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Surveillance Report
The Creepy Truth About Brightness: Are You Being Monitored? - SR163
Jan 24, 2024
The podcast explores topics such as light sensor surveillance, EU actions against Apple, new security features, GPU flaws, Brave's privacy feature removal, Apple's security measures and data breaches, temporary email addresses and GPU vulnerabilities, handwriting mimicry technology, spyware detection on Apple devices, FTC action against a data broker, privacy concerns, the release of Wine 9.0, and vulnerabilities in smart home appliances.
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- Light sensors in devices can be used to detect user interactions, highlighting security risks.
- Apple plans to separate the app store in the EU to address concerns about monopolistic practices and increase competition.
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Your light sensor can spy on you
Researchers have discovered that light sensors in devices like smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs can be used to detect light intensity changes and infer what content a user is interacting with. By cross-referencing data from the ambient light sensor on a tablet with tailored videos displayed on the screen, hackers could generate images of a user's hands as they interact with the device. While this method is not easy to execute, it highlights the importance of considering the potential security risks associated with commonly overlooked sensors in devices.
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