These are solid & reflect reality that spyware is a global problem & doesn't always begin or end within EU borders.
Also, a joint EU-US strategy! Interesting recognition of the major strides made by US #spyware.
This is the big takeaway: the @pega report provides a basis of action, and a clear sign that something is very wrong with #spyware abuses like #Pegasus within the EU.
Now it's time for the rest of the mechanisms to do their work. We'll all be watching.
Friends don't let friends get their eyeballs scanned to buy a coffee.
Sam Altman's Orwellian "Tools for Humanity" says this dystopia machine could help distinguish between #AI agents & humans... or verify at Point of Sale..or..?
Looks to me like a big biometric data grab 1/
2/ Surely they didn't just start with the idea of invasively harvesting eyeball scans...and then look around for potential justifications.
And then add in some AI hype.
Right?
3/ Throwback to Tools for Humanity's previous (but non-portable, guys!) eye-scanning thing: WorldCoin.
Remember that? A global biometric data grab rife with documented exploitation in Africa & Latin America.
Still not clear what real value it delivered to the ppl who gave up their biometrics.
3/ We got a tip about a single bit of #Paragon infrastructure & my brilliant colleague @billmarczak developed a technique to fingerprint some of the mercenary spyware infrastructure (both victim-facing & customer side) globally.
#Paragon's carefully constructed image of being a clean mercenary spyware company that wasn't susceptible to abuses has been replaced by a more familiar tale of...
Abuses...
And #Italy is now saddled with an unfolding crisis around spyware abuse.