Adam Shostack

MAY 6, 2021

They’re unreasonable because ever year in the United States, 1,000 to 1,600 women die at the hands of their male partners, and some fraction of those are enabled by technology-aided surveillance. The National Institute of Justice Journal’s issue on Intimate Partner Homicide is mainly disturbing and also fascinating.

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Adam Shostack

APRIL 29, 2021

There’s an interesting paper, ‘It depends on your threat model’: the anticipatory dimensions of resistance to data-driven surveillance. They’re working on living their lives, and hoping technology helps. That’s technology working on us, not us working on technology.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As the world becomes increasingly digitized, our personal privacy and even physical safety are under threat from a variety of sources. One technology that has raised particular concerns is personal Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) trackers. It is affordable and designed for anyone who values their privacy and security.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In one case, ExtraHop tracked a made-in-China surveillance cam sending UDP traffic logs , every 30 minutes, to a known malicious IP address with ties to China. It appears the cam in question was unwittingly set up by an employee for personal security reasons. We met at Black Hat 2019.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 9, 2018

We also were surprised that the defense, taking a car driven by someone else (a taxi, or a Lyft/Uber) makes such a big difference, leaving the owner of the car associated with the trip via license plate, toll beacons, tire pressure monitors, traffic sensors, maps, and other technologies with tracking implications.

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