https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com Privacy education, network security, and the fight for digital autonomy. Built by the makers of GhostPort Phantom OS — the privacy router. en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:30:00 GMT https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/pentest-engagement-closed.html Our first formal external security engagement is closed. 13 findings from one researcher across nine days. Three unauthenticated-disclosure findings shipped fixes today. Inside: the credit, the breakdown, and what's still open. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:30:00 GMT https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/pentest-engagement-closed.html https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/ssdp-router-leak.html A nine-second packet capture caught a normal home router announcing its own make, model, and firmware version twenty times — to every device on the LAN, in cleartext, by default. Here's what SSDP is, who can read it, and how to turn it off. 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Ohio's "Innocence Act" is the latest — and Pornhub just ignored it. The privacy crisis nobody is talking about. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/ohio-age-verification.html https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/isp-sells-your-data.html In 2017, Congress repealed FCC broadband privacy rules. Your ISP can now legally sell your complete browsing history. Most people don't know. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/isp-sells-your-data.html https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/smart-tv-spying.html Smart TVs use ACR to track everything you watch. They phone home with 10,000+ tracking requests per day. Here's what they collect and how to stop it. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/smart-tv-spying.html https://blog.ghostporttechnologies.com/parental-controls-dont-work.html Kids bypass app-based parental controls in minutes. 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