Elon Musk and the Dangers of Censoring Real-Time Flight Trackers
I woke up Friday morning to the message I’d been expecting: “Your account, @Justin_Ling has been locked for violating the Twitter Rules.” Below […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
Lensa AI and ‘Magic Avatars’: What to Know Before Using the App
Has the stale selfie that’s served as your profile picture gone a little too long without a refresh? You’ve likely seen friends using the Lensa […]
Apple Kills Its Plan to Scan Your Photos for CSAM. Here’s What’s Next
In August 2021, Apple announced a plan to scan photos that users stored in iCloud for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The […]
Apple Expands End-to-End Encryption to iCloud Backups
Apple announced today that it is launching expanded end-to-end encryption protections in its iCloud service. The company already offers the vital security […]
The Dangerous Digital Creep of Britain’s ‘Hostile Environment’
In 2019, Anna moved from Poland to the UK with her partner and three children. Soon after they settled into their home […]
China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters
It was another busy week in security that saw big news about protests, surveillance, spyware, data breaches, and more. In the US, recent […]
Google Moves to Block Invasive Spanish Spyware Framework
The commercial spyware industry has increasingly come under fire for selling powerful surveillance tools to anyone who can pay, from governments to […]
Apple Tracks You More Than You Think
Cybersecurity startup Corellium offered or sold its software to spyware and hacking-tool creators in multiple repressive countries, a WIRED investigation revealed this week. […]
Redacted Documents Are Not as Secure as You Think
“Even if you do the redaction, supposedly correctly, even if you remove the text, there’s a lot of latent information that is […]
A Leak Details Apple’s Secret Dirt on Corellium, a Trusted Security Startup
Zach Edwards, an independent privacy and security researcher, says that “sensitive technology cannot be haphazardly sold to any company, in any country […]