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Category Archives: Privacy

Apple fixes Safari data leak (and patches a zero-day!) – update now

January 27 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Exploit, iOS, iPhone, Patch, Privacy, Security, Vulnerability

That infamous "supercookie" bug in Safari has now been fixed. Oh, and there was a zero-day kernel hole as well.

Tax scam emails are alive and well as US tax season starts

January 25 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Privacy, Security

If in doubt, don't give it out! (And don't forget that no reply is often a good reply.)

China’s Olympics App Is Horribly Insecure

January 21 2022 By Bruce Schneier in China, Privacy, Security, surveillance

China is mandating that athletes download and use a health and travel app when they attend the Winter Olympics next month. Citizen Lab examined the app and found...

San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters

January 20 2022 By Bruce Schneier in Privacy, Security, surveillance

Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The EFF is suing the police:

This surveillance invaded the privacy of protesters, targeted...
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Serious Security: Apple Safari leaks private data via database API – what you need to know

January 18 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Privacy, Security

There's a tiny data leakage bug in the WebKit browser engine... but it could act as a "supercookie" identifier for your browsing

UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption

January 18 2022 By Bruce Schneier in cybersecurity, Privacy, Security

Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of...

Using Foreign Nationals to Bypass US Surveillance Restrictions

January 13 2022 By Bruce Schneier in espionage, FBI, Privacy, Security, surveillance

Remember when the US and Australian police surreptitiously owned and operated the encrypted cell phone app ANOM? They arrested 800 people in 2021 based on that operation.

New documents...

Apple’s Private Relay Is Being Blocked

January 11 2022 By Bruce Schneier in Apple, Privacy, Security

Some European cell phone carriers, and now T-Mobile, are blocking Apple’s Private Relay anonymous browsing feature. This could be an interesting battle to watch. Slashdot thread.