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G Suite admins will have the option of enabling alerts if Google suspects government-backed hacking attempts. Continue reading Google to warn companies targeted in government-backed attacks
Facebook is probing whether the firm’s government contracts comply with its policies, which nix use of user data for government surveillance. Continue reading Crimson Hexagon banned by Facebook over user data concern
If you’re a member of the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang, you’re probably used to China’s high level of surveillance that many other countries would find Orwellian. Whereas many of us are concerned that law enforcement agencies … Continue reading China forces spyware onto Muslim’s Android phones, complete with security holes
The lines are drawn, with predictable players on each side Continue reading Debate rages over divisive US surveillance law renewal
An official Treasury statement describes the allegations as “flat out wrong … unfounded and completely off-base” Continue reading US Treasury denies domestic spying
An official Treasury statement describes the allegations as “flat out wrong … unfounded and completely off-base” Continue reading US Treasury denies domestic spying
The app’s novel approach turns Digital Rights Management on its head Continue reading Signal app’s address book security could upset governments
The Department of Justice has excused its insider threat database from multiple provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act Continue reading DOJ lets itself off the privacy hook
A wave of terrorist attacks has led to the UK government calling ever more noisily for ways to access the content of terrorists’ messages – but new rules from Brussels make that demand much more difficult Continue reading EU throws a spanner in London’s encryption backdoor works
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Big Brother in India; hacking warning to journalists; WordPress sites hit