Privacy? I don't have anything to hide.

[bob3160]

Being a cynical bugger I reckon they had the key already but wanted to wind apple up

What they managed to do is wind up all of the iPhone users....

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

With the help of Mobile Avast apps and being good, we have nothing to fear.
I hope no-one here on the forums has to worry they gonna solder the flash chip out of his phone to give it to Total Recall.
Old Arnold looked a bit weird when they total-recalled him in that film. 

polonus

[Rednose]

Being a cynical bugger I reckon they had the key already but wanted to wind apple up

What they managed to do is wind up all of the iPhone users....

Back to an old simple NOKIA mobile phone. And a small laptop with Linux, for example Qubes !
Just an idea

Greetz, Red.

[polonus]

Hi Rednose,

Wouldn´t that not also help against these guys? Read: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/anti-piracy-group-rightscorp-wants-to-hijack-browsers/
They will send a posse after you and finally put the clamps on your browser until you have paid up (in case of CopyRight infringement).
This is Dutch Brein´s wet dream. Coming to your theater any day soon. 

Damian

[Rednose]

HowTo : Privacy & Security Conscious Browsing https://gist.github.com/atcuno/3425484ac5cce5298932

Greetz, Red.

[polonus]

Here the demo does not work: https://eu3.proxysite.com/process.php?d=x5B99EqRH15LgMKRUl7HhtFEeXIPxXx3rNejw2eCrOHp&b=1&f=norefer
 

This demo secretly makes requests to STUN servers that can log your request. These requests do not show up in developer consoles and cannot be blocked by browser plugins (AdBlock, Ghostery, etc.).

Your local IP addresses:

Your public IP addresses:

Your IPv6 addresses:
 

pol

[polonus]

Even less privacy will be had if everybody is placed between a walled garden aka captive portal,
surveillance and monitoring can be much more direct and effective.
The code to detect such Wifi Connections: http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/4.0.1_r1/android/net/wifi/WifiWatchdogStateMachine.java#WifiWatchdogStateMachine.isWalledGardenConnection%28%29

Another possible solution might be to connect via HTTPS and inspect the target certificate. Not sure if walled gardens actually serve the login page via HTTPS or just drop the connections. In either case, you should be able to see that your destination is not the one you expected.

Of course, you also have the overhead of TLS and certificate checks. Such is the price of authenticated connections, unfortunately.

Quote taken from Delyan on Android Stackoverflow.

polonus

P.S. Wonder how many folks already connect out here after having to log onto a captive portal?
Watch out for RightsCorp when having access via your Provider they can see your every move,
and act accordingly when you infringe their upholding DRM. Later this could also be abused
for censorship against politically incorrect utterings, as you´d never know what the future could hold for us all.

D

[polonus]

Would not it be nice, if we get some PYP info, to better protect your privacy from hackers that may steal your mobile data: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/mobile-phone-users-movements-are-tracked-and-sold-for-profit
Or how to PYP in Swarm to better protect your location sharing. You want some to call you, but may not like others to stalk you.
Do you want to be location tracked by GPS only, or also on your wifi, bluetooth?
Some folks need some tips to better protect their online privacy and security using social media.
Great Whatapp launched end2end encryption. But use the app for trivialities only!
Do you want to share everything with your Starbucks app, or do you want it restricted to coffee only?
Come on folks, give us some of your tips....with this new technology I feel younger by the day (and I am not really that young  )

polonus

[Rednose]

Talking about privacy, we should mention the Tor Project as well https://www.torproject.org

Greetz, Red.

[essexboy]

Unfortunately that network is used by the perpetrators of ransom ware to collect their money

[bob3160]

Talking about privacy, we should mention the Tor Project as well https://www.torproject.org

Greetz, Red.

I've always considered it part of the dark side.

[schmidthouse]

 [/quote]I've always considered it part of the dark side.
[/quote]

@ Bob
+1

[polonus]

Tor part of the dark side, not until it escaped US Navy Intelligence, so it was not bad from the onset.
An interesting link to read for those that value that very last bit of privacy in a mass surveillance world:
https://bananas.liberty.me/youre-a-criminal-in-a-mass-surveillance-world-how-to-not-get-caught/

Some like to have this basic fuctionality of 1) Hiding your IP-address
For instance through free VPN (Virtual Private Network).
https://www.hotspotshield.com/
You can use it inside Google Chrome via the add-on:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/hotspot%20shield?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

One could use new tails and always patch and update. https://tails.boum.org/

pol

[bob3160]

Tor part of the dark side, not until it escaped US Navy Intelligence, so it was not bad from the onset.
An interesting link to read for those that value that very last bit of privacy in a mass surveillance world:
https://bananas.liberty.me/youre-a-criminal-in-a-mass-surveillance-world-how-to-not-get-caught/

Some like to have this basic fuctionality of 1) Hiding your IP-address
For instance through free VPN (Virtual Private Network).
https://www.hotspotshield.com/
You can use it inside Google Chrome via the add-on:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/hotspot%20shield?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

One could use new tails and always patch and update. https://tails.boum.org/

pol

Hiding your IP and some of the other privacy features are also great for those that exploit your computer.
Tor is used by hackers. One of the reasons I avoid it.

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

Agree with you that many a service nowadays comes backdoored or is not safe. VPN leakage is everywhere. The surveillance state for a long time now has the better of us obedient citizens that may have nothing to hide. With adtracking and meta-data dragnet plugs everywhere, who can you trust with your data? At least I would block with uMatrix and install a decent adblocker. Agree also that users using tor, tails etc. draw attention to themselves, the 'forces that be' may think they really might have something to hide. People should really stand firm that their Constitutional Rights are being upheld and are not only kept just in name, while all sort of institutions anf Big Corporations do not honor these Basic Rights. You may not have a right to privacy, 'they' also do not have the right to violate it . Alas we live in times we have to fend completely for ourselves! You always have to update and patch. See to it that you do not put online what you do not want to share with others.Your profile can be used against you e.g. by insurance so you need to pay more  because of what they know about you. That is why I shun Social Media. It is your responsibility to use Avast. HTTPS Everywhere would be a good development if it was properly configured and not weakened and often served up from the wrong weak end. SHA1 should be retired, many a big hoster still endangers end-user security.
Just because staff is not properly trained, sometimes even to be able to better track and trace your every online activitiy. The bad ones know how to protect themselves, the unaware find a hard time knowing what to do. Informative link to opt out: https://prism-break.org/pl/categories/windows/

Damian