Our new investigation in @wired.com shows the danger of Google's huge RTB security problem We easily obtained Google RTB segment data about US national security personnel from a databroker -- despite posing as a foreign company that fetes Russian troops our fake website www.wired.com/story/google... - ThreadSky

johnnyryan.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Our new investigation in @wired.com shows the danger of Google's huge RTB security problem
We easily obtained Google RTB segment data about US national security personnel from a databroker -- despite posing as a foreign company that fetes Russian troops our fake website
https://www.wired.com/story/google-dv360-banned-audience-segments-national-security/

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richburroughs.dev•2 days ago

Excellent reporting, thank you and @wired.com.

dishcommish.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our intelligence services are guarding the front door while there's a tag sale going on in the back yard. But at least we took care of those anti-war kids on tiktok.

isabellasmom.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Google donates billions to both sides of the aisle in DC. Under those circumstances do you honestly think anything will be done about this?
Seated in the front row the day of the inauguration, click to open👇

wadewarrens.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is it the case that I could reduce this risk by never logging into Google?

Or, if on an iPhone, go into Settings/Privacy & Security and turn off “Personalized Ads”?

johnnyryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

As @dell.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social write, the thousands of segments included people at companies registered with the State Department to manufacture missiles and space launch vehicles.

johnnyryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Google has known that its RTB system leaks everybody's data like a sieve since at least as early as 2014. Google CEO Pichai is implicated directly.

johnnyryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

True. And scary.

maumagnificat.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Don't let this funny business go down the memory hole. Cut stake in half. #Google #CrowdStrike #GlobalOutage night of close or a day after close of RNC. We know Trump dislikes CrowdStrike as seen on @60minutes.bsky.social
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-parent-alphabet-cuts-stake-crowdstrike-2024-08-02/

johnnyryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

There are many examples of shell RTB companies hoovering up RTB data for intel. Google's RTB data free-for-all is a goldmine for hostile intelligence services.

johnnyryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

See detail about how Google makes sensitive US RTB data available to China in the @iccl.bsky.social Enforce & @epic.org complaint to the FTC
https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/google-and-ceo-sundar-pichai-under-fire-for-sending-americans-data-to-china-in-new-national-security-complaint/

frankenmizer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wonder who owns those shells?

infosecafrica.bsky.social•2 days ago

It seems as if when it comes to exploiting its users, it’s ✅ for go, but when it comes to protecting its users, it’s ❌ for no.

This graphic from ‘Global State of Scams 2024 Report’ seems to indicate ❌ no for protecting Google users from scams

frankenmizer.bsky.social•1 day ago

There's a reason for that.

manos.lol•2 days ago

📌

frankenmizer.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Don't Be Evil" has left the building

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