Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. Surveillance has become the business model of the internet, and there’s no reasonable way for us to opt out of it. We could pass strong data-privacy rules. Spying is another matter. We could limit this capability.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple continues to be haunted by spyware developed by an Israeli security firm that hostile governments used to hack into Apple devices to spy on journalists, activists and world leaders (see Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal ). operating system was being exploited by the invasive Pegasus spyware.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. Surveillance has become the business model of the internet, and there’s no reasonable way for us to opt out of it. We could pass strong data-privacy rules. Spying is another matter. We could limit this capability.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

And then the internet came along and made that a whole lot easier. Now, we moved into a world of automatic mass surveillance with the rise of the internet and the rise of cheap data storage and processing. I have access to AI tools in a way that I don’t have access to data collection regimes. It’s more one-on-one.

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