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  1. a jpg. #MozAloha After a mile or so, two of us dared to go trail running through a lava field. #latergram #nofilter

    #neverstopexploring #lava #run #lavafield #trail #runner #offtrail #heysweatdaily

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  2. a jpg.
    #MozAloha 06:30 HST #Mozilla #runners gather for a #morning #run. #latergram #nofilter

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  3. With that mass location surveillance warning, that’s enough tech warning posts for today. Time to post nice photos.

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  4. #MozAloha @bz_moz linked post on Google AdWords user location tracking is mass surveillance vuln to state abuse.

    Article claims:

    “Google never shares personal location information to anyone at an individual level.”

    However, they do share location information at an aggregated level, and that requires that they *track* “personal location information” at an “individual level” internally and use that to recompute summaries provided to AdWords clients.

    Whatever such information is tracked (and who knows how long it’s kept), expected that a court order or other state pressure can get access to it.

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  5. Re: survl, @bz_moz showed me http://searchengineland.com/hood-google-adwords-measures-store-visits-222905 which implies Google tracks detailed location (via Android, Maps)

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  6. #MozAloha @steveklabnik noted past outlawed tech/countermeasures:
    * CPU^1/crypto^2 exports
    * DeCSS^3

    Links: photographs, articles, Wikipedia

    1^Power Mac G4 https://www.tekrevue.com/apples-1999-power-mac-g4-really-classified-weapon/

    2^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States#PC_era a jpg. a jpg.
    3^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS a jpg.

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  7. #tech countermeasures to censor/survl/subvert users
    * defend against
    * detect+notify user
    * opt-in report anon
    #RESIST

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  8. #MozAloha Connected Devices All Hands
    learned #DDoS attack on Finland bldg #IoT disabled heat for days!

    More:
    https://boingboing.net/2016/12/02/ddos-attack-on-finnish-automat.html
    http://metropolitan.fi/entry/ddos-attack-halts-heating-in-finland-amidst-winter

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  9. 45d. 45 days to:
    1 doc threat models
    2 dev+test countermeasures
    3 deploy publicly
    Before they may be outlawed.
    #RESIST

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  10. #MozAloha day 1 lunch. Asked co-workers how could current #Mozilla products & tech censor, surveil, subvert our users?

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  11. #Mozaloha @MitchellBaker
    Multiple networks? Different ways of finding content? Identifying ourselves?
    [Yes. #indieweb]

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  12. #Mozaloha @MitchellBaker
    Where internet+web have points of centralization, they’ve become points of failure.
    #indieweb

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  13. #Mozaloha All Hands
    @MitchellBaker keynote focus pts:
    * Diversity
    * Decentralization
    * Security
    * Working with Others

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