If any software engineers out there are working on things like this I can only pray they STOP and think about why what they are doing. Implementing features by having to jump through hoops, just so that their employer can better spy on people and make more money.
That is so wrong, on so many levels ... I personally couldn't do it.
I hate this even more than NSO Group's Pegasys, which could easily get people killed. I'm ok with my reasoning, and I really hate that one as well.
Here, with Meta and Yandex, you see what you always see.
As soon as people catch on, they immediately remove it. But they will keep using it until that day comes.
For money, while trying to hide it from the users they are spying on.
It's greedy and evil and whoever in these companies think up these ideas should be let go. Immediately, in a perfect world.
Instead they'll just try another approach.
While everyone else has to clean up this latest one.
"Following public disclosure, Meta ceased using this method on June 3, 2025. Browser vendors like Chrome, Brave, Firefox, and DuckDuckGo have implemented or are developing mitigations, but a full resolution may require OS-level changes and stricter enforcement of platform policies to prevent further abuse."
That is so wrong, on so many levels ... I personally couldn't do it.
I hate this even more than NSO Group's Pegasys, which could easily get people killed. I'm ok with my reasoning, and I really hate that one as well.
Here, with Meta and Yandex, you see what you always see.
As soon as people catch on, they immediately remove it. But they will keep using it until that day comes.
For money, while trying to hide it from the users they are spying on.
It's greedy and evil and whoever in these companies think up these ideas should be let go. Immediately, in a perfect world.
Instead they'll just try another approach.
While everyone else has to clean up this latest one.
"Following public disclosure, Meta ceased using this method on June 3, 2025. Browser vendors like Chrome, Brave, Firefox, and DuckDuckGo have implemented or are developing mitigations, but a full resolution may require OS-level changes and stricter enforcement of platform policies to prevent further abuse."