Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do
Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable. It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...
Sources: China-linked “Salt Typhoon” hacking campaign breached networks of US ISPs like Verizon and AT&T, potentially gaining access to US wiretap systems
AT&T, Verizon are among broadband providers breached in China-linked ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack Mastodon: @fj@mastodon.social , @adamgurri@mastodon.social , @HackyScientress@chaos.social , and @dymaxion@info...
A profile of Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, as the service fights existential battles over copyright, including from music labels like UMG
the crunchy side, before it got all tech bro. It's utopian, it's idealistic.” 🔗 https://www.wired.com/... Mastodon: Pete Ashton / @pete@social.coop : I am occasionally asked why I download and save ...
Europol says police in Germany, the UK, the US, and others took down botnets spreading ransomware via infected emails, arrested four, and seized 2,000+ domains
International law enforcement and partners have joined forces. Europol : Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Police seize over 100 ma...
Signal's president says the TikTok bill won't offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but will further entrench the dominance of US social networks
Earlier this month, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act … Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @olaf@social.secr...
Apple says proposed UK legislation could let the country try “to secretly veto new user protections globally”, preventing Apple from shipping them to customers
This is like banning encryption on steroids. 🤯 — https://www.bbc.com/... Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : Really interesting (and concerning, if predictable) moves by the UK govern...
A look at the cottage industry of Russian tech contractors, many owned by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for use by the FSB
Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world . Twitter: @matthew_d_green , @sat...
Meta warns 1M Facebook users that their account info may have been stolen by 400+ apps on the App Store and Google Play that have a “Login with Facebook” button
delete them now Priya Singh / BGR India : Meta warns against Android, iOS apps for stealing users' Facebook password Justin Luna / Neowin : Meta warns Facebook users about password-stealing Android an...
TikTok is less transparent than US platforms about how long it keeps content deleted by users, as US law enforcement agencies increasingly seek to get such data
New! Follow this author to improve your content experience. Got it! … The FBI said it used cell-tower data earlier … Tweets: @profwoodward , @elizabeth_joh , and @iblametom Tweets: Alan Woodward / @...
Apple to debut an opt-in child safety feature for iPhones in the UK that scans messages for nudity, but drops some controversial aspects, like notifying parents
then we'd better be willing to absolutely go to the mat to make sure it's the former. Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : I have no problem at all with this system. It seems to be focused on providing ...