Blackout VPN
@blackoutvpn.bsky.social
Founder of a VPN that refuses to know your name.
Zero telemetry, zero trackers, zero compromise.
WireGuard supremacist... until another protocol can beat it.
Zero telemetry, zero trackers, zero compromise.
WireGuard supremacist... until another protocol can beat it.
Malicious Chrome extensions posing as enterprise productivity tools stole authentication credentials from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors users.
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#privacy #technology #chrome
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#privacy #technology #chrome
Chrome Extensions Stole Enterprise Credentials From 2,300 Users
Five malicious Chrome extensions masked as HR tools stole authentication cookies from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP users every 60 seconds.
blackoutvpn.au
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Malicious Chrome extensions posing as enterprise productivity tools stole authentication credentials from Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors users.
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#privacy #technology #chrome
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#privacy #technology #chrome
The UK government created Pathways, a video game with an extremism meter that tracks children's thoughts. Schools deploy it for kids aged 11-18. The UK is going to hell very quickly.
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
UK Teaches Kids Curiosity Is Terrorism
Britain deployed a game in schools that tracks children's thoughts with an extremism meter. Researching immigration gets you flagged for terrorism.
blackoutvpn.au
January 17, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The UK government created Pathways, a video game with an extremism meter that tracks children's thoughts. Schools deploy it for kids aged 11-18. The UK is going to hell very quickly.
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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#authoritarianism #freespeech #technology
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Companies like Flock Safety “want police to collect as much information on everyone as possible because they make money off that,” EFF’s Dave Maass told New Mexico’s @KOB4. “We continually find people abusing the data.” www.kob.com/new-mexico/...
4 Investigates: The push to regulate New Mexico’s mass surveillance tools
Some lawmakers and advocates would like to see regulations on automated license plate readers appear during this year's legislative session.
www.kob.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Companies like Flock Safety “want police to collect as much information on everyone as possible because they make money off that,” EFF’s Dave Maass told New Mexico’s @KOB4. “We continually find people abusing the data.” www.kob.com/new-mexico/...
Australia knew about 870,000 child abuse reports on X. They fined them $610K. Then AI made deepfakes and suddenly bans are on the table. They don't care about kids. They care about control.
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
Child Abuse Was Tolerated. Deepfakes Aren't.
Australia fined X $610K for 870,000 child abuse reports. Grok's deepfakes got ban threats in 72 hours. Control, not safety.
blackoutvpn.au
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Australia knew about 870,000 child abuse reports on X. They fined them $610K. Then AI made deepfakes and suddenly bans are on the table. They don't care about kids. They care about control.
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
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#democracy #technology #childsafety
Italy just fined Apple €98.6 million for forcing apps to ask your permission before tracking you across the web. Regulators effectively punished Apple for making user consent mandatory.
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#privacy #technology
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Italy fines Apple €98.6M over ATT bias
Italy fined Apple €98.6M for ATT rules that hit third party apps harder while exposing how regulators treat ad tracking as the default
blackoutvpn.au
December 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Italy just fined Apple €98.6 million for forcing apps to ask your permission before tracking you across the web. Regulators effectively punished Apple for making user consent mandatory.
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#privacy #technology
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#privacy #technology
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives from infiltrating its workforce.
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
Remote Hiring Is a National Security Risk
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives as remote hiring and digital identity collapse into a national security risk
blackoutvpn.au
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Amazon blocked 1,800 North Korean operatives from infiltrating its workforce.
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
No malware. No phishing.
Just resumes and remote interviews.
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#technology #northkorea #cybersecurity
One Amazon Ring employee accessed thousands of video recordings from over 80 women's bedrooms. Hackers terrorised children. Footage was unencrypted and security was non-existent.
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
Ring Cameras Host Peep Shows with Subscription Fees
In 2023 the FTC said Ring let employees spy on customers and ignored basic security, enabling camera takeovers
blackoutvpn.au
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
One Amazon Ring employee accessed thousands of video recordings from over 80 women's bedrooms. Hackers terrorised children. Footage was unencrypted and security was non-existent.
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
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#technology #humanrights #hacking
The Victorian Government is exploiting a terrorist attack to push anti-democratic laws that restrict speech, suppress protests, and force platforms to identify users. This is no way to fight terror.
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#freespeech #privacy
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#freespeech #privacy
Victoria Uses Terror to Expand State Power
After a terror attack, Victoria fast-tracks speech laws, protest bans, and platform liability that undermine democratic norms
blackoutvpn.au
December 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Victorian Government is exploiting a terrorist attack to push anti-democratic laws that restrict speech, suppress protests, and force platforms to identify users. This is no way to fight terror.
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#freespeech #privacy
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#freespeech #privacy
Child predators got exactly what they hunt for. Live footage of unattended children, archived and indexed by commercial search engines. Our third piece on Flock's atrocities.
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
Flock Safety Exposes Children to Creeps
Flock Safety left dozens of AI cameras streaming playgrounds and isolated adults to the open internet with zero protection
blackoutvpn.au
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Child predators got exactly what they hunt for. Live footage of unattended children, archived and indexed by commercial search engines. Our third piece on Flock's atrocities.
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
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#technology #childsafety #ai #humanrights
AI browsers are unsafe by design.
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
AI Browsers Are Unsafe by Design
AI browsers remain inherently unsafe because prompt injection cannot be solved and access amplifies failure
blackoutvpn.au
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
AI browsers are unsafe by design.
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/ai-brow...
#privacy #technology #infosec
Vendors admit prompt injection may never be solved.
These browsers read untrusted content and can act on it.
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#privacy #technology #infosec
South Korea turns SIM cards into biometric checkpoints.
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
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#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
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#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
South Korea Turns SIMs Into Biometric Checkpoints
South Korea mandates facial verification for SIM cards, centralising biometric risk after years of mass data breaches
blackoutvpn.au
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
South Korea turns SIM cards into biometric checkpoints.
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/south-k...
#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
After years of data breaches, identity is already for sale.
The fix is facial verification, centralised at telecoms with a bad security record.
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#Privacy #Technology #HumanRights
Technology changed childhood faster than brains can adapt.
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
Technology Is Outpacing Childhood
Modern devices reach children before their brains are ready, reshaping attention and behaviour long before self regulation develops
blackoutvpn.au
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Technology changed childhood faster than brains can adapt.
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
This post explains the neuroscience in plain terms, why content labels miss the point, and how network-level controls reduce harm without surveillance.
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#parenting #technology #ScreenTime
Two threat campaigns. One week. Same lesson.
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
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#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
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#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
How Two Threat Campaigns Targeted Cisco in December
Two unrelated attacks hit Cisco systems days apart, exposing zero-day risk and persistent VPN credential failures
blackoutvpn.au
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Two threat campaigns. One week. Same lesson.
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/cisco-t...
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
A China-linked zero-day exploited Cisco AsyncOS email appliances.
Then a brute-force VPN flood hit exposed edge infrastructure.
Edge systems are still the soft underbelly.
blackoutvpn.au/blog/cisco-t...
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Privacy
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Stand Up for Freedom: Pardon the Innocent Coders Jailed for Building Privacy Tools!
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December 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two open-source devs for writing code that protected Bitcoin privacy. The US government are the real criminals.
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
Feds Ratfuck Innocent Samourai Wallet Founders
US prosecutors crushed Samourai Wallet developers despite regulators saying their software was legal
blackoutvpn.au
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Prosecutors ignored regulators who said no crime existed, hid evidence, threatened 25 years, then jailed two open-source devs for writing code that protected Bitcoin privacy. The US government are the real criminals.
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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#HumanRights #GovernmentOverreach #FreeSamourai
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Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
Apple becomes a debt collector with its new developer agreement | TechCrunch
Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Apple says it can now collect any money a developer owes the tech giant at any time.
The KimWolF botnet is quietly infecting Android devices at scale by hiding inside trojanised apps and turning phones into invisible infrastructure.
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#android #hack
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#android #hack
Millions of Android Phones Enslaved by KimWolF Botnet
A silent Android botnet called KimWolF has infected millions of devices by hiding inside fake and modified apps
blackoutvpn.au
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The KimWolF botnet is quietly infecting Android devices at scale by hiding inside trojanised apps and turning phones into invisible infrastructure.
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#android #hack
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#android #hack
AWS is warning customers about active cryptomining campaigns that hijack cloud accounts using stolen credentials.
No exploits. No zero days. Just valid keys and massive cloud bills.
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#CloudSecurity #CyberSecurity
No exploits. No zero days. Just valid keys and massive cloud bills.
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#CloudSecurity #CyberSecurity
AWS Accounts Hijacked for Cryptomining
Attackers are hijacking AWS accounts using stolen credentials and turning them into large scale cryptomining operations
blackoutvpn.au
December 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
AWS is warning customers about active cryptomining campaigns that hijack cloud accounts using stolen credentials.
No exploits. No zero days. Just valid keys and massive cloud bills.
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#CloudSecurity #CyberSecurity
No exploits. No zero days. Just valid keys and massive cloud bills.
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#CloudSecurity #CyberSecurity
Texas is suing Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL for turning smart TVs into surveillance devices.
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#Privacy #Surveillance
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#Privacy #Surveillance
Texas Targets Smart TV Surveillance
Texas is suing major TV manufacturers for secretly collecting viewing data through smart TV surveillance technology
blackoutvpn.au
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Texas is suing Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL for turning smart TVs into surveillance devices.
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#Privacy #Surveillance
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#Privacy #Surveillance
In China, AI systems already monitor faces, voices, movements, and behaviour at population scale. These are not theoretical risks. They are live human rights violations.
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#Privacy #HumanRights
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#Privacy #HumanRights
AI Ethics End Where State Control Begins
Ethical AI collapses under authoritarian power where consent, accountability, and human rights do not exist
blackoutvpn.au
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In China, AI systems already monitor faces, voices, movements, and behaviour at population scale. These are not theoretical risks. They are live human rights violations.
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#Privacy #HumanRights
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#Privacy #HumanRights
A Google featured browser extension with millions of users silently intercepted AI chats across major platforms and exported them to analytics servers as a business model.
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Your AI Chats Were Never Private
A featured Chrome extension with millions of users intercepted private AI conversations and sold them as analytics data by design
blackoutvpn.au
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A Google featured browser extension with millions of users silently intercepted AI chats across major platforms and exported them to analytics servers as a business model.
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Scammers are abusing PayPal’s subscription billing system to send phishing emails directly from PayPal infrastructure.
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Scammers Hijack PayPal Billing Emails
Scammers abused PayPal subscriptions to send real PayPal emails containing fake purchase notices and scam phone numbers
blackoutvpn.au
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Scammers are abusing PayPal’s subscription billing system to send phishing emails directly from PayPal infrastructure.
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A fake torrent claiming to contain a new Leonardo DiCaprio film was used to infect Windows users with Agent Tesla by abusing scripts, shortcuts, and built in system tools.
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Windows Malware Hidden in Fake DiCaprio Film Torrent
A fake torrent for a new Leonardo DiCaprio film delivers Agent Tesla malware through scripts and memory only execution on Windows systems
blackoutvpn.au
December 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A fake torrent claiming to contain a new Leonardo DiCaprio film was used to infect Windows users with Agent Tesla by abusing scripts, shortcuts, and built in system tools.
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Microsoft Recall screenshots your screen by default. Signal responded by blocking Windows from capturing private conversations entirely.
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Signal vs Microsoft Recall
Signal blocks Windows Recall to stop Microsoft from screenshotting private messages by default
blackoutvpn.au
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Microsoft Recall screenshots your screen by default. Signal responded by blocking Windows from capturing private conversations entirely.
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India is mandating SIM binding for WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. If your SIM changes, your messages die. This is surveillance, not security. Criminals adapt and you lose privacy.
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India Is Killing Anonymous Messaging
India now forces WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram to bind accounts to SIM cards in the name of fraud prevention
blackoutvpn.au
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
India is mandating SIM binding for WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. If your SIM changes, your messages die. This is surveillance, not security. Criminals adapt and you lose privacy.
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