New California Data Privacy Law, Wyze Data Leak, ToTok Spy App

In episode 102: Details on the new California data privacy law, the Wyze data leak, and what is the ToTok app and could it be spying on you? ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Enter our Silent Pocket New Year’s Giveaway – Dead… Continue reading New California Data Privacy Law, Wyze Data Leak, ToTok Spy App

Aventura Charged With Selling Chinese-Made Security Equipment

Aventura Technologies and seven of its executives have been charged with illegally importing Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment and claiming it to be made in the United States. The company, based in Commack, New York, claimed its securit… Continue reading Aventura Charged With Selling Chinese-Made Security Equipment

Former Twitter employees charged with spying on critics of Saudi Arabia

The Department of Justice charged two former Twitter employees for spying on users at the behest the Saudi Arabian government, according to charges unsealed Wednesday. Three individuals are charged in all, part of an alleged scheme that was carried out by the Saudi Arabian government that started in 2014. The employees accessed the personal information of Saudi dissidents, including email addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses that could reveal user location. According to the criminal complaint, Ahmad Abouammo, who formerly was head of the company’s media partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa, met with a Saudi official in London in 2014. One week later, he began accessing the private information of a Twitter user who has been a prominent critic of the Saudi government. Another former Twitter employee, Ali Alzabarah, is also alleged to have accessed sensitive information about Twitter users. According to the complaint, Alzabarah was charged with […]

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