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US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years 
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If a traveler's phone, tablet or computer ever gets searched at an airport, American border authorities could add data from their device to a massive database that can be accessed by thousands of government officials. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders have admitted to lawmakers in a briefing that its officials are adding information to a database from as many as 10,000 devices every year, The Washington Post reports.
Further, 2,700 CBP officers can access the database without a warrant and without having to record the purpose of their search. These details were revealed in a letter Senator Ron Wyden wrote to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus, where the lawmaker also said that CBP keeps any information it takes from people's devices for 15 years.
In the letter, Wyden urged the commissioner to update CBP's practices so that device searches at borders are focused on suspected criminals and security threats instead of allowing "indiscriminate rifling through Americans' private records without suspicion of a crime." Wyden said CBP takes sensitive information from people's devices, including text messages, call logs, contact lists and even photos and other private information in some cases.
While law enforcement agencies are typically required to secure a warrant if they want to access the contents of a phone or any other electronic device, border authorities are exempted from having to do the same. Wyden also pointed out that travelers searched at airports, seaports and border crossings aren't informed of their rights before their devices are searched. And if they refuse to unlock their electronics, authorities could confiscate and keep them for five days.
As The Post notes, a CBP official previously went on record to say that the agency's directive gives its officers the authority to scroll through any traveler's device in a "basic search." If they find any "reasonable suspicion" that a traveler is breaking the law or doing something that poses a threat to national security, they can run a more advanced search. That's when they can plug in the traveler's phone, tablet or PC to a device that copies their information, which is then stored in the Automated Targeting System database.
CBP director of office of field operations Aaron Bowker told the publication that the agency only copies people's data when "absolutely necessary." Bowker didn't deny that the agency's officers can access the database, though — he even said that the number was bigger than what CBP officials told Wyden. Five percent of CBP's 60,000 personnel have access to the database, he said, which translates to 3,000 officers and not 2,700.
Wyden wrote in his letter:
"Innocent Americans should not be tricked into unlocking their phones and laptops. CBP should not dump data obtained through thousands of warrantless phone searches into a central database, retain the data for fifteen years, and allow thousands of DHS employees to search through Americans’ personal data whenever they want."
Two years ago, the Senator also called for an investigation into the CBP's use of commercially available location data to track people's phones without a warrant. CBP had admitted back then that it spent $500,000 to access a commercial database containing "location data mined from applications on millions of Americans’ mobile phones."
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With Russia invading Ukraine & China preparing to invade Taiwan, I can't help but wonder.
In the 2010's, many people told me 'WWIII will never happen, the world is too interdependent'.
When I look at the world unfold in the 2020's, it seems very few people accounted for how much corruption, economics, social media, propaganda, etc. would factor into geopolitics.
At this point, to me, another global conflict with massive consequences seems inevitable. There is just enough desperation, social unrest, government corruption, and resource depletion to trigger survival instincts on the largest scale.
Just like individuals have a drive for self-preservation, nations do too. Wars happen when two or nation's drive for self-preservation collide. It seems Russia, China, and North Korea have already aligned while the US/EU have aligned, not sure where India stands. The US has warships moving in the South China Sea, China sees that as an act of escalation. Winter is coming in the EU with Russia withholding energy. TikTok is spying on the all it's users and Russia interfered in US elections...
I'm just curious to hear what others think/feel. I'm open to any perspective, none of us are prepared for what's ahead for better or for worse. I'm hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.
Chinese hackers kept up hiring drive despite FBI indictment 
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Hackers with suspected links to China’s intelligence agencies were still advertising for new recruits to work on cyber espionage, even after the FBI indicted the perpetrators in an effort to disrupt their activities.
Hainan Tengyuan, a Chinese technology company, was actively recruiting English language translators in March according to job adverts seen by the Financial Times — nine months after US law enforcement agencies accused Beijing of setting up such companies as a “front” for spying operations against western targets.
Hainan Tengyuan is also part of a wider network of companies that has links, including common contact details and employees, with another tech firm Hainan Xiandun, which was exposed by the FBI in a 2021 indictment as a cover for the Chinese hacking group APT40.
APT40 is accused of cyber espionage targeting scientific research into Ebola, HIV, and Mers, as well as maritime industries and naval defence contractors across the US and Europe. Western agencies have also said the group was responsible for a hacking campaign against Cambodian opposition MPs, political institutions, and NGOs in the run-up to the country’s 2018 national elections.
Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of security group CrowdStrike and now head of the Silverado Policy Accelerator think-tank, said the fact that the front companies were continuing to advertise even after FBI exposure was evidence that indictments against Chinese government personnel are becoming less effective.
While the first round of indictments against People’s Liberation Army cyber units in 2014 had sent “shockwaves through the Chinese system”, he said, such public accusations had become less of a deterrent given that repercussions for state officials tend to be minimal.
It is common for intelligence services such as the US’s CIA or the UK’s GCHQ signals intelligence agency to actively recruit prospective spies while at university and through advertising jobs publicly. But China’s use of front companies to disguise their work means some applicants are being drawn unwittingly into a life of espionage.
An FT investigation this week revealed that Hainan Xiandun sought to recruit foreign language students from public universities across China to help identify intelligence targets and translate sensitive documents.
Many were female foreign language students from universities on the tropical island of Hainan in southern China, seeking employment after graduation.
One student applicant had previously led a workshop entitled “The Fine Tradition of Secrecy of the CCP” at a local university. Another applicant had a summer job as a translator for foreign and Chinese executives at a golf resort.
Hainan Xiandun sought to leverage students’ language skills in its search for cheap translators, but its adverts did not divulge the nature of the work nor its links to the Ministry of State Security.
By contrast, Hainan Tengyuan’s job advert from March, posted on the Chinese language version of the recruitment website Indeed, appeared to be looking for more experienced staff.
It asked for applications from translators with at least five years of work experience, offering a monthly salary of around $2,000, more than twice the amount Hainan Xiandun offered the new graduates. Still, involvement in hacking activity was not made clear.
One security official in the region said that “multiple” Chinese hacking groups were known to recruit from universities, not only for linguists but also computer science students.
“They advertise positions and sponsorships within the front companies at local universities, and encourage students to engage in offensive intrusion activity badged as hacking competitions,” the official said. The official added that the ongoing nature of this recruitment would have “personal ramifications” for the students themselves.
Nicholas Eftimiades, an expert on Chinese intelligence operations and a former FBI agent, said that while intelligence communities around the world cultivate relationships with universities, “what is unique in China is the use of front companies that recruit students without their knowledge.”
He added: “It adds another layer of cover for the MSS, both from their citizens but also from foreign governments. It also provides a steady flow of cheap labour that doesn’t require security clearances.”
Links between Hainan Xiandun and Hainan Tengyuan were exposed two years ago by a group of anonymous researchers called ‘Intrusion Truth(opens a new window)’, who have focused on the work of the Chinese hacking group APT40 — also known by the names ‘Bronze’ and ‘Leviathan’.
The researchers trawled through recruitment adverts posted by self-described technology companies in Hainan and found links between five companies, including Hainan Xiandun and Hainan Tengyuan, which had overlapping company descriptions, postal addresses, contact details and employees.
According to corporate records, Hainan Tengyuan’s chief executive officer and largest shareholder Qiu Chuiqiang operates three restaurants in Hainan, one popular for its Cantonese-style barbecued meat. Efforts were made to contact Hainan Tengyuan and Qiu Chuiqiang, but they could not be reached for comment.
Western intelligence officials have intensified their warnings about the risk of “large-scale” Chinese cyber operations aimed at stealing data and intellectual property from adversaries.
FBI director Christopher Wray recently said the agency opens a new China-focused counter-intelligence investigation every 12 hours and that China has a bigger hacking programme than every other country combined.
James Mulvenon, an expert on Chinese cyber and industrial espionage, said it was clear that the regional bureaus, such as those in Hainan, tended to be “much more entrepreneurial in terms of targets” than bigger centres in Shanghai and Beijing.
Alperovitch from the Silverado Policy Accelerator said Chinese hackers who work as contractors fear being indicted more than state security officials do. Such hackers have “a history of curtailing activities after being named and shamed” because they have an interest in accessing western commercial opportunities and travelling overseas, he said.
The MSS and Hainan University did not respond to requests for comment.
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- JohnMcafee : The Office meme
Chromecels be seething over firefoxchads 
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C'mon Muskrat! I'm sure going to heckin war with Apple will work out for you. 
Watching Twitter implode like this has made me 
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Good. I wish everyone would abandon Facebook if they can.
- Chtorrr : schizo needs their meds
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- JohnnyBOO : This guy can't see my answer don't tell him anything
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Jewish lives matter when 0=1
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I get out of my certification exam and there's only one thread and they put the wrong day so the admins couldn't find it.
This is why we can't have anything nice. I'll just copy yesterday's OP
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Generated by TLDR This:
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I recently told applicants to Y Combinator that the best advice I could give for getting in, per word, was Explain what you've learned from users.
That tests a lot of things: whether you're paying attention to users, how well you understand them, and even how much they need what you're making.
I only had a few data points: our own startup, and those started by friends.
Which is why YC partners should usually have been founders themselves.
Focus is doubly important for early stage startups, because not only do they have a hundred different problems, they don't have anyone to work on them except the founders.
Whether or not YC manages one day to be listed alongside those famous clusters, it won't be for lack of trying.
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You know how Snappy has 3 links? What if you archived one of those links, then archived that link using a different archive link and so on. How deep could you go?
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