More on Apple’s iPhone Backdoor
August 20 2021
In this post, I’ll collect links on Apple’s iPhone backdoor for scanning CSAM images. Previous links are here and here.
Apple says that hash collisions in its...
Read moreApple Adds a Backdoor to iMessage and iCloud Storage
August 10 2021
Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I...
Read moreParagon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
August 3 2021
Forbes has the story:
Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted...
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De-anonymization Story
July 28 2021
This is important:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop,...
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Commercial Location Data Used to Out Priest
July 23 2021
A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. Vice has a good analysis:
The news starkly demonstrates not only the inherent power of location data, but how...
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Banning Surveillance-Based Advertising
June 24 2021
The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: “Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising.” From the Introduction:
The challenges caused and entrenched by surveillance-based advertising include, but are...
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VPNs and Trust
June 16 2021
TorrentFreak surveyed nineteen VPN providers, asking them questions about their privacy practices: what data they keep, how they respond to court order, what country they are incorporated in,...
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Read moreApple Censorship and Surveillance in China
May 19 2021Good investigative reporting on how Apple is participating in and assisting with Chinese censorship and surveillance.
Read moreHey, that's not my kitchen! Those aren't my kids! And that dreadful wallpaper's certainly not mine!
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