S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?
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Google unveils stronger cellular security for Android 14
Google has revealed new cellular security mitigations that will be available for users and enterprises on its soon-to-be-released Android 14, and announced a new release schedule for Chrome Stable channel updates. Boosting network security on Android 1…
Serious Security: Why learning to touch-type could protect you from audio snooping
Fast, quiet, smooth, consistent and low impact… why true hacker-grade touch-typing might keep you more secure.
LetMeSpy Android Spyware Service Shuts Down After Data Breach
By Waqas
LetMeSpy Faces Demise After Devastating Data Breach: Spyware Service Shuts Down Amidst Massive User Data Compromise.
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Delivering privacy in a world of pervasive digital surveillance: Tor Project’s Executive Director speaks out
The overarching mission of the US-based non-profit organization the Tor Project is to advance human rights and make open-source, privacy preserving software available to people globally, so that they can browse the internet privately, protect themselve…
Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting
Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spacesHome Office officials have drawn up secret plans to lobby the independent pr…
Iranian Stalkerware ‘Spyhide’ Steals Data from 60,000 Android Devices
By Habiba Rashid
So far, Spyhide app collected 3.3 million texts and 1.2 million call logs from compromised Android devices.
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AI and Microdirectives
Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws.
All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. You’re told how to cross the street, how fast to drive on the way to work, and what you’re allowed to say or do online—if you’re in any situation that might have legal implications, you’re told exactly what to do, in real time.
Imagine that the computer system formulating these personal legal directives at mass scale is so complex that no one can explain how it reasons or works. But if you ignore a directive, the system will know, and it’ll be used as evidence in the prosecution that’s sure to follow…
Apple warns iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change
US tech firm says giving government oversight of security changes could endanger encrypted productsApple has warned that planned changes to UK surveillance laws could affect iPhone users’ privacy by forcing it to withdraw security features, which could…
French Police Will Be Able to Spy on People through Their Cell Phones
The French police are getting new surveillance powers:
French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday, July 5.
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Covering laptops, cars and other connected objects as well as phones, the measure would allow the geolocation of suspects in crimes punishable by at least five years’ jail. Devices could also be remotely activated to record sound and images of people suspected of terror offenses, as well as delinquency and organized crime…