<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453</id><updated>2024-09-06T15:16:28.949-04:00</updated><category term="adidas engaño"/><category term="adidas phishing"/><category term="android"/><category term="android secure data"/><category term="chrome"/><category term="data protection"/><category term="fake website"/><category term="hack"/><category term="hackathon"/><category term="history"/><category term="instagram ataque"/><category term="iphone"/><category term="iphone secure data"/><category term="javascript inject"/><category term="organization"/><category term="phishing instagram"/><category term="presenting"/><category term="proteccion de datos"/><category term="página web engaño"/><category term="seguridad"/><category term="select all"/><category term="social good"/><category term="soft skills"/><category term="tips"/><title type='text'>Technology and adventures</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-8146728184557960057</id><published>2018-10-29T22:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2018-10-29T22:21:05.294-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android secure data"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data protection"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone secure data"/><title type='text'>Meddling Smartphone Apps</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Some smartphone apps can be unexpectedly meddling by lurking in our private information. A priori our thoughts are “I don’t care; I have anything to hide”, however, there is a lot in stake. Let’s take a tour on what is in stake, why some mobile apps are lurking on your stuff, and how this information represents a liability for you. Lastly, let’s dive into what you can do to stay safe with minimal effort.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Overall, I’ll use Android apps as examples, but the same principles apply to iOS apps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Apps sometimes are really greedy on the permissions they request.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Some video games require access to your contacts and location, otherwise, they won’t work. Why? We want to just play the game. Only some few times location access makes sense (for instance when playing Pokemon Go).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Some other apps ask to run at startup and to prevent phone from sleeping. An example of this is NerdWallet. This combo entitles them to run in the background as long as they want, anytime. What are they doing in the background? Why do they need that? They don&#39;t explain why and there is no reasonable explanation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;United Airlines asks a handful of privileges: monitor your calls, access bluetooth, access your storage, use NFC, use your location and prevent device from sleeping. But United doesn&#39;t explain why they need access to Bluetooth neither NFC. Also, they ask for your location so they are entitled to track you all the time for the small benefit of getting an airport map handy -- not really worth the risk on my opinion. They also ask to make phone calls directly from their app, but there is no need for such a requirement. The United app can trigger a phone call from the phone app without asking for this privilege.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Another strong permission that I&#39;ve seen apps request is &quot;Device &amp;amp; app history&quot;. This allows them to read sensitive data, like your browsing history and what apps you use. With this, developers are getting to know you a lot. &amp;nbsp;A web browser or an anti-virus will certainly require &quot;device &amp;amp; app and history”. However, those permissions should not be required by a game or an app to check your credit score. NerdWallet used to request this permission and I filed a claim about this. Fortunately, they fixed it some few months ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Sometimes is not about what they know, but why they need that and what are they going to do with your information. Are they going to store it safely? Will they sell it to third parties? Will they use it to influence an electoral campaign?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Personally, I would never install an app that require permissions without a clear need or explanation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;There are three main reasons why app developers want your data.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Reason 1: they want to offer a better service&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;    - App developers use the information they collect from you to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Learn how you use the app so they can improve the sticky points. This way they can design a more intuitive UI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;    - Discover if the app crashes, if it runs slow, and if it uses too much resources. This way the engineering team can solve issues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;This is great! Because by collecting data developers can figure if something is going wrong, or if their app loads slow or consumes too much battery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Reason 2: they want to make extra money&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;    -&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Getting to know you better allows the company to offer a better service. For example, Target might offer you discounted products on things you usually buy. Or Seamless might pop a notification that your fav restaurant is having a happy hour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;    - Knowing the market and trends allow airlines to work better on supply and demand (I’ve a draft blog post coming up soon about this topic).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;This is good (mostly the first point). I love when Facebook shows me relevant events in my area! I don&#39;t want to see lame ads, so by allowing them to know me better, I&#39;m getting something back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Reason 3: they sell your data to 3rd parties&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;    - It’s no secret that information is power. There is a big market for selling data and small companies can make a lot of cash by selling users information. And this is not really cool for obvious reasons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;There is more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;But the story is not simple. Even if app developers have good intentions, they may screw up on how your data is stored and secured. This is the case for lots of startups that don’t take the required steps to secure users’ data. Maybe they are not evil, maybe they just want to make a great impact in the world and thus developed a quick solution for a real world problem. But things can go wrong. They can get hacked and your information get leaked, like your name, SSN, credit cards and so on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;On the other hand, I trust big companies with my data. For example, I’m a power user of Facebook and I know they use my data to make business. However, I am confident that Facebook will protect my sensitive data so it doesn’t get exposed in the web. I am also confident that Facebook won&#39;t sell my data for cash. I mean, they already do a lot of money with ads targeting thus there is no clear need for them to sell users’ private information.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;This doesn’t apply to small companies, especially the ones that don’t charge for a service. Apps that you can use for free make money mainly by displaying ads, and also some of them make extra cash by selling data to 3rd parties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Please, keep an eye on the Chrome Extension apps that you use to find discounts online. The extension from Honey asks to read all the information that is visible in every page you visit. This includes your emails, your posts, even your pictures, bank statements, investments, and credit card statements! I&#39;m not stating that they *are* making money with this, but suspiciously they offer this free service of discounts and they have all this privileges at hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;In no particular order, here I present some paths you can take to stay safe. Make sure to further research and understand the risks you are putting yourself into.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Neglect to use the app (or their website)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Story time: recently I had a bad experience with an airline. I got into a 7 hour delay because of technical difficulties. In order to issue a claim I researched on the web and came across with this website that helps you file a claim. After filling a long form with the information of my flight, I was asked to log in with my email credentials and the website was requesting mandatory permission to read all my emails. Seriously? Read all my emails in exchange of helping me file an airline claim? No way. I’d not compromise my privacy to get that sort of assessment. My email contains a lot of information about the things I buy, my habits and health. Sometimes I even chat with people via email. This is a no go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;But there is more! I was about to close the page but then I realize I could use any email address. I authenticate with a burner account that I have (an email account that I only use to sign up on sketchy websites), and got the response of the assessment: they were unable to help me :/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;The fact that they didn&#39;t said this beforehand tells me a lot about their intentions: nothing good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Other suspicious situation I found myself into was when Banana Chiquita was running a contest to win a fancy pencil case in 2017. In order to participate you had to fill a form that asked for name, address, phone number and email, among other details. This was inconceivable. A lot of personal information to get a raffle for such a small prize. This was a no go, I didn&#39;t complete the form.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Additionally, usually this raffles offer really few prizes and the chance of winning is really low (say, 10 prizes for 1M participants).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Find an alternative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Several times you can search in the Play Store / App Store for other apps that offer a similar service but won’t be needy with what they ask from you. It’s just a matter of searching and finding a good alternative.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;This happened to me recently when I was searching for a file organizer app. Many of the top listed in the Play Store were requiring location permission and to run at startup. After doing some research I found one that didn&#39;t ask for those permissions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Use their website instead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Using the web browser and visiting a webpage is safer than installing an app that will always run in the background. For example, I always use NerdWallet via a browser instead of having their app installed on my phone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Use a different user (Android only)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Android phones allow you to have multiple users in the device, same way you can have several accounts on a computer. I have a second user in which I&#39;m signed in with my burner Gmail account.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;One of the uses I give the second user is to install apps that I need but that are bad boys. For example, in that user I have iPass installed. iPass is great, I love that you can get online for free in any airport (as long as you have a membership with them). What I dislike about them is that the app requires location access to work. This is a red flag, no need to know my location. Additionally, through a acquaintance that works in their sales department I came to know they are looking to sell users’ data to third parties. To add more to this weird situation, in their iOS app they suggest you grant them access to your health data. Really suspicious.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;By having the iPass app in a different users I make sure the app runs in its own rig without getting access to my main Gmail account, and because I rarely use my phone with that Android user, I limit the run time the app gets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Sometimes the service the app offers is something valuable to you or you are in a rush to get a job done. For example, I recently needed to join two videos and I quickly searched in the Play Store an app to do some basic video editing. I didn&#39;t mind that the app could upload and keep my video because this was a one time thing and because the video wasn&#39;t anything confidential or sensitive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I hope you enjoyed the brief privacy overview in this ever changing smart world. If you have any questions feel free to add them in the comment section below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Note: no-one paid me or influenced the opinion described in this post. I elaborated this conclusions based on my own knowledge in the topic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8146728184557960057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8146728184557960057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2018/10/meddling-smartphone-apps.html' title='Meddling Smartphone Apps'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-8289801706407496433</id><published>2018-10-29T22:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-10-29T22:21:19.362-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="proteccion de datos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="seguridad"/><title type='text'>Aplicaciones Entrometidas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Algunas aplicaciones para celulares pueden entrometerse inesperadamente en nuestra información privada. A priori, nuestra opinión puede ser &quot;No me importa, no tengo nada que esconder&quot;. Sin embargo, hay mucho en juego. Hagamos un recorrido sobre qué cosas están en juego, analicemos por qué estas aplicaciones espían en nuestras cosas y cómo esta información representa una riesgo para nosotros. Por último, revisemos qué cosas podemos hacer para mantenernos a salvo de la manera más sencilla.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;En general usaremos ejemplos de aplicaciones en Android, pero los mismos principios se aplican a las aplicaciones en iOS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Las aplicaciones a veces son realmente codiciosas respecto a los permisos que solicitan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Algunos videojuegos requieren acceso a tus contactos y ubicación, de lo contrario, no nos permiten jugar. ¿Por qué? Nosotros simplemente queremos jugar el juego. Solo algunas veces el acceso a la ubicación tiene sentido (por ejemplo para jugar Pokemon Go).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Otras aplicaciones solicitan que se ejecuten al inicio y que el teléfono no se duerma. Un ejemplo de esto es NerdWallet. Este combo de permisos les da derecho a correr en background (segundo plano) todo el tiempo que quieran, en cualquier momento. ¿Qué cosas están ejecutando en background? ¿Por qué necesitan eso? NerdWallet no explica por qué y no hay ningún motivo para ello.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;United Airlines pide un puñado de permisos: controlar las llamadas, acceder a bluetooth, acceder al almacenamiento, usar NFC (antena de comunicación de corto alcance), usar la ubicación y evitar que el dispositivo se duerma. Pero United no explica por qué necesita acceso a Bluetooth ni a NFC. Además, la aplicación requiere el uso de nuestra ubicación lo que les permitiría rastrearnos en cualquier momento por el pequeño beneficio de tener a mano un mapa del aeropuerto, pero en mi opinión personal no creo que valga la pena. También piden hacer llamadas telefónicas directamente, pero no hay necesidad de tal requisito. La aplicación de United puede iniciar una llamada telefónica desde la aplicación telefónica sin requerir este privilegio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Otro permiso delicado que he visto a algunas aplicaciones solicitar es &quot;Aplicaciones instaladas e historial de internet&quot;. Esto les permite leer datos confidenciales, como su historial de navegación y las aplicaciones que utiliiza. Con esto, las aplicaciones llegan a conocer mucho de nosotros. Un navegador web o un antivirus sin duda requerirán este permiso. Sin embargo, un juego o una aplicación no deberían exigir tal privilegio. NerdWallet solía solicitar este permiso y afortunadamente lo cambiaron hace unos meses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;A veces no se trata de lo que saben sobre nosotros, sino el para qué van a usar nuestra información. ¿Van a almacenar nuestra información de forma segura? ¿Venderán nuestros datos a terceros? ¿Utilizarán lo que saben sobre nosotros para influenciar una campaña electoral? Nuestra información personal es muy delicada y muchas veces las empresas son negligentes con ellos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;¡Esto es genial! Porque al recopilar datos, los desarrolladores pueden averiguar si algo funciona mal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;En general esto es bueno (principalmente el primer punto). Personalmente creo que es útil cuando Facebook me muestra eventos relevantes en mi área. Facebook va a seguir mostrandonos anuncios, pero al permitir que nos conozca mejor, nos va a mostrar contenido más relevante y hasta puede que nos sea valioso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;La historia no es simple. Incluso si los desarrolladores de aplicaciones tienen buenas intenciones, pueden meter la pata en cómo almacenan y protegen nuestros datos. Este es el caso de muchas pequeñas empresas que no toman las precauciones necesarias para proteger nuestros datos. Tal vez no sean empresas malvadas, tal vez solo quieren tener un gran impacto en el mundo y para eso desarrollaron una solución rápida para un problema del mundo real. Pero las cosas pueden salir mal. Un hacker puede atacar a estas empresas que tiene medidas de seguridad pobres y así conseguir nuestra información personal, como nuestras tarjetas de crédito!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Negligencia en usar la aplicación (o su sitio web)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tiempo de cuentos: recientemente tuve una mala experiencia con una aerolínea. Me metí en un retraso de 7 horas debido a dificultades técnicas. Para emitir un reclamo, investigué en la web y me encontré con este sitio web que ayuda a presentar reclamos. Después de completar un formulario largo con la información de mi vuelo, me pidieron que ingresara con mis credenciales de correo electrónico y el sitio web solicitaba permiso obligatorio para leer todos mis correos electrónicos. ¿En serio? ¿Leer todos mis correos electrónicos a cambio de ayudarme a presentar un reclamo de una aerolínea? De ninguna manera. No comprometería mi privacidad para obtener ese tipo de ayuda. Mi correo electrónico contiene mucha información sobre las cosas que compro, mis hábitos y mi salud. ¡A veces incluso chateo con gente por correo electrónico! La respuesta es no, definitivamente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;¡Pero hay más! Estaba a punto de cerrar la página, hasta que me di cuenta de que podía usar cualquier dirección de correo electrónico. Entonces inicie sesión con una cuenta secundaria que tengo (una cuenta de correo electrónico que solo uso para registrarme en sitios web riesgosos), y obtuve la respuesta de la evaluación: no pudieron ayudarme: /&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;El hecho de que no hayan dicho esto de antemano habla acerca de sus intenciones: nada buenas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Otra situación sospechosa en la que me encontré fue relacionada con la marca Banana Chiquita, &amp;nbsp;al querer inscribirme  en un concurso para ganar un elegante estuche de lápices en 2017. Para participar, tenía que completar un formulario que pedía mi nombre, dirección, número de teléfono y correo electrónico, entre otros detalles. . Esto era inconcebible. Una gran cantidad de información personal para obtener una rifa para un premio tan pequeño. Claramente no completé el formulario.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Además, por lo general, estos sorteos ofrecen muy pocos premios y la posibilidad de ganar es muy baja (por ejemplo, 10 premios para 1M participantes).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Encontrar una alternativa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Muchas veces podemos encontrar en la Play Store / App Store otras aplicaciones que ofrezcan un servicio similar pero que no requieran tanta información personal como otras. Es solo una cuestión de buscar y encontrar una buena alternativa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;De hecho, cuando estaba buscando una aplicación de organización de archivos, los principales sugeridos en la lista del Play Store solicitaban permiso de ubicación y ejecución al inicio. Luego de investigar con mayor profundidad, encontré una que prescindía de dichos requerimientos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Usa su sitio web en su lugar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Usar el navegador web y visitar una página web es más seguro que instalar una aplicación que siempre se ejecutará en segundo plano. Por ejemplo, siempre uso NerdWallet a través de un navegador en lugar de tener la aplicación instalada en mi teléfono.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Usar un usuario diferente (sólo disponible en Android)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Los teléfonos con Android te permiten tener múltiples usuarios en el dispositivo, de la misma manera que puedes tener varias cuentas en una computadora. Tengo un segundo usuario en el que he iniciado sesión con mi cuenta de Gmail secundaria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Uno de los usos que le doy, por ejemplo, es el de instalar aplicaciones que necesito pero que no me brindan la suficiente confianza/seguridad. Por ejemplo, en ese usuario tengo iPass instalado. iPass es genial, me encanta que puedas conectarte gratis en cualquier aeropuerto (siempre y cuando tengas una membresía con ellos). Lo que no me gusta de ellos es que la aplicación requiere acceso a tu ubicación para trabajar. Esta es una señal de alerta:, no necesitan saber mi ubicación. Además, a través de un conocido que trabaja en su departamento de ventas, llegué a saber que están buscando vender datos de usuarios a terceros. Para agregar más a esta situación extraña, en su aplicación para iOS, sugieren que les conceda acceso a mis datos de salud. Realmente sospechoso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Al tener la aplicación iPass en otros usuarios, me aseguro de que la aplicación se ejecute en su propia plataforma sin tener acceso a mi cuenta principal de Gmail, y como rara vez uso mi teléfono con ese usuario de Android, limito el tiempo de ejecución de la aplicación.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Asumir el riesgo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;A veces, el servicio que ofrece la aplicación es algo valioso para usted o tiene prisa por hacer un trabajo. Recientemente necesitaba unir dos videos y busqué rápidamente una aplicación en Play Store para hacer una edición básica de video. No me importó que la aplicación pudiera cargar y guardar mi video porque era una cosa de una sola vez y porque el video no era nada confidencial ni sensible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Espero que hayan disfrutado la breve descripción de privacidad en este mundo inteligente en constante cambio. Si tiene alguna pregunta, siéntase libre de agregarla en la sección de comentarios a continuación.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #434343; font-family: &amp;quot;roboto&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Nota: nadie me pagó ni influyó en la opinión descrita en esta publicación. Elaboré estas conclusiones basadas en mi propio conocimiento y experiencia en el tema.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8289801706407496433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8289801706407496433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2018/10/aplicaciones-entrometidas.html' title='Aplicaciones Entrometidas'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-8732735662409707038</id><published>2017-08-27T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2017-08-27T13:50:23.901-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="adidas engaño"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="instagram ataque"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="página web engaño"/><title type='text'>Instagram huésped y víctima de ataque cibernético</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Lea este artículo&amp;nbsp;en Inglés / Read in English &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fabricioph.com/2017/08/instagram-hosting-victim-of-phishing.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ayer estaba mirando las &quot;historias&quot; de mis amigos en Instagram cuando encontré una publicidad interesante de Adidas. Decidí seguir el link para ver las ofertas.&lt;br /&gt;
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El navegador de internet de Instagram me llevó a una fabulosa página web de Adidas que mostraba hasta 80% de descuento. Después de mirar un rato, encontré varios productos que me gustaban, además era una muy buena promo!&lt;br /&gt;
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Decidí comprar un par de cosas, entonces desde mi laptop entré al website oficial de Adidas (buscandolo en Google). Para mi sorpresa no había ninguna promoción. Volví a mi teléfono y abrí la página en Chrome en vez de en Instagram. Chrome inmediatamente me mostró un anuncio de alerta diciendo que estaba entrando en una página web dudosa, y que posiblemente sea víctima de un engaño.&lt;br /&gt;
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Esto me dejó perplejo. Dejando a mi ego de lado, como el ingeniero en sistemas que soy, me encontré muchas veces con intentos de ataques de &quot;scams/phishing&quot;. Pero esta vez me tomó por sorpresa y con la guardia baja.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hubo un par de indicios que levantaron sospechas, pero no les presté atención. Por eso, mi objetivo en este artículo es compartir estos indicios con la esperanza de que otros aprendan acerca de sofisticados intentos de estafa. ¿Por qué sofisticados? Los criminales detrás del ataque utilizaron Instagram para llevar a cabo una campaña falsa de publicidad. Lo que es aún peor, Instagram no le prestó atención al engaño. Instagram dio de alta la campaña de publicidad sin verificar que un &quot;Juan Pérez&quot; estaba usando la imagen de Adidas redirigiendo usuarios a una página web trucha.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;1er indicio: El &#39;dominio&#39; de la página&amp;nbsp;web&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Usualmente las grandes marcas son dueñas de su propio nombre en la Internet, por ejemplo, Adidas seguramente tiene como página oficial www.adidas.com o similar. Ahora bien, si miramos el dominio de la página a la que Instagram me redirigió notaremos que tiene una parte &quot;-yeezyboost&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Nota: el dominio de una página web es lo que comienza con &#39;www.&#39; y termina con &#39;.com&#39;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Si alguna vez uno nota una empresa usando un dominio que se ve raro o que no es similar al nombre de la marca, entonces es un indicio de mala señal.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;2do indicio: Prestar atención&amp;nbsp;al detalle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Usualmente los atacantes no invierten tanto tiempo en crear una página web que funciona en su totalidad. A veces a las páginas truchas les faltan acabados o retoques finales, o incluso los atacantes cometen errores de branding. En las siguientes capturas de pantalla se destacan problemas con los textos flotantes, están desalineados, mal ubicados. Intuitivamente se &quot;ven mal&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, preste atención a errores de gramática u ortografía, tal como se ven en la imagen a continuación. Una marca profesional como Adidas nunca cometería errores de este tipo -- le darían mala imagen a la marca al publicar contenido erróneo.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;We&#39; debería&amp;nbsp;empezar con letra mayúscula&amp;nbsp;en ambas apariciones.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;3er indicio: sea un poco&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;escéptico&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Si es demasiado bueno par ser verdad, quizás no sea verdad en lo absoluto!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Protección&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;adicional&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Cualquiera puede estar despistado, accidentalmente pasar por alto los indicios y tratar de interactuar con el website estafador. Esto provocaría que los atacantes obtengan nuestra información de tarjeta de crédito, información personal, o que puedan infectar nuestra computadora. Afortunadamente hay otras maneras de estar protegidos, incluso para los usuarios despistados (en los cuales me incluyo).&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Use un navegador confiable! Chrome y Firefox inmediatamente me avisaron sobre la estafa. Pero Safari no lo hizo. Safari me permitió navegar la página web del estafador, crear una cuenta y agregar productos, y me hubiera permitido seguir hasta el final realizando una compra ¡Y cayendo en el engaño!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Firefox mostrando la alerta de estafa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Nota: para dar un poco de crédito, hacia el final del día&amp;nbsp;(6 horas más&amp;nbsp;tarde) volví a probar navegar la página&amp;nbsp;web maliciosa usando Safari, y esta vez Safari mostró una alerta de engaño.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Dato curioso: adicionalmente, y para mi sorpresa, traté de compartir la dirección de la página enviandome un email a mí mismo (usando mi cuenta de Gmail). Esto fue lo que ocurrió:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L7A98HuiTo/WaJfK2FRXMI/AAAAAAABP_M/HntVVXVJp5I701vqw9htOAIb71rEklibgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.14.25.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;176&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L7A98HuiTo/WaJfK2FRXMI/AAAAAAABP_M/HntVVXVJp5I701vqw9htOAIb71rEklibgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.14.25.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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¡Manténganse atentos! Ante la duda corroborar con alguien que sepa! Un humano? Si, o tambien le podes preguntar a Google en esta cómoda herramienta:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search&quot;&gt;https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8732735662409707038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/8732735662409707038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2017/08/instagram-huesped-y-victima-de-ataque.html' title='Instagram huésped y víctima de ataque cibernético'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g91gzlJSgMU/WaJcPYMDJkI/AAAAAAABP_A/_vi1BqD_31k9zPtsO4uNzBK2juBlTWKfQCK4BGAYYCw/s72-c/2017-08-26%2B21.51.24.png" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-1523678845630614614</id><published>2017-08-27T11:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2017-08-27T11:58:37.147-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="adidas phishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fake website"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="phishing instagram"/><title type='text'>Instagram hosting &amp; victim of a phishing attack</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Read this article in Spanish / Lea en Español &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fabricioph.com/2017/08/instagram-huesped-y-victima-de-ataque.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Yesterday I was browsing my friend&#39;s stories in Instagram and I saw an interesting ad from Adidas. I decided to follow the link.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g91gzlJSgMU/WaJcPYMDJkI/AAAAAAABP_A/_vi1BqD_31k9zPtsO4uNzBK2juBlTWKfQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/2017-08-26%2B21.51.24.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g91gzlJSgMU/WaJcPYMDJkI/AAAAAAABP_A/_vi1BqD_31k9zPtsO4uNzBK2juBlTWKfQCK4BGAYYCw/s400/2017-08-26%2B21.51.24.png&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The in-app Instagram web browser took me to a fabulous Adidas webpage showing an amazing 80% off in lots of products. I found several products I&#39;d like to buy, because it was an amazing deal!&lt;br /&gt;
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Decided to start shopping, I went to my computer and entered the Adidas website (searching it in Google). For my surprise there was no promotion at all. Back on my phone I opened the url in Chrome instead on Instagram. Chrome showed a red warning sign saying I was entering a&amp;nbsp;dubious website and that I was likely going to be victim of scam.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJEp3ZfTtEM/WaJffZd74zI/AAAAAAABP_U/qG0WzGA4fV0D_hso99DIjczaeMBOVJpgACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/2017-08-26%2B21.52.27.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iJEp3ZfTtEM/WaJffZd74zI/AAAAAAABP_U/qG0WzGA4fV0D_hso99DIjczaeMBOVJpgACK4BGAYYCw/s320/2017-08-26%2B21.52.27.png&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I was thrilled to see this. Leaving egos aside, and as a software engineer, I found myself several times realizing of cheap scams/phishing attacks. But this one took me by surprise.&lt;br /&gt;
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There were some hints that arose&amp;nbsp;distrust on myself, but I didn&#39;t paid attention. My goal in this blog post is share this hints in the hope that others will learn about this sophisticated scams. Why sophisticated? Well, the criminals behind this phishing attack were hosting an actual ad campaign in Instagram. What&#39;s worst, Instagram didn&#39;t paid attention about the fake Adidas ad and posted it without verifying that the brand was used to redirect users to a fraudulent website.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Hint no 1: Check the web domain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Usually big brands own their own name in the web. So, Adidas is expected to have an official store like www.adidas.com. Now, check below the domain of the screenshot I took from my phone (the domain is the &#39;words&#39; that start with &#39;www.&#39; and end with &#39;.com&#39;). See that the domain contains a &quot;-yeezyboost&quot; at the end.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9tR3Q5x4BuM/WaJauQ7VMeI/AAAAAAABP-0/UXHCdNSuwLAuUuIqS_K_HbK6Q0U3t5xHQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/2017-08-26%2B21.51.16%2Bcopy.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9tR3Q5x4BuM/WaJauQ7VMeI/AAAAAAABP-0/UXHCdNSuwLAuUuIqS_K_HbK6Q0U3t5xHQCK4BGAYYCw/s400/2017-08-26%2B21.51.16%2Bcopy.png&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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If you ever notice the website of a big brand using a&amp;nbsp;dubious web domain, then that&#39;s a bad sign.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Hint no 2: Pay attention to the detail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Usually attackers don&#39;t invest much time on preparing a full working fake website, or sometimes make mistakes on the finishing of the website. In the following screenshots you will see that the floating text scapes the top bar, that is not well located and it just feels bad looking.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ja1zDtyzZg/WaJgbMhFeII/AAAAAAABP_w/RrFekcXtu6cfGYTH25AUqEWd2R8v8OgHQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.37.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; src=&quot;https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ja1zDtyzZg/WaJgbMhFeII/AAAAAAABP_w/RrFekcXtu6cfGYTH25AUqEWd2R8v8OgHQCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.37.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3PIek02HUgo/WaJhXhUrweI/AAAAAAABQAM/CTTE92U73RkehXwX2Shbs3oLGTvi-Ca3QCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.42.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3PIek02HUgo/WaJhXhUrweI/AAAAAAABQAM/CTTE92U73RkehXwX2Shbs3oLGTvi-Ca3QCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.42.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Also check for grammar or spelling mistakes, such as in the following example. This is something a professional brand like Adidas will never do -- show a bad image by publishing content unprofessionally.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3f1MZnDD9tg/WaJguXS2PzI/AAAAAAABQAA/PlhrYL8ZJnAQ6eLwP1wjGBWBlXYXzp_VwCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.56.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;136&quot; src=&quot;https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3f1MZnDD9tg/WaJguXS2PzI/AAAAAAABQAA/PlhrYL8ZJnAQ6eLwP1wjGBWBlXYXzp_VwCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.04.56.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;We&#39; should have been capitalized both times&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Hint no 3: be a bit skeptical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If it is too good to be true, maybe it is not true at all!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Extra protection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Well, anyone can overlook this hints and still try to interact with the malicious website, and the bad guys may be able to get something from us (credit card info, personal info, infect our computers). But fortunately there are other ways to protect ourselves, even for the careless and negligent users.&lt;br /&gt;
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Use a safe web browser! Chrome and Firefox immediately warned me about the phishing attack. But Safari didn&#39;t. Safari allowed me to browse the website, create an account, even populate the shopping cart and go all the way.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2Sq7-z_ACo/WaJflJnctHI/AAAAAAABP_k/jQXb974Ybrwo2ezqEo3Rj0q0dpRsB9xNwCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/pishing.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;216&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K2Sq7-z_ACo/WaJflJnctHI/AAAAAAABP_k/jQXb974Ybrwo2ezqEo3Rj0q0dpRsB9xNwCK4BGAYYCw/s320/pishing.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Firefox alerting about the malicious website.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Note: to give some credit back, by the end of day (~6 hours later) I checked again and Safari is showing a warning stating the website is malicious.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, and for my surprise, I shared with myself the dubious URL via email, sending an email to myself (within my Gmail account). This is what happened:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L7A98HuiTo/WaJfK2FRXMI/AAAAAAABP_M/HntVVXVJp5I701vqw9htOAIb71rEklibgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.14.25.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;176&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6L7A98HuiTo/WaJfK2FRXMI/AAAAAAABP_M/HntVVXVJp5I701vqw9htOAIb71rEklibgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-26%2Bat%2B22.14.25.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Stay safe, and when in doubt check with someone else! A person? Yes, well you can also ask Google in this convenient tool:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search&quot;&gt;https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/1523678845630614614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/1523678845630614614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2017/08/instagram-hosting-victim-of-phishing.html' title='Instagram hosting &amp; victim of a phishing attack'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g91gzlJSgMU/WaJcPYMDJkI/AAAAAAABP_A/_vi1BqD_31k9zPtsO4uNzBK2juBlTWKfQCK4BGAYYCw/s72-c/2017-08-26%2B21.51.24.png" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-4368275475061505689</id><published>2016-06-05T10:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2018-04-12T19:20:35.303-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hackathon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="organization"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="presenting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social good"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="soft skills"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tips"/><title type='text'>Red Flags In Hackathons</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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Red Flags In Hackathons&lt;br /&gt;
As a participant and mentor in several hackathons, I will share some tips about ideation and general approaches for hackathons. This post is intended to be for participants but also for mentors/organizers. Some of the things may sound silly or really obvious but trust me, I have seen this happen many times. These tips are for any kind of hackathon, but mostly for Social Good hackathons.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Tips For Participants
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Don&#39;t Reinvent The Wheel&lt;/h3&gt;
This is the most common failure at a hackathon. Many times, unintentionally, participants come up with ideas that are just a re-branding of a product that is already out in the market.&lt;br /&gt;
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Be Inventive&lt;/h3&gt;
Think out of the box rather than picking up an idea that’s in the market and briefly adapt it to your problem. Think on the problem you want to solve, define a boundary, and then apply technology to solve it. Remember to keep it short, sometimes cool ideas arise in hackathons but they are enormous monsters that can’t be tackled in few days&lt;br /&gt;
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Know The Problem&lt;/h3&gt;
As an extern to a certain ethnicity, it is hard to have insights about what is a problem and what isn&#39;t. If you want to solve a problem that doesn&#39;t exist, then you fail right from the beginning. My suggestion is: if you come up with a cool idea, do a short research with people keen on the problem.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &quot;Social Network&quot; Pattern&lt;/h3&gt;
Usually, apps that only create a channel of communication among people are a bad idea. This is a pattern that I&#39;ve seen uncountable times. This happens when an app relies on the network of people to do all the work and the app itself doesn&#39;t add any value.&lt;br /&gt;
There are some rare counterexamples to this, my favorite is &quot;Be My Eyes&quot;: an app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers for visual assistance. The whole value of this app is in the people, and by the way, this is an incredible idea.&lt;br /&gt;
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Take Risks&lt;/h3&gt;
Hackathons are a safe space for failure. Great hackers are the ones who try. Every time you work on experimental stuff, you&#39;ll encounter a high chance of failure. Don&#39;t be afraid of failure, embrace it. Believe in your judgement and your skills to create something that will have an impact&amp;nbsp; on the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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Don’t Login/Register&lt;/h3&gt;
Spending time developing a login screen as well as presenting it and actually going through the registration flow during a demo is a waste of time. Login/register is a really well known flow by everyone and it doesn’t add any meaty parts to your presentation. This can be mocked and start directly with a story.That brings me to my next point.&lt;br /&gt;
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Tell a Story&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h3&gt;
Be prepared to present your app with context, not just explaining the features. This makes it easier to explain what you are doing and why.&lt;br /&gt;
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Document Your Repo&lt;/h3&gt;
Add a README file to your repo explaining the problem and listing team members, and possibly screenshots or a YouTube video demo.You can also providelinks to presentation or anything else valuable.&lt;br /&gt;
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Be Ready To Present&lt;/h3&gt;
Do a mock presentation and try your demo at least once before showtime. Have your laptop ready with the slides open and the emulators, if any, already loaded. Be sure to use all the screen, that the content is visible and readable.&lt;br /&gt;
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No mic fights! When presenting and answering questions, give your teammates some space. It doesn’t matter if they are kind of struggling with it, if you go and interrupt them or show a completely opposite point of view of an answer, then everyone loses. Work as a team!&lt;br /&gt;
Also, don’t retain the mic answering all the questions. Maybe another team member is more keen on certain questions, so before starting to talk, shortly decide who wants to answer.&lt;br /&gt;
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Moderate your language while presenting, and possibly always. Never use bad words or curse when you are presenting in the stage.&lt;br /&gt;
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Disobey The Norms&lt;/h3&gt;
My last tip for participants is to disobey the norms (even this post itself). Mentors and judges are professionals who have been in the industry for a while and have a lot of biases. On the other hand, participants are starting fresh. Show us new ways to solve problems!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Tips For Mentors/Organizers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
Now I’m going to be a little bit arrogant and share some tips I’d like organizers of hackathons to take into account. I’m not the most qualified person to critique this, but still I’ll share my vision.&lt;br /&gt;
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Avoid Conflicts Of Interest&lt;/h3&gt;
If you have several stakeholders represented by the same person/company, this creates a conflict of interest. Roles like mentors and judges are antagonists and can’t be the same physical person.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do Judge And Announce A Winner&lt;/h3&gt;
There are some hackathons that are only collaborative, and after intensively working for one to three days no winner is announced. I think there should be always a winner announced, and this has nothing to do with making the ambiance thought or closing the doors to cross-teams collaborations. I have been in hackathons where there is a first prize with money, but still mentors have the clear goal to collaborate with others. After all, the event is to motivate participants to come up with cool solutions and also make them learn how to move in an extremely fast environment. “Keep the eyes on the prize” but if there is no prize I have seen participants getting disengaged after the second day if they having a hard time.&lt;br /&gt;
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Conscious Mentors&lt;/h3&gt;
Be sure that the mentors have great soft skills. It will lead to one of two things:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;They don’t properly know how to motivate participants and push them in the right direction.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;They make participants feel anxious or even panic.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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Also, be sure to stand clear that mentors are not enemies and can collaborate with each other for a greater good.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/4368275475061505689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/4368275475061505689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2016/06/red-flags-in-hackathons.html' title='Red Flags In Hackathons'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1683743179343336453.post-2873684436073192496</id><published>2014-08-02T23:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2014-08-03T01:27:00.770-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chrome"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hack"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="javascript inject"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="select all"/><title type='text'>Chrome Browser: hack yourself!</title><content type='html'>The fact that Google Chrome is mostly configured and handled in HTML and JavaScript pages itself make it a cool advantage if you want to play around. To be clear, yes, the Settings page is HTML, the History page, etc...&lt;br /&gt;
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Since a while ago I was disappointed by the poor handling tool for history in Chrome. Now I learned the lesson, you have to inject JS code and get hacked, by yourself obviously jaja.&lt;br /&gt;
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Interestingly, the History page is loaded into an iframe. If you want to have the iframe content at the current document you have to visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style=&quot;background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, &#39;Liberation Sans&#39;, &#39;DejaVu Sans&#39;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.804800033569336px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;chrome://history-frame/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
There, you can execute search queries using the textbox. In the past, If you wanted to select all the elements, that was not possible! What I&#39;m sharing now it&#39;s just a simple JS code which selects all the checkboxes.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cm-keyword&quot;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt; = &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;getElementsByTagName&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span class=&quot;cm-string&quot;&gt;&#39;input&#39;&lt;/span&gt;);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cm-keyword&quot;&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;cm-keyword&quot;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt; = &lt;span class=&quot;cm-number&quot;&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;; &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt; &amp;lt; &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;length&lt;/span&gt;; ++&lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;) {&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;    &lt;span class=&quot;cm-keyword&quot;&gt;if&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;[&lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;].&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;type&lt;/span&gt; == &lt;span class=&quot;cm-string&quot;&gt;&quot;checkbox&quot;&lt;/span&gt;) {&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;        &lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;inputs&lt;/span&gt;[&lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;].&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;checked&lt;/span&gt; = &lt;span class=&quot;cm-atom&quot;&gt;true&lt;/span&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;    }&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;CodeMirror-linenumber CodeMirror-gutter-elt&quot; style=&quot;left: 0px; width: 20px;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;position: relative;&quot;&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;left: -29px; position: absolute;&quot;&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
Don&#39;t forget to enable the Delete button :)
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&lt;pre&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cm-variable&quot;&gt;document&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;getElementById&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;span class=&quot;cm-string&quot;&gt;&quot;remove-selected&quot;&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;span class=&quot;cm-property&quot;&gt;disabled&lt;/span&gt; = &lt;span class=&quot;cm-atom&quot;&gt;false&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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This is just a simply example. You can actually add a more complex logic about selecting or not a checkbox. And actually, you can inject JS code anywhere in Google Chrome, that&#39;d do the trick.&lt;br /&gt;
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I originally shared it in Stack Overflow to solve a concrete problem:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/questions/480646/how-can-i-delete-all-web-history-that-matches-a-specific-query-in-google-chrome/791728#791728&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com/questions/480646/how-can-i-delete-all-web-history-that-matches-a-specific-query-in-google-chrome/791728#791728&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/2873684436073192496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1683743179343336453/posts/default/2873684436073192496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fabricioph.blogspot.com/2014/08/chrome-browser-hack-yourself.html' title='Chrome Browser: hack yourself!'/><author><name>Francisco D</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11359916530516064038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>