@networkpro/blog 1.3.7 → 1.3.9

package/CHANGELOG.md

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+## [1.3.9] - 2025-07-17
+
+### Added
+
+- New blog posts: `2025-07-17-ai-profiling.md` and `2025-07-17-otp-helper.md`
+  added to `/src/posts`.
+- Included associated promotional images: `ai-profiling-promo.png`,
+  `ai-profiling-promo.webp`, `otp-helper-promo.png`, and `otp-helper.webp`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bumped version to `v1.3.9`.
+- Sitemap updated to include new posts.
+- Upgraded dependencies:
+  - `@eslint/js` `^9.30.1` to `^9.31.0`
+  - `@eslint/json` `^0.12.0` to `^0.13.0`
+  - `eslint` `^9.30.1` to `9.31.0`
+
+---
+
+## [1.3.8] - 2025-07-10
+
+### Added
+
+- New blog post: `2025-07-10-outlook-surveillance.md` added to `/src/posts`.
+- Included associated promotional images: `outlook-surveillance.png` and
+  `outlook-surveillance.webp`.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Bumped version to `1.3.8`.
+- Sitemap updated to include new link.
+
+---
+
 ## [1.3.7] - 2025-07-07
 
 ### Added
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 ### Changed
 
-- Bumped version to `1.3.7`
+- Bumped version to `1.3.7`.
 - Sitemap updated to include links to recent posts.
 - Upgraded dependencies:
   - `@eslint/js` `^9.30.0` to `^9.30.1`
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 <!-- Link references -->
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/compare/v1.3.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/compare/v1.3.9...HEAD
+[1.3.9]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/releases/tag/v1.3.9
+[1.3.8]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/releases/tag/v1.3.8
 [1.3.7]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/releases/tag/v1.3.7
 [1.3.6]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/releases/tag/v1.3.6
 [1.3.5]: https://github.com/netwk-pro/blog/releases/tag/v1.3.5

package/cspell.json

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     "networkpro",
     "npmjs",
     "NWPRO",
+    "otphelper",
     "pozil",
     "robotstxt",
     "Squircle",

package/package.json

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   "name": "@networkpro/blog",
-  "version": "1.3.7",
+  "version": "1.3.9",
   "description": "The official blog of Network Pro Strategies (Network Pro™).",
   "keywords": [
     "advisory",
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   },
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package/src/posts/2025-07-10-outlook-surveillance.md

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+---
+date:
+  created: 2025-07-10
+title: 'Is Outlook quietly turning into Microsoft’s data collection machine?'
+summary:
+  Microsoft’s new "Outlook for Windows" is no longer just an email client—it’s a
+  data-collection engine
+authors:
+  - team
+categories:
+  - Privacy
+tags:
+  - privacy
+  - cybersecurity
+  - surveillance
+  - email
+  - microsoft
+  - outlook
+---
+
+# 🚨 Is Outlook quietly turning into Microsoft’s data collection machine?
+
+## Microsoft’s new "Outlook for Windows" is no longer just an email client—it’s a data-collection engine
+
+Microsoft’s new version of Outlook isn’t just an email client—it’s a _data
+pipeline_ feeding insights to over **801 external partners**. From your
+**emails, location**, and **device data** to even your **credentials**, Outlook
+could be tracking and sharing it—sometimes without your knowledge or consent.
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+If you're syncing Gmail, Yahoo, or other IMAP accounts through the app,
+Microsoft may be reading and storing that information too.
+
+And in the U.S.? There’s _no legal obligation_ to disclose this.
+
+This is not just a privacy issue—it’s a **digital trust crisis**.
+
+🔒 It’s time to rethink your inbox. Choose an email provider that prioritizes
+**security, transparency, and your privacy**—not profit from your personal data.
+
+👉 **Switch to privacy-first email, such as
+[Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail), [Tuta](https://tuta.com/secure-email), or
+[Mozilla Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net).** Protect your digital life
+before it’s quietly sold off in the background.
+
+Read the full article:  
+🔗 [https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service](https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service)
+
+---
+
+<figure class="poster-figure">
+  <picture>
+  <source srcset="/img/outlook-surveillance-promo.webp" type="image/webp" />
+  <img src="/img/outlook-surveillance-promo.png" alt="Is Outlook quietly turning into Microsoft’s data collection machine?" style="width: 60%; height: 60%">
+  <figcaption>
+    Is Outlook quietly turning into Microsoft’s data collection machine? – featured visual
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>

package/src/posts/2025-07-17-ai-profiling.md

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+---
+date:
+  created: 2025-07-17
+title: AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of “Intellectual Leveling”
+summary:
+  AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of “Intellectual Leveling." AI doesn’t
+  need a questionnaire to know who you are.
+authors:
+  - team
+categories:
+  - Privacy
+  - AI
+tags:
+  - privacy
+  - cybersecurity
+  - ai
+  - profiling
+  - ethics
+---
+
+# 🧠 AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of “Intellectual Leveling”
+
+## AI doesn’t need a questionnaire to know who you are
+
+Large Language Models (LLMs) can now infer psychological traits like the Big
+Five—Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and
+Neuroticism—just from your conversation style. This subtle profiling enables the
+AI to adapt its responses to your personality, interests, and emotional
+tendencies.
+
+It sounds convenient. But it’s deeply concerning.
+
+👉 This personalization isn’t just tailoring your user experience—it’s shaping
+your thinking.
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+Nautilus describes this as intellectual leveling—a phenomenon where AI funnels
+people with similar psychological profiles toward similar conclusions. It feels
+organic, but it’s algorithmic. Like marbles rolling into the same basin, we may
+all arrive at the same intellectual endpoint, even if we started from different
+angles.
+
+🔁 What happens when this becomes the default AI behavior? • Cognitive diversity
+collapses  
+• Social polarization accelerates  
+• AI models train on echo-chamber outputs  
+• And future generations inherit homogenized reasoning
+
+📢 This is a privacy issue.  
+It’s a democracy issue.  
+It’s a design issue.
+
+If we want AI to empower diverse thought instead of suppressing it, we need
+responsible design practices:  
+✔ Transparent personality inference disclosures  
+✔ Mechanisms to introduce reasoning diversity  
+✔ Public oversight in psychometric modeling
+
+🔗 Read the full article at the link below:  
+<https://nautil.us/ai-already-knows-us-too-well-1220707/>
+
+📣 Let’s build AI that respects the pluralism of the human mind.
+
+---
+
+<figure class="poster-figure">
+  <picture>
+  <source srcset="/img/ai-profiling-promo.webp" type="image/webp" />
+  <img src="/img/ai-profiling-promo.png" alt="AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of 'Intellectual Leveling'" style="width: 60%; height: 60%">
+  <figcaption>
+    AI, Personality Profiling, and the Rise of “Intellectual Leveling” – featured visual
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+<!-- cspell:ignore extraversion -->

package/src/posts/2025-07-17-otp-helper.md

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+---
+date:
+  created: 2025-07-17
+title: 'FOSS Spotlight: Copy SMS Code - OTP Helper'
+summary:
+  Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper is a minimalist Android app that takes care of
+  that, seamlessly detecting OTPs from SMS or notifications and copying them
+  directly to your clipboard—automatically.
+authors:
+  - team
+categories:
+  - Open-Source
+  - Security
+  - Android
+tags:
+  - foss-spotlight
+  - open-source
+  - privacy
+  - security
+  - android
+  - otp-helper
+  - sms
+---
+
+# 🔍 FOSS Spotlight: Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper
+
+## Secure. Effortless. 100% Open Source
+
+If you've ever juggled between apps just to copy a one-time password (OTP), you
+know how frustrating the process can be.
+
+**Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper** is a minimalist Android app that takes care of
+that, seamlessly detecting OTPs from SMS or notifications and copying them
+directly to your clipboard—_automatically._ No interaction needed. No internet
+access required. No user data touched.
+
+And yes—it’s fully **open source**, under the AGPL-3.0 license. 🔓
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+### 🧩 Why It Stands Out
+
+✅ 100% offline (doesn’t even request internet permission)  
+✅ Choose your workflow: Notification Listener or SMS access  
+✅ Compatible with virtually any OTP-based or 2FA system  
+✅ Lightweight, privacy-first, and customizable  
+✅ Translated into 70+ languages and growing  
+✅ Inspect, contribute, or fork on GitHub
+
+This is a perfect example of how small, thoughtful tools can reduce friction in
+our everyday workflows—**while keeping user agency and transparency at the
+core.**
+
+📥 Available now on:  
+🔗 GitHub: [github.com/jd1378/otphelper](https://github.com/jd1378/otphelper)  
+🔗 F-Droid:
+[f-droid.org/packages/io.github.jd1378.otphelper](https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.jd1378.otphelper)
+
+Let’s continue supporting software that empowers users through simplicity and
+openness. 💡
+
+---
+
+<figure class="poster-figure">
+  <picture>
+  <source srcset="/img/otp-helper-promo.webp" type="image/webp" />
+  <img src="/img/otp-helper-promo.png" alt="FOSS Spotlight: Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper" style="width: 60%; height: 60%">
+  <figcaption>
+    FOSS Spotlight: Copy SMS Code – OTP Helper – featured visual
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>

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