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🔒 A 19-year-old cybercriminal was caught despite using a VPN across multiple countries - because Windows has a tracking number built into every install that a VPN can't hide.

Peter Stokes, arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US last week, is tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group behind the 2023 MGM and Caesars casino breaches. The group is linked to 100+ intrusions and over $100 million in extortion.

The FBI didn't crack his VPN. Microsoft handed over his Global Device ID (GDID), a unique identifier baked into every Windows installation at setup. It doesn't change when you update, switch networks, or use a VPN. The only way to reset it is a full OS reinstall.

Investigators matched Stokes's GDID across IP addresses in Estonia, New York, and Thailand, correlating with login times on his Snapchat, Apple, and Facebook accounts. The same device that breached a luxury jewelry retailer and demanded $8 million in ransom also logged into Snapchat and a video game from his real network.

So while VPNs mask your IP address, they were never designed to hide device-level identifiers embedded in your operating system. The tracking can live one layer deeper than the one most people defend.

Read more:
itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-d
databreachtoday.com/scattered-

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    Cape was founded by privacy-first innovators with deep expertise in security, telecom, and technology—built on the belief you can stay connected without compromising your privacy. As noted in The News, “a company is finally trying to seriously address privacy issues with aging telecommunications networks.” Learn more: cape.co/about 🔒📡🛡️

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      A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability called Bad Epoll lets an unprivileged local user gain root access on affected Linux systems and Android devices.

      The flaw is notable because it exists in the same kernel code where Anthropic's AI model Mythos previously found a different vulnerability, but missed this one. A patch is available, and affected systems should be updated.

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        [?]Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 » 🌐
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        "Security researchers have confirmed that a European politician had his phone hacked with the Pegasus spyware while serving on an investigatory committee probing abuses of the notorious surveillance tool. This has reignited fresh controversy over governments abusing spyware to collect information about their critics.

        The researchers at the University of Toronto’s digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say the confirmed phone hacking of Greek journalist and former politician Stelios Kouloglou during 2022 and 2023 marks the first time that a member of the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, tasked with investigating phone spyware attacks by European governments, has been publicly identified as a victim of spyware.

        Kouloglou told TechCrunch in a phone call that the deliberate compromise of his phone was “reckless.” One serving European lawmaker described the hacking of Kouloglou’s phone as a “direct attack on the rule of law,” and called on the European Commission to take concrete action by imposing strict limits on the use of spyware across the 27 member-state bloc."

        techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/poli

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          "Since 2020, Palantir, the controversial US data surveillance firm with links to Israeli abuses in occupied Palestine, has won over £670m in contracts with British civil and defence industries, raising both ethical and national-security concerns among politicians and campaigners.

          Chief among those are a £330m contract with the NHS and a £240m deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), alongside a £15m contract related to Britain’s nuclear deterrent.

          Despite a lack of transparency around the extent of Palantir’s deals in the UK’s public services, at least 34 contracts have been uncovered within sectors including the police, child social care, refugee schemes and the environment.

          In January 2024, Palantir announced a partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Defence to deploy its technology in support of “war related missions” that use drone-fired missiles to target civilians in Gaza, including journalists and aid workers.

          In April 2025, Palantir's chief executive Alex Karp responded to accusations that Palantir technology had enabled the killing of Palestinians in Gaza by saying “mostly terrorists, that’s true”."

          middleeasteye.net/news/palanti

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            CDN providers that serve cached content log IP address, request metadata, and geolocation for every visitor to every site they serve.

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              Drop Site News: A Third Party Breached The Intercept’s Signal Tip Line and Has Been Soliciting Whistleblowers

              The news outlet changed its tip line this week, but has not informed potential sources or the public of the breach.

              dropsitenews.com/p/intercept-s

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                AND, we have a machine that goes... PING!

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                  Online scams and violence [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                  What does a widowed tailor in Kurdistan, a sheep farmer in Kyrgyzstan and an engineer in Russia have in common? Romance scams. They and almost 50,000 other people are victims of online fraud carried out by one person who was trafficked and beaten at a scam compound in Myanmar. How did he pull off such a feat? American AI and tech.

                  Read more about the AP/"FRONTLINE" investigation:
                  flip.it/oSeWrO

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                    “#MissKittyPolitics
                    When you're handed the synopsis of the decisions ahead of time.
                    When the first word of every sentence is cut off because the software is slow.

                    RE: bsky.app/profile/did:...”

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                      “"The # TrumpAdministration ’s new drug strategy does more than escalate the war on fentanyl. It sketches the architecture for a national # surveillance system built from some of Americans’ most personal data: prescr...”

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                        “Content warning: ai coding tools, preventing vendor lock-in RE: https:// mastodon.social/@reiver/116840 098801724816 Part of the lock-in happens with the harness. Ex: Claude Code is a harness to use the Claude ...”

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                          “Content warning: ai coding tools RE: https:// mastodon.social/@reiver/115746 605658316310 4/ If you are someone who uses AI coding tools for your work — I have been hearing people claim that the GLM-5.2 open s...”

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                            “Supreme Court rules that broad cellphone location data sweeps require warrants Broad geofence surveillance constitutes a search under the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and...”

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                              “Content warning: ai coding tools RE: https:// mastodon.social/@reiver/115746 674109063918 1/ For better or worse, many people are using AI coding tools to help them write software. (And, I don't mean "vibe cod...”

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                                “# outbreak is to # surveillance what # surveillance is to # IndieGame .”

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                                  Crims found the "soft spot" in security. MyPillow, the US-based bedding brand founded by Mike Lindell, has been listed by Play ransomware extortionists as an alleged victim. theregister.com/cyber-crime/20

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                                    “zk-SNARKs: The Fence With No Gaps Most apps hide what you say. The best ones hide everything around it too. zk-SNARKs is one of the hardest ideas in cryptography. Vitalik Buterin called it "moon math." You don't need t...”

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                                      The Wall Boycott Assistant helps people “know what’s really on your phone” by scanning installed apps for ties to companies you may want to avoid (HQ, founders, investors, or BDS categories). One-tap checks run with an offline database—no accounts. 🌐📱🛡️ play.google.com/store/apps/det

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                                      Don’t forget 🇮🇱⚠️ that Israel is facing serious allegations of mass atrocities 🩸❌. Israel-based firms have produced widely condemned spyware (e.g., Pegasus) that has been exported to government clients and reportedly misused to spy on Palestinians and many others 🇵🇸👁️. The broader pattern is that advanced surveillance tools are proliferating with too little accountability—across governments and political networks

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                                        “Google is apparently testing a new reCAPTCHA method that prompts you to turn on your device's camera to prove you are human by scanning your hands. I assume this will eventually be mandatory, just like the current reCAP...”

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                                          “Is De-Googling actually a waste of time?
                                          # privacy # surveillance # google # degoogle https:// youtu.be/9OG142U48js?is=_WwHkI Xo5JzT-VzM”

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                                            “James Carville wants to disenfranchise all the # voters in NY-13 bc he disagrees w/some of Darializa's comments. He said recently the Dems should refuse to let her # caucus w/ them(!), that he wouldn't be in the pa...”

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                                              “# Ai obsessed: "He called a co-wide meeting to ann:🚨from then on, we had to discuss with the AI prior to all meetings or before communicating with him -bc if we didn’t dev & discuss our ideas with the AI 1st -sign: we...”

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                                                “https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j un/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears Combined, the sites route sensitive interactions Americans have with their government through infrastructure ...”

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                                                  “Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast Flock can be used to track just about anyone or anything - even without a license plate. The company also offers AI surveillance cameras which...”

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                                                    “US supreme court rules geofence warrants violate fourth amendment https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j un/29/supreme-court-geofence-warrants-case-decision # UsSupremeCourt # UsNews # Technology # S...”

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                                                      “North Korea bans phones for children under 14 The Rodong Sinmun encouraged women to bear and rear children in its June 23, 2022, edition. “Bearing lots…
                                                      # EuropeSays # Korea # KR # children # crackdowns ...”

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                                                        “I also find it to be peak hypocrisy that Metsola would pull this stunt - attempting to sneak # ChatControl back into existence for the purported reason of preventing harms to children from CSAM - _while she actively u...”

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                                                          “ICYMI⚡"The Steady State, an organization of more than 415 former national security, intelligence, diplomatic, military, law enforcement, & homeland security officials, on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the # D...”

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                                                            “What is a blockchain messenger, really? Most apps hide what you say. They still see who you talk to, and when. That metadata is the part surveillance wants. Z-TEXT stores messages on-chain instead of a company server. ...”

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                                                              “‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode # trust ’: redesign of US government websites stokes # surveillance fears | # Trump administration | The Guardian

                                                              The National Design Studio, staffed by # DOGE vete...”

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                                                                “Holy crap, this is a privacy and surveillance disaster. https:// bsky.app/profile/chrisnelder.b sky.social/post/3mpeuc3dloc2h “The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking sof...”

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                                                                  “RE: https:// mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/1 16812506724557428 I just sent the emails as suggested by @ chatcontrol because # surveillance is just one of the first steps toward # oppression . Thank you f...”

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                                                                    “Set a reminder for yourself to call your congressional representatives tomorrow! We can't let the government dismantle more of our digital freedom on Big Tech's behalf. From @ fight :
                                                                    ‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disgui...”

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                                                                      “Sick of fighting them resurrecting Chat Control again and again and again ? Stop asking nicely. Hit them where it hurts - organise to leave the EU. # eu # eupol # chatcontrol # surveillance # security ...”

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                                                                        “RE: https:// social.lansky.name/@hn100/1168 28485146491866 Anyone know whether these are in Washington state? I haven’t seen them, but…perhaps we should drag Aurora Ave above 90th in Seattle?
                                                                        # FlockCameras #...”

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                                                                          “In clear violation of the # PrivacyAct of 1974 & the E-Government Act of 2002: # WhiteHouse "now operates four public # federal # websites : ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov & trumpaccounts.gov."
                                                                          All a...”

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                                                                            “Analysis of the underlying source code for four of the websites written by the secretive National Design Studio (NDS)
                                                                            found that on at least two of them,
                                                                            the studio installed a commercial tool called PostHog
                                                                            that cl...”

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                                                                              🚨 The EU's controversial "Chat Control" proposal is back.

                                                                              EU governments are reportedly trying to revive rules that could allow private messages to be scanned for child sexual abuse material, reigniting the debate over encryption, privacy, and mass surveillance. The proposal remains highly controversial and has not become law.

                                                                              Read more: digitalescapetools.com/2026/06

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                                                                                The Guardian: ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

                                                                                The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

                                                                                "...An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites – for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law...."

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                                                                                ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

                                                                                Alt...‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

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                                                                                  “Fascism is alive & kicking all opposition very hard under Trump’s NSPM7-driven, 100-year-long jail term, Palantir-enabled Hitlerite ‘Gleichschaltung’ regime! “Hot Type: The Machinery of the Fascist State” by Heidi Cud...”

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