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Telecoms across Europe are sharing phone location data with governments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A telecommunications lobbying group, the GSMA, has confirmed that several telecom companies in Europe are providing mobile phone location data with the European Union as a way to track the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Unpatched bug in iOS 13.3.1 and later stops VPNs from encrypting all connections

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Caleb Chen

An ongoing security vulnerability in iPhones and iPads is keeping VPN applications from doing their job. For iOS versions 13.3.1 and later, this bug remains unpatched and has been rated…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, VPN

Mozilla does not respect user requests to stop tracking telemetry data

Updated on Jul 26, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A Firefox system add-on called telemetry-coverage may still be sending your IP address data to Mozilla even if you explicitly turn off telemetry data - which has privacy implications most…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

KrØØk WiFi vulnerability affected WiFi encryption on over a billion devices

Updated on Jul 23, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A vulnerability in Broadcom and Cypress WiFi chips makes it possible for attackers on your local WiFi network to decrypt your WPA2 encrypted internet traffic. The vuln, known as the…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

The enemy within: welcome to the Internet of gaslighting

Updated on Jul 22, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Two and a half years ago, this blog warned about the Internet of "listening, eavesdropping, spying things" that were starting to become more popular. Today, smart speakers are found in…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Many WhatsApp private groups are indexed in Google and open to the public

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Many WhatsApp private groups were left exposed on the open web due to a privacy-ignoring configuration error by Facebook’s WhatsApp. The discovery was made by Jordan Wilson, a journalist for…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

The Indian government is reportedly cracking down on VPN usage in Jammu & Kashmir

Updated on Apr 16, 2025 by Caleb Chen

Safwat Zargar described the situation on the ground in Jammu & Kashmir in an article on Scroll.in, highlighting that the government is taking drastic new steps to limit internet access.…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

What happens to privacy when China has personal data and the social graph of nearly everyone in the US?

Updated on Nov 17, 2021 by Glyn Moody

The speech by US Attorney General William P. Barr hardly seems earth-shattering. But buried within its business-like announcement of the indictment of four Chinese military hackers, there is the following…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Wacom drawing tablets track the name and time everytime you open an app

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Wacom drawing tablets have a dirty little secret - they are likely tracking the name and time of every app you're opening - and sending that information to Google. The…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

The EARN IT Act is the latest clueless attack on encryption, do not fall for it

Updated on Jul 26, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The latest attack on encryption is here, and it’s being championed under the cover of - surprise surprise - a necessary step to protect the children. Senator Lindsey Graham and…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments
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