Tax scam emails are alive and well as US tax season starts
January 25 2022If in doubt, don't give it out! (And don't forget that no reply is often a good reply.)
Read moreChina’s Olympics App Is Horribly Insecure
January 21 2022China 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...
Read moreSan Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters
January 20 2022Last 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 2022There's a tiny data leakage bug in the WebKit browser engine... but it could act as a "supercookie" identifier for your browsing
Read moreRolling 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...
Read moreUsing Foreign Nationals to Bypass US Surveillance Restrictions
January 13 2022Remember 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...
Read moreApple’s Private Relay Is Being Blocked
January 11 2022Some 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.
Read morePeople Are Increasingly Choosing Private Web Search
January 6 2022DuckDuckGo has had a banner year:
And yet, DuckDuckGo. The privacy-oriented search engine netted more than 35 billion search queries in 2021, a 46.4% jump over 2020 (23.6...
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Remember the Equifax breach? Remember the $700m penalty? In case you'd forgotten, here's the FTC to refresh your memory!
Read moreApple AirTags Are Being Used to Track People and Cars
December 31 2021This development suprises no one who has been paying attention:
Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled...
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