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The Mozilla Foundation is calling upon 30 technology companies, social networks, and websites to block web scraping by an ICE surveillance contractor called ShadowDragon after 404 Media published a list of sites that the contractor pulls data from.

...ShadowDragon sells a tool called SocialNet that streamlines the process of pulling public data from various sites, apps, and services. Marketing material available online says SocialNet can “follow the breadcrumbs of your target’s digital life and find hidden correlations in your research.” In one promotional video, ShadowDragon says users can enter “an email, an alias, a name, a phone number, a variety of different things, and immediately have information on your target. We can see interests, we can see who friends are, pictures, videos.”

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago

From its inception ICE has taken the role of the German SS, which is to say a paramilitary force loyal to the administration rather than to the Constitution (what FBI was during the J. Edgar Hoover era) It was that way though George W. Bush's admin as well as the Obama admin.

ICE also lent itself out to corporations and trade organizatiobs. They raided the Dotcom estate in New Zealand, and they raided Florida repair shops that did unauthorized (but effective) repairs on Apple products (an event that fueled the right-to-repair movement).

To not talk to ICE. Do not associate with anyone who associates with ICE. Do not cooperate with Law Enforcement that cooperates with ICE.

Eventually when agents and collaborators of the Trump regime are tracked by Nazi-hunters (whatever they call the new iteration of hunters) ICE agents and their collaborators will be the highest priority.

Remember ICE is the agency raiding houses and taking people without due process to CECOT in El Salvador where they suffer tortuous, inhumane conditions comparable to gulags and WWII concentration camps.

The new holocaust is here.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ShadowDragon?!? Why not IncelMaxx?

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Sounds one of Elon Musk's gaming handles.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of Cambridge Analytica

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Serious question: how do they avoid siphoning up data from states or countries with data protection regulations?

[–] hackitfast@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Easy: you don't.

Nobody has the balls to chase these ghouls down for illegally accessing information, most especially because our government is the ones enabling them to do this.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

All they do is combine data from bunch of different data brokers, including a few that sell hacked data. They are likely breaking multiple laws. Someone could put the same thing together that targets law enforcement and politicians. I'm sure it already exists.

[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Data that Mozilla now happily collects themselves

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

No they don't.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 25 points 3 days ago