On May 2019 we did a presentation at University of Nicosia about digital rights and horror stories regarding their violations. We talked about ways of how technology can be used against us, and about actions and tools we can use to protect ourselves.
You can find the presentation material here:
Here you can find some references that help in the creation of the presentation. This is a shorter version of an earlier presentation I did in greek so the references may not match exactly to this one.
ECHELON
Trailblazer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailblazer_Project
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_(U.S._intelligence_official)
Sony Rootkit
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrussinovich/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
Lower Merion High School
- http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/02/school-district-accused-of-issuing-webcam-laptops-to-spy-on-students/1
- https://www.philly.com/philly/news/year-in-review/20101012_Lower_Merion_district_s_laptop_saga_ends_with__610_000_settlement.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Merion_High_School#Laptop_controversy
Afgan War Logs
PRISM
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/the-nsa-files
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EgTXEn15ls
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden
The Fappening
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/01/naked-celebrity-hack-icloud-backup-jennifer-lawrence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_photos
No cloud
Ashley Maddison
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/online-cheating-site-ashleymadison-hacked/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34044506
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Madison_data_breach
VW Scandal
- https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/08/446861855/volkswagen-u-s-ceo-faces-questions-on-capitol-hill
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
Vault 7
- https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/world/europe/wikileaks-cia-hacking.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_7
Dropbox
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/dropbox-bug-kept-users-deleted-files-on-its-servers-for-six-years/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Dropbox
Tesla Cars
- https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/10/16283330/tesla-hurricane-irma-update-florida-extend-range-model-s-x-60-60d
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2017/sep/11/tesla-hurricane-irma-battery-capacity
- https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.en.html#SpywareInVehicles
Mobile Telephony
- https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/problem-mobile-phones
- http://www.osnews.com/story/27416/The_second_operating_system_hiding_in_every_mobile_phone
- https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eavesd_1.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_security
Truecaller
- https://www.truecaller.com/unlisting
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truecaller#Security_and_privacy_issues
Smart TVs
- https://blog.chron.com/techblog/2013/08/in-21st-century-america-samsung-tv-watches-you/
- https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/samsungs-new-smart-tv-policy-allows-company-to-listen-in-on-users-10033012.html
- https://www.essinsider.com/own-a-vizio-smart-tv-its-watching-you-2015-11?IR=T
- https://www.wired.co.uk/article/doug-rushkoff-hello-etsy
- http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/14/facebook_trust_dumb/
- https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/25/17160944/facebook-call-history-sms-data-collection-android
- https://adage.com/article/digital/sean-parker-worries-facebook-rotting-children-s-brains/311238/
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuckerberg-tape-webcam-microphone-facebook#img-1
- https://9gag.com/gag/aV3wLqv/not-your-dad
- https://www.cbinsights.com/research/facebook-emotion-patents-analysis/
- https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people
- https://deletefacebook.com/
- https://dayssincelastfacebookscandal.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook
Target
Apple
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/30/apple-iphone-camera-disable-remote-sensors-patent
Microsoft
Cabridge Analytica
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/us/politics/cambridge-analytica-trump-campaign.html
- https://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-cambridge-analytica/timeline-cambridge-analytica-lists-events-leading-to-facebook-data-row-idUSL3N1R45J1
- https://qz.com/1240039/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-is-confusing-this-timeline-will-help/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_and_Cambridge_Analytica_data_breach
- https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica
Free-Basics
Backdoors – Malware
- https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.en.html
- https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.html
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-china/china-bans-use-of-microsofts-windows-8-on-government-computers-idUSBREA4J07Q20140520
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/
- https://thehackernews.com/2016/02/microsoft-windows10-privacy.html
- https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive
- https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/11/534-ways-that-windows-10-tracks-you-from-german-cyberintelligence/
HTTPS Interception
- https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/TLS_interception
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Coat_Systems
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150706010312/https://twitter.com/hackingteam
Brain decoding – fMRI
- https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2017/12/30/240317.full.pdf
- https://singularityhub.com/2010/03/17/fmri-reads-the-images-in-your-brain-we-know-what-youre-looking-at-video/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_magnetic_resonance_imaging
Political Nightmares
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Intelligence_Sharing_and_Protection_Act
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersecurity_Information_Sharing_Act
- https://www.youbetrayedus.org/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership
- https://saveyourinternet.eu/
- https://edri.org/join-the-ultimate-action-week-against-article-13/
Net Neutrality
- https://theoatmeal.com/blog/net_neutrality
- http://nairobilawmonthly.com/index.php/2018/01/08/why-net-neutrality-is-important-for-everyone/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html
So why should I care?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument
- https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters
- https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden#2015
Protect yourself
- https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/66-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-right-now/
- https://letsencrypt.org/
- https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/cryptography-guide/
Alternative social media
- https://diasporafoundation.org/
- https://friendi.ca/
- https://gnu.io/social/
- https://project.hubzilla.org
- https://socialhome.network/
- https://joinmastodon.org/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
Protections in Telephony
- https://www.silentcircle.com/
- https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
- https://about.riot.im/
- https://matrix.org/
- https://signal.org/
- https://www.replicant.us/
- https://www.lineageos.org/
- https://f-droid.org/
Protection in Email
- https://protonmail.com/
- https://riseup.net
- https://tuta.io/
- https://posteo.de/
- https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/
- https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-pgp-windows
- https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/introduction-public-key-cryptography-and-pgp
Other Solutions
- https://owncloud.org
- https://nextcloud.com
- https://www.seafile.com
- https://maidsafe.net
- https://freenetproject.org
- https://gnunet.org
- https://www.torproject.org
- https://geti2p.net
- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases
- https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
GDPR
- https://www.techpress.gr/index.php/archives/96912
- https://www.sas.com/el_gr/insights/articles/data-management/local/eu-data-protection-gdpr.html
- https://www.waterstons.com/articles/taming-the-gdpr-monster-under-the-bed
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation