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💪 These tools are 100% #OpenSource #FOSS with no tracking and no ads. Just free #privacy infrastructure. More @privacysafe.social apps are coming. Subscribe to bitsontape.com and follow @bitsontape.com so you're the first to know!

We build and boost the tech that protects the #movement
Bits On Tape | Sean O'Brien | Substack
The Best Bytes of Stories & Insights. Twice-weekly replay of science & technology news by cyber experts. Put to screen by Sean O’Brien, founder of Yale Privacy Lab. Click to read Bits On Tape, a Subst...
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April 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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If you’re not sure how to create strong #passwords, there’s an app for that. 👇
privacysafe.bot

@privacysafe.social Bot helps you:
✅ Generate passwords + passphrases
✅ Check password + passphrase strength in real-time
✅ Do all that *on your device* not a #cloud server
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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What can you do? Two simple guidelines:
🛑 Pause for 9 seconds before downloading unknown software ( @pausetake9.bsky.social )
🔐 Use long, unique passwords or passphrases and don’t reuse them across accounts.
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Take9
Learn how to protect yourself from cyber threats. Take 9 seconds to pause and think before engaging with suspicious emails, messages, or links to avoid phishing and online scams.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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One extreme case? A #Disney employee unknowingly installed a keylogger hidden in an #AI app. Hackers stole:
🔑 Passwords
💰 Financial data
💬 Workplace #Slack messages
The breach exposed millions of internal messages —and the employee lost their job.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Meanwhile, #malware is also accelerating the problem. @haveibeenpwned flagged a breach of *244M passwords and 284M emails* harvested by infostealer malware and distributed on #Telegram. Most victims don’t know they've been compromised. Is that you?
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🔑 Huge Password Leaks in AI Data & The Secret to Living 100+
Our new app PrivacySafe Bot helps you create passwords on-the-fly
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March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Common Crawl is massive:
📂 250B web pages
💾 400TB of data
🌐 Info from 38.3M domains
The dataset is used to train AI from #OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, #Anthropic & more. Since AI can’t distinguish sensitive credentials from examples, leaked #passwords can spread fast.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🚨 A new report found that the Common Crawl dataset, used to train AI like #ChatGPT, contains thousands of leaked credentials. Researchers uncovered nearly 12,000 live API keys, passwords, and sensitive secrets... and some granting access to critical services.
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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We're still prepping the repo and getting the @bitsontape.com announcement ready, but we wanted to make sure our superfans can try it out first:

🤖 Generate #secure passwords & passphrases with PrivacySafe Bot! 👉 privacysafe.bot
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM