The White House publishes a roadmap to shore up the weak security of the Border Gateway Protocol, which has long been vulnerable to route hijacking
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Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Lloyd Coombes / iMore : Apple's biggest iOS 18 and macOS features, including Apple intelligence, won't come to the EU this year becaus...
Ring is sunsetting a tool that lets police request footage from users via its Neighbors app, forcing law enforcement to obtain warrants or evidence of emergency
mostly The Sun : Amazon announces major change to Ring doorbell over controversial police footage requests Matthew Guariglia / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longe...
Research: Google's Messages and Dialer apps on Android collect data without explicit consent or an opt-out, potentially violating GDPR; Google is making changes
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In a bid to appease lawmakers and regulators, Microsoft outlines 11 app store principles, including equal treatment and allowing third-party payment processing
Microsoft hints it will open up Xbox store, changing its entire business model The Economic Times : Microsoft unveils new app store guidelines as it woos regulators on deal Financial Times : Microsoft...
FTC study on the six largest ISPs finds that some fail to fully inform consumers on how their data is monetized, such as using browsing history to serve up ads
The importance of the internet in the daily lives of consumers cannot be overstated. Lily Hay Newman / Wired : Security News This Week: An International Operation Knocked a Notorious Ransomware Group ...
Security researchers say Apple and EU plans to monitor phones for illicit material are ineffective and could embolden government surveillance
In August, Apple announced a system to check all our iPhones for illegal images … Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg : Apple's Child-Porn Tracking System Is Flawed, Report Says arXiv.org : Bugs in our Pocke...
Mozilla's free encrypted file sharing service Firefox Send is now available to all Firefox users and has its own Send Android app in beta
Free Encrypted File Transfer Service Now Available For All Firstpost : Mozilla's self-deleting online link sharing service Firefox Send is now live Thomas Claburn / The Register : This is the Send, en...
Policy paper from Sen. Warner lays out 20 ways to address issues posed by big tech platforms, from putting a price on users' data to mimicking GDPR rules
NYT Jeff Pundyk / Techonomy : Senator Warner: 20 Ways to Tame Social Media Thomas Claburn / The Register : Make Facebook, Twitter, Google et al liable for daft garbage netizens post online - US Senato...
Mozilla launches Facebook Container Extension for Firefox that isolates your digital identity, preventing Facebook from tracking your activity on other sites
Prevent Facebook from tracking you around the web. Marius Nestor / Softpedia News : Mozilla Releases Firefox Add-On That Prevents Facebook from Spying on You Erica Sweeney / Social Media Today : Study...