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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Been a while since I went to a Ticketmaster ticketed event. They won't let you save a copy of your ticket in any way except to Google Wallet? "Screenshots won't get you in." Fuck you, guys, GEEZ. I feel like we each slam into this kind of big tech wall 100 times a day, and it makes me want to tear my hair out.

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

It's like that scene at the end of the show Dinosaurs, where the mass extinction is on its way and they know it, and they're just trying to carry on like things are normal and glancing nervously at each other trying to figure out what to say to the baby about their shared impending doom.

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/selfie-video-sign-in/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech #BigTech #Data #Google

Google

Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account

Selfie video gives you more options if you’re ever locked out or don’t have access to your usual phone or computer.

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

"According to the Mozilla Foundation’s latest findings examining the privacy practices of period-tracking apps, Stardust was found to be sharing users’ sensitive health information with third-party analytics company RudderStack. This data included the user’s birthdate, birth control type, reproductive goals, and specific symptoms that the user was experiencing, and it tied that record to a unique identifier in place of the person’s name. (The FTC has long warned that this does not make the data anonymous or prevent it from being linked back to a person.) Stardust claimed it was end-to-end encrypted — meaning that not even the company could access its users’ data — but TechCrunch found by analyzing the app’s network traffic that the company’s claim was false." https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/period-tracker-stardust-shares-users-health-data-with-analytics-firm-says-mozilla-research/ #InfoSec #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech #Abortion

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 24, 2026

Accidental promo for GrapheneOS 🔥 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/us-accuses-american-of-allegedly-wiping-his-phone-using-a-duress-password-during-border-search/ #Privacy #Surveillance #GrapheneOS #Tech

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026

My dog is so exceedingly normal #DogsOfMastodon

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 21, 2026

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@indybay/116958858067112647 #SFBA #Oakland

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 19, 2026

Has anyone tried this? How was it? https://beepboop.us/ #LanguageLearning #Spanish

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 18, 2026

Boosted by

Furbland's Very Family-Friendly Account™ @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social

"Gamers Nexus tested an LG monitor and found it automatically installs an LG app on a Windows system without asking permission, which has access to "All System Resources" and includes McAfee ads... Theoretically, with internet access, the app could change out the ads for other things, or exfiltrate data from your system. The LG Monitor App Installer makes itself a startup application, so it will automatically run when you boot as well." https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/17/lg-monitors-caught-installing-adware-and-app-with-access-to-all-system-resources-without-asking/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Microsoft #Tech

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 18, 2026

"The suspension of Distress Detection, however, does not mean that these high-powered microphones are now magically safe or beyond our concern. Acoustic gunshot detection is still a dangerous and often highly inaccurate technology that has resulted in real world harm, as in Chicago where it resulted in police shooting at children lighting fireworks. As Flock itself states, “No acoustic system is perfect, and we don't claim otherwise.” But police response to a situation where they believe guns are actively in use seems like a pretty high-stakes situation to be making, selling, and deploying technology known to be imperfect. Flock’s devices also listen for more than just gunshots. Their marketing materials admit to be listening for “community disruption,” which includes “non-violent” threats like car sideshows and fireworks." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices #Surveillance #Privacy #Flock #Police

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 16, 2026

Very insidious of Microsoft to make it impossible to log into an organizational LinkedIn account without a personal LinkedIn, so you have to have one if managing your org's LinkedIn is part of your job. Creepy and coercive. Thankfully my workplace doesn't make me do that, but wtf. #Microsoft

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026

Seen on Reddit. I haven't seen any of these in the wild yet. #Flock #DeFlock #Surveillance #Privacy

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 11, 2026

Social censure and shame are WAY better at affecting what people do than laws/regulations are. If we want people to stop using consumer surveillance tech, the strategy to use isn't regulation (though pass the laws too, I guess), it's hating the shit out of anyone who does use it. People will not use that stuff if doing so elicits reactions that make them ashamed to show their faces in public. "I saw all these comments about if you wear those glasses you're basically a predator or a creep, and I was like, 'oh, maybe it's not a good idea to have those,'" he told Engadget. But he says he understands why people have concerns. "I didn't really think that through all the way ... there are a lot of times where it's not appropriate to wear cameras on your face. And even though I would have no intention of do[ing] anything creepy with them, it didn't even occur to me [that] other people just assume that automatically." Read More: https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ https://www.engadget.com/2212604/the-meta-glasses-backlash-is-changing-how-or-if-people-use-them/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech #Meta

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 10, 2026

The privacy girlies abandon the booking process for a haircut midway through because the booking site demands our birth date. Wtf do you need my DOB for to book a haircut?

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 10, 2026

This reads like an Onion article. What is this? What timeline are we in? Wtf is going on?? https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/worried-about-flock-cameras-all-new-cars-in-the-eu-now-need-to-have-a-camera-aimed-at-the-drivers-face-in-the-latest-privacy-nightmare #Privacy #Surveillance

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 10, 2026

🎉 https://oaklandside.org/2026/07/09/30-dollar-minimum-wage-alameda-county-oakland/

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 04, 2026

Oops, fortune smiled a bit too widely upon me at the bookshop todayyyyyy. I regret nothing. S/O Walden Pond Books in Oakland, they are so great!

#Bookstodon #Oakland

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 04, 2026

❤️💚🖤🤍 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/07/04/18887183.php

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 04, 2026

The kids, as ever, are pretty alright, you guys 💕 “We believe that the event is the medium to enact social change, where people can meet up in physical space. When we are trying to organize online, we have Mark Zuckerberg’s eyeballs and Silicon Valley’s fingers in the sacred human interactions of our lives,” Gowanus says. “We are striving to create an event that defies consumption.” Andrew Maynard, a professor of advanced technology transitions at Arizona State University, says the Luddite movement was initially about labor rather than being specifically “anti-tech.” But he sees the modern use of the term as a positive way to describe someone who is “pushing back against the prevalence of tech and how it pulls away from their autonomy on multiple fronts.” https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/inside-the-luddite-festival-harnessing-gen-zs-rage-against-big-tech/ #Tech #AI #BigTech

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Jul 02, 2026

Meanwhile, in the East Bay... "Alameda County’s new $2.4 million contract extension with Flock Safety, approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, includes automated license plate readers, which capture data from the backs of passing vehicles; pan-tilt-zoom cameras that provide operators with a real-time view of public areas; and a fleet of drones. While ICE doesn’t have direct access to Flock cameras, local law enforcement agencies outside of California have knowingly and purposefully shared data from their own systems with that agency, according to 404Media. And Flock’s surveillance capabilities are vast: Oakland’s license plate reader system captured data from over 638 million license plates last year." https://oaklandside.org/2026/07/01/2-4-million-surveillance-contract-with-flock-approved-by-alameda-county/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Flock #EastBay #SFBA #Oakland

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · May 10, 2026

Omg The Paramount in Oakland is screening classic films again for a month (maybe longer if enough of us go)! And Fantasia is one of the films they're going to show!

https://www.paramountoakland.org/events

#Oakland #SFBA

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Apr 18, 2026

Sometimes people do really fucking cool things - in case you need a bit of your faith in humanity restored today 🔥

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/big-tech-breakup-parties

#Privacy #Security #Surveillance #Tech

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Apr 10, 2026

"GrapheneOS, a non-profit project that develops an operating system for Android phones with extra focus on privacy and security, has in recent days published a series of posts on the X platform about what they describe as a coordinated campaign by French police. According to the team, authorities have sent out internal messages to the country's police forces where all Google Pixel phones with GrapheneOS are labeled as suspicious. This has led to a wave of articles in French media, where claims that the system is used for criminal purposes are repeated without fact-checking or opportunity for GrapheneOS to respond.

The authorities are in practice demanding that GrapheneOS stop distributing functioning disk encryption, otherwise the project risks legal action. This is likened to the famous dispute between Apple and FBI in the United States, but with a twist: Google's hardware in Pixel phones is designed to resist such demands, and GrapheneOS builds further on that security. "They don't demand the same thing from Google for standard Pixel despite nearly identical encryption, because they are much less secure and can be exploited in advance". the team explains."

https://nordictimes.com/tech/grapheneos-exits-france-after-threats-and-smear-campaign/

#Surveillance #Privacy #GrapheneOS #InfoSec #Encryption

The Nordic Times

GrapheneOS exits France after threats and smear campaign - The Nordic Times

French authorities have attempted to force developers to install backdoors in the highly secure and privacy-focused mobile operating system.

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Apr 05, 2026

A phenomenally written piece on the Prarieland trial. If you haven't discussed what's gone down in the legal process here with everyone you care about or keep company with, now would be an excellent time.

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-state-vs-the-emma-goldman-book-club/

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Apr 04, 2026

"The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight restriction preventing private drone operators, including professional and citizen journalists, from flying drones within half a mile of any ICE or CBP vehicle.

We don’t believe it’s a coincidence that the TFR was put in place in January 2026, at the height of the Minneapolis anti-ICE protests, shortly after the killing of Renée Good and shortly before the shooting of Alex Pretti. After both of those tragedies, civilian recordings played a vital role in contradicting the government’s false account of the events.

By punishing civilians for recording federal law enforcement officers, the TFR helps to shield ICE and other immigration agents from scrutiny and accountability. It also discourages the exercise of a key First Amendment right."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/faas-temporary-flight-restriction-drones-blatant-attempt-criminalize-filming-ice

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Apr 01, 2026

Rebecca Solnit in Oakland next week whaaaat

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-beginning-comes-after-the-end-with-rebecca-solnit-tickets-1986255124546?aff=oddtdtcreator

#Oakland #Bookstodon

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Mar 27, 2026

Replying to @Torx@social.tchncs.de

@Torx@social.tchncs.de If the devs make it unavailable here I won't be able to. I guess we could cross state lines to do the initial install, but I don't know if ID verification will be re-upped at each update. GrapheneOS updates a lot.

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Mar 27, 2026

Ughhhh if the fucking California legislature forces me off GrapheneOS and back onto Android, I may have to just go back to using a flip phone. I CANNOT DO IT.

https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-refuses-age-verification/

#Privacy #Surveillance #GrapheneOS #Google

It's FOSS

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

The privacy-focused Android fork would rather lose market access than collect user data at setup.

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Mar 13, 2026

Oakland got real cute about Alysa today 💛

#Oakland

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Mar 07, 2026

The Chariot 🌊🌕

#StreetTarot #Oakland

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Mar 03, 2026

Every tech professional: "Strong passwords come from length, not complexity - you can't get your digital security info from your grandma or whatever"

Every website ever: "Your password must be highly complex and be a max of 14 characters"

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Feb 27, 2026

Someone boldly brought their cats to the dog park today. Surprisingly, most of the dogs were totally indifferent. Obi was intrigued sort of, but had a very short attention span about it. Now I know how he reaponds to cats that aren't invading his territory, so that's handy!

#DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Feb 24, 2026

Perfectly good seating right there, and where does he want to lounge? The coffee table. :blobcatderpy: I don't normally let him get on tables, but this was adorable.

#DogsOfMastodon

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

"A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.

...he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries.

Azdoufal could tap into their real-time camera feeds and activate their microphones. He also claims he could compile 2D floor plans of the homes the robots were operating in. A quick look at the robots’ IP addresses also revealed their approximate locations."

https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/

#Privacy #Security #InfoSec #Data #SmartHome

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Feb 23, 2026

Lol I emailed my landlord about a maintenance issue in our building and was just like "can you please let the HOA know" (they coordinate fixes to building stuff), and he was like, "No". Literally all he was asked to do was forward a short, perfectly polite, informational email.

Capitalism truly brings out the best in everyone, amirite?

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Lisa Kalayji @LisaKalayji@infosec.exchange · Feb 02, 2026

Techy people: do you have recs for a good airtag alternative? I'm looking for something to play nicely with GrapheneOS. #GrapheneOS

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Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account

GrapheneOS exits France after threats and smear campaign - The Nordic Times

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

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