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[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

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[Tuta @TutaPrivacy]

"I have nothing to hide."

False.

You have medical history

You have financial behavior

You have location patterns

You have political views

You have relationship data

Privacy was never about hiding crimes. It was always about owning your life.

[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

@v1naya https://t.co/EuoBeMBAUS

[IT Guy @T3chFalcon]

YES and NFC attacks just surged 188% in the first four months of 2026.

What NFC is:
Near Field Communication. The technology behind tap-to-pay, transport cards, and those square stickers on restaurant tables that open menus when you scan them.

Range: about 4 centimeters. you have to physically tap or get very close.

The simple attack: tag tampering
An attacker replaces a legitimate NFC tag on a poster, restaurant table, parking meter, or public kiosk with their own. your phone taps it. instead of opening the menu or paying the parking, it opens a phishing site. you enter your card details. done.

An NFC tag costs under $1. a Flipper Zero can read and clone most unlocked tags in seconds. no technical skill required.

The advanced attack: NFC relay
This is where it gets serious.

Malware called NFCGate turns your phone into an NFC relay device. here's the chain:

— you're tricked into installing a fake banking or security app
— the app runs silently
— when you tap your physical bank card to pay for something, the malware intercepts the NFC signal from your card
— it transmits that signal in real time to an attacker's phone anywhere in the world
— the attacker taps their phone to a payment terminal
— the terminal thinks it's talking to your card
— the transaction goes through

You tapped to pay at a coffee shop, someone in another city just bought a laptop with your card. simultaneously.

What to do:
— never scan NFC tags in public unless you know exactly what they link to. preview the URL before opening.
— never install apps from links sent via WhatsApp, SMS, or messaging apps. not even from people you know.
— enable transaction notifications on your bank app. real-time alerts catch unauthorized charges immediately.
— some card holders and phone cases block NFC signals. useful in crowded areas.
— on iPhone: NFC only activates in specific contexts. the risk is lower. not zero.
— on Android: check which apps have NFC permission. revoke anything that doesn't need it.

the tap that takes a second

and can cost you everything in your account.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs into law new tech company restrictions barring children under 16 from exposure to behaviorally addictive features on social media platforms and banning toys containing AI companion chatbots. https://t.co/mNxydrkV9Z

[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

@JOEBOTxyz Am getting most relevant information on AI through non US sources. https://t.co/EuoBeMBAUS

[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

@STurkle Loved this article, can't wait to read your newest book. Many thanks for all of the hard work you have done on online safety over the years.

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@sjgadler https://t.co/EuoBeMBAUS

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@AlexBores And there's more..https://t.co/EuoBeMBAUS

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@GaryMarcus https://t.co/EuoBeMBAUS

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Anthropic discovered that its AI chatbot was being used to plan experiments with the bird flu virus, develop weapons, and run a cyberespionage campaign against Ukraine. https://t.co/FmCwgzU0ZT

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@dastmfw Please, please get some help. Folks at the suicide & crisis lifeline, dial 988, can help you. You are worth saving.

[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

"The expectation is that companies are using the national center [@NCMEC ] list “in any and every way possible to identify, remove and report child sexual abuse material,” said John Shehan, an executive at the U.S. national center. “How are you not using this tool in a proper way?” @EkGaetan
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[Ned Ludd @NLudd2017]

"The larger question is what commercial and behavioral intelligence the platform generates from hundreds of millions of users and millions of businesses, and how much of it ByteDance can access or derive: which products attract attention…” — Rick Lane @SenTedCruz @hawley_sen @LeaderJohnThune
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