Ralf Bendrath @bendrath@mastodon.cloud
Senior policy advisor to Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP. Former hacker, researcher, activist. Mostly into privacy, but broad interests.
Europas Abhängigkeit von #Microsoft. Sehenswert, was @investigate_eu wieder recherchiert hat. Bester Teil: Wie @Ansip_EU am Ende sagt, Open Source wäre doch cool. Danke, @ARDde. https://t.co/wObVz4lojp (also feat. @JanAlbrecht)
Live map of malware / botnet attacks, incl. #WannaCry. Click on "Connect" and switch on "Norse Mode" to hear the hits: https://intel.malwaretech.com/pewpew.html #IoTsecurity
"Japan to rate home devices on cyber-attack vulnerabilities" http://www.sltrib.com/home/5265675-155/story.html This won't work, because customers can then only choose between unpatched and insecure devices. No incentive to get ahaed of the wave. Or is there any? #WannaCry #cyber
So the #WannaCry situation is a game-changer, I read. Not convinced. Political reactions: zero or "give the techies a few days". This won't address the serious structural issue at hand, as you know.
Tor Browser disabled access to ambient light sensor readout. Data leak risk avoidance. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21786#comment:2
Pretty substantial EDPS official opinion on #ePrivacy
- regulate cloud computing security
- block the detection of users blocking ads with ad blockers
- endorse end-to-end encryption
- strongly discourage backdoors
- ban IoT devices stopping to function because owners don't consent to tracking
- fix a number of regulatory loopholes in the text
https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/17-04-24_eprivacy_en.pdf
Amazon Wants to Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/amazon-echo-look-bedroom-camera #ePrivacy
Have been waiting patiently today to post this. 400,000 Mastodon Users across over 1100 instances. Amazing. @Gargron https://mastodon.systems/media/zoN-Q6y8QUFHr00L_dM
Dangerous myths peddled about data subject access rights - @whvholst debunks industry lobby on #EUdataP application. https://edri.org/dangerous-myths-peddled-about-data-subject-access-rights/
Zum Thema "Eigentum an Daten" ein herrlicher Rant von Malte Engeler: https://www.deathmetalmods.de/cyberpunk-dateneigentum-und-digitale-leibeigenschaft/
How stronger privacy laws could save advertising from itself https://www.wired.com/2017/04/stronger-privacy-laws-save-advertising/ #EUdataP #ePrivacy
Any recent cool or controversial ideas on how to address IoT and security? Asking for a European Parliament hearing. #liability #insurance #whatelse?
Good reporting from @POLITICOEurope on EU NGO funding. Next: Good reporting on industry lobby groups' funding?
http://www.politico.eu/article/ayman-jallad-ayman-jallad-mystic-money-man-behind-brussels-activists-ngo-funding/
on mastodon an inappropriate behaviour is called a mastodon't
How do I find my Twitter crowd here? Would love to fully move over here. But search and everything else is not quite intuitive yet.
