Collaborate Disseminate
The mobile company Cape’s Android-based phone complies with U.S. law but claims to offer a higher degree of privacy for users.
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This feels important:
The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn̵… Continue reading Secret Service Tracking People’s Locations without Warrant
In this Help Net Security video, Tina Srivastava, MIT Lecturer and CEO of Badge, discusses a 20-year cryptography problem – using biometrics for authentication without storing a face/finger/voice print. This has massive implications for corporate… Continue reading Preventing credential theft in the age of AI
The Verge’s Richard Lawler reports: Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava’s look, and place a ban on using data “for any model traini… Continue reading Strava Closes the Gates To Sharing Fitness Data With Other Apps
Forces Penpals, a social network for US and UK military personnel, exposed the sensitive data of 1.1M users,… Continue reading US and UK Military Social Network “Forces Penpals” Exposes SSN, PII Data
The subcommittee chair said the FCC has the ability to act now in response to Salt Typhoon targeting the 2024 presidential campaigns.
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Protect traveler data with these tips: use VPNs, manage app permissions, and secure travel documents. Travel companies should… Continue reading Enhancing Traveler Data Security: Best Practices for Managing Sensitive Info
Interesting analysis:
Although much attention is given to sophisticated, zero-click spyware developed by companies like Israel’s NSO Group, the Italian spyware marketplace has been able to operate relatively under the radar by specializing in cheaper tools. According to an Italian Ministry of Justice document, as of December 2022 law enforcement in the country could rent spyware for €150 a day, regardless of which vendor they used, and without the large acquisition costs which would normally be prohibitive.
As a result, thousands of spyware operations have been carried out by Italian authorities in recent years, according to a …
The filing also suggests that customers have a minimal role in operating the spyware, in an apparent contradiction of past NSO Group claims.
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Officials inside the Secret Service clashed over whether they needed a warrant to use location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on smartphones, with some arguing that citizens have agreed to be tracked wi… Continue reading Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data