and-th… (https://medium.com/@tensorcoinai/the-global-attack-on-silicon-valley-and-th…)

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The Saker on Putin's “what need would we have a world if there is no Russia?” [RUS] [WAR]
by Zenaan Harkness 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

Classic Saker - poignant, succinct in this case, and a simple and apt analogy. Can the West put itself in Russia's shoes? https://russia-insider.com/en/tread-russia-your-peril/ri22815?ct=t(Russia_I… Tread on Russia at Your Peril

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Bum who snitched off Chelsea Manning dead at 37.
by g2s 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Adrian Lamo, the scumbag who set @xychelsea up, is dead, at 37 years old. Cause of death unstated. Also note he wasn't homeless as has been said. That's an insult to street people everywhere. He lived with mommy and daddy... at 37 ... Rr

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affirmative action success story
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Trigger warning, this is black humour for sure, so we really should not laugh at this story: https://dailystormer.name/miami-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-at-least-six-de… At least affirmative action is working. Note to self - do NOT walk on feminist bridges, you may be shouted down due to the white patriarchial male privilege, especially the white bit - so white feminist bridges? Yep, avoid them like the plague... Feminists - bridging the gaps in society.

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Adrian Lamo RIP. 25% of hackers are snitches
by John Young 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Adrian Lamo RIP. https://cryptome.org/0001/lamo-denies.htm 25% of hackers are snitches, claims Emmanuel Goldstein (2600) https://cryptome.org/0001/wikileaks-snitch.htm

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Global Targeted Individuals Survey
by grarpamp 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62s3FinAoC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz44nifL-dI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUlSrm144Hs https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=global+targeted+individuals Recently, thousands of people around the world are claiming to be having the exact same terrifying experience. They all report the same symptoms: hearing operator voices in their heads, suffering from ‘electronic torture’ and being subject to organised stalking - they call themselves ‘Targeted Individuals’. A number have attempted many things to relieve their pain - from living life on the run to surgically removing their own flesh because they believe it’s implanted with microchips. VICE follows a growing community who say they are being targeted as part of a government programme that is harassing and controlling them using hidden technology.

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A Good American - 2015 Whistleblower Documentary
by grarpamp 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=666wsDcoNrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zT1LStaJ14 Kirk Wiebe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FREAgcBhsXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HSRTGtkqE

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Silenced - 2014 Whistleblower Documentary by JSpione
by grarpamp 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM490tU70S4 Prop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7bs8xjeYo

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Cryptocurrency News At Down 60
by grarpamp 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

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