I've started playing with a Peer to Peer social network called "Vole".
What is Vole?
Vole is a web application for sharing words, pictures and videos with others. Data is distributed peer-to-peer using Bittorrent Sync.
In order to get started, you'll need to follow the instructions on the Vole github.
If you're interested in following me, here is my read-only key:
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Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Snapchat Covert Screen Capture for Android Revealed
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| Capture of a SnapChat image. |
At a family gathering today, a relative introduced me to SnapChat, and showed me how it only temporarily stores images, then deletes them when you're finished looking at them.
For those who don't know SnapChat is a "temporary" image service. The concept is simple - images are sent, viewed, and destroyed within 10 seconds. If a user attempts to take a screenshot of the image, the sender is sent a notification. I tested the "screenshot detection" and sure enough...if you take a screenshot with your Android phone it really does send a notification!
It was recently revealed that there is a method of capturing SnapChat images for iOS without the sender knowing by accessing the files directly on the device's storage drive. But this only works on iPhone or iPod Touch.
Always up for a challenge, I decided to see if I could bypass SnapChat's "temporary" storage and save a permanent copy of photos I receive.
After performing some analysis of how SnapChat works, today I'm going to reveal how to permanently save incoming SnapChat photos on any Android phone.
Android phones have a feature called "USB Debugging" which is commonly only used by tech savvy users or developers. This feature allows you to connect your Android phone to your computer and monitor its activities using the Android SDK.
One of the features of the Android SDK is, you guessed it, a screen capture utility.
By simply following these instructions from AddictiveTips.com you can capture the current screen without alerting the SnapChat app. Simply time clicking the "Refresh" button just right and you'll be able to capture that "secret" photo.
Note that this is not a flaw in the SnapChat app - this is the intentional design of the Android operating system.
This is a "high tech" method of defeating SnapChat. A "low tech" undetectable method would be to simply take a picture of you phone's screen using a camera from another device.
So what should users take away from this? A simple security lesson - if you don't want someone to be able to save something you send them, and don't want to risk that knowledge or picture from being posted publicly, then don't send it to anyone in the first place.
Facebook Location Sharing Enabled by Default - Another Threat to your Privacy and Safety
I noticed something disturbing today. Ever since about the 15th of March (noticed this on some of my Friends posts going back to the 13th), my Facebook posts have started including my location. That's pretty disturbing, because I never enabled Facebook to share my location. It would seem Facebook has enabled this setting by default.In fact, if I wanted everyone to know where I am, I would have typed my location in my Facebook post.
This really becomes problematic if I were to use Facebook while on vacation. Suddenly my posts will tell everyone I'm not home, and depending on my privacy settings, that's pretty much telling the world "hey, he's on vacation, go steal stuff from his house!".
I've noticed most of my friends posts are including this information as well.
Facebook does provide instructions on disabling location sharing (https://www.facebook.com/about/location) but it's not very clear if these settings stick.
I urge you the next time you post on Facebook, check to see if there is a small gray box below your post which includes your approximate location. If there is, click the X inside that box to disable location sharing.
Share this message with your friends and family on Facebook, and help them be safe online too!
New @CaffSec Twitter Feature: #exploitAlert
I've taken the Google Alert "zero day" exploit feed and created automated Twitter notifications.
You can get updated #exploitAlert notifications by following my Twitter account, @CaffSec.
The feed currently monitors PasteBin for new exploits. Expect additional feeds soon!
You can get updated #exploitAlert notifications by following my Twitter account, @CaffSec.
The feed currently monitors PasteBin for new exploits. Expect additional feeds soon!
Protect Your Family While Using Social Media
Cyberbullying and sexual predators are an ever increasing threat online, especially with social media sites like Facebook. See how to protect your children with this great informational video!
The (VERY) Unofficial Guide To Facebook Privacy
To fully understand the privacy of Facebook and how it's likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing...Facebook executives want everyone to be public.
As the service evolves, executives tend to favor our open access to information, meaning information you think is private will slowly become public, but that doesn't mean you can be private if you want to. Facebook gives its users the option to lock things down, but users need to be aware of their controls, how to use them and how to prepare for future Facebook privacy changes. Facebook has not and will not make information obvious, and that's where this guide comes in.
Get your copy today!
And please share this link with your friends and family, so they can better protect their privacy as well!
As the service evolves, executives tend to favor our open access to information, meaning information you think is private will slowly become public, but that doesn't mean you can be private if you want to. Facebook gives its users the option to lock things down, but users need to be aware of their controls, how to use them and how to prepare for future Facebook privacy changes. Facebook has not and will not make information obvious, and that's where this guide comes in.
Get your copy today!
And please share this link with your friends and family, so they can better protect their privacy as well!
See who's trying to hack your Facebook profile!
Many links claim to let you see who's "stalking" you on Facebook. This link claims to let you see who's trying to HACK your Facebook profile!
http://bit.ly/vXjiBw
Were you brought to this blog post by a shortened link on Facebook? Why did you click that?
Haven't we learned yet not to click on strange links?
After all these years, users are STILL being infected with malware and helping to propagate it by clicking on links they shouldn't. (And yes, that link is safe)
URL shorteners such as bit.ly can be very conveniently used to hide malicious links.
Here's a little trick to help keep you safer.
There are actually URL "unshorteners" such as UnFwd4Me and Unshorten.com which will reveal the true address of a shotened URL.
So, now that your security awareness has been raised, please, share this link with others by copying the text below, and help them raise their security awareness as well! To be more effective, please turn the URL preview OFF.
See who's trying to hack your Facebook profile! http://bit.ly/vXjiBw
http://bit.ly/vXjiBw
Were you brought to this blog post by a shortened link on Facebook? Why did you click that?
Haven't we learned yet not to click on strange links?
After all these years, users are STILL being infected with malware and helping to propagate it by clicking on links they shouldn't. (And yes, that link is safe)
URL shorteners such as bit.ly can be very conveniently used to hide malicious links.
Here's a little trick to help keep you safer.
There are actually URL "unshorteners" such as UnFwd4Me and Unshorten.com which will reveal the true address of a shotened URL.
So, now that your security awareness has been raised, please, share this link with others by copying the text below, and help them raise their security awareness as well! To be more effective, please turn the URL preview OFF.
See who's trying to hack your Facebook profile! http://bit.ly/vXjiBw
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