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travel8 days ago•16 min saved

Europe’s New EES Border System Triggers Hours-Long Airport Delays

European airports are facing up to five-hour waits due to the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES), which fingerprints travelers and scans faces at border checks. The rollout overwhelmed many hubs, prompting calls from industry groups to suspend EES as peak travel season looms. While the European Commission has shown limited flexibility, delays persist; travelers—especially Americans—are urged to pre-register, avoid short layovers, and keep up with entry requirements, with airlines pressing for relief and guidance.

via Travel Off Path|

#airport-delays #border-control #ees

technology1 month ago•5 min saved

FROST attack uses browser storage timing to fingerprint open sites and apps

Researchers describe FROST, a browser-based side-channel that measures SSD access latency via the origin private file system (OPFS) to infer which sites a user has open and which apps are running, enabling cross-site fingerprinting with no user interaction. The attack relies on large OPFS files and reads from the same SSD, limiting scale and making detection likely; mitigations include capping OPFS size or other browser changes. The work was demonstrated on macOS and is slated for presentation at the DIMVA conference.

via Ars Technica|

#fingerprinting #frost #opfs

technology2 months ago•7 min saved

OPSEC Playbook Reveals How Threat Actors Stay Hidden at Scale

Flare researchers analyze a threat actor’s OPSEC playbook for high-volume fraud, detailing a three-tier architecture (public, operational, extraction) designed to separate exposure, execution, and monetization, along with common mistakes like identity reuse, weak fingerprinting evasion, and poor stage separation. The attacker also describes resilience techniques (time-delayed triggers, behavioral randomization, distributed verification, dead-man’s switches) to extend operational longevity. Defenders are advised to focus on cross-platform identity correlation, advanced behavioral analytics, end-to-end monitoring of the attack chain, metadata analysis, and preparing for resilient adversaries.

via BleepingComputer|

#cybercrime #fingerprinting #monetization

environment2 years ago•5 min saved

"Human-Caused Climate Change Evidenced by Sea Surface Temperature Research"

New research on sea surface temperatures provides clear evidence of a human "fingerprint" on climate change, showing that specific signals from human activities have altered the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface temperatures. The study reveals a strong human-caused signal in the seasonal cycle of ocean surface temperature, with significant impacts on marine ecosystems and potential wide-ranging effects on fisheries and nutrient distribution. The research also emphasizes the importance of understanding the anthropogenic influence on seasonality and the critical role of oceans in regulating planetary climate systems.

via Phys.org|

#climatechange #environment #fingerprinting

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

Apple strengthens privacy measures in App Store API rules

Apple is implementing new rules in its App Store API to crack down on apps that collect data on users' devices for fingerprinting purposes. Starting with the release of iOS 17, developers will be required to explain why they are using certain APIs, and apps failing to provide a valid reason will be rejected. Fingerprinting apps use API calls to retrieve device characteristics and create a unique "fingerprint" to track users across different apps and websites. This move follows Apple's previous efforts to enhance user privacy, including requiring permission for app tracking in iOS 14.5.

via Engadget|

#api #app-store #apple

technology3 years ago•4 min saved

Mullvad Browser: The Ultimate Privacy Solution with VPN and Tor Integration.

The Tor Project has partnered with Mullvad VPN to launch a privacy-focused browser called Mullvad browser, which connects to a VPN instead of the decentralized onion network. The browser aims to reduce a user's browser fingerprint, making it harder for advertisers and other companies to track them across the internet. It blocks third-party cookies and trackers and comes with few pre-installed plugins to reduce a user's fingerprint even further. However, the measures are less helpful if a user is trying to hide from government and law enforcement tracking.

via The Verge|

#fingerprinting #mullvad-browser #privacy