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Cybersecurity

AT&T actually sells leads to DEA and local law enforcement using Project Hemisphere

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

AT&T has been running a for-profit mass surveillance program, called Project Hemisphere, since 2007. Everybody already knows about AT&T cooperation with NSA mass surveillance metadata database... This is a separate program…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Active 4G LTE vulnerability allows hackers to eavesdrop on conversations, read texts, and track your smartphone location

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Zhang Wanqiao, a Chinese researcher from Qihoo 360 has demonstrated an active 4G LTE vulnerability that allows any dedicated attacker to intercept your calls and texts as well as track your…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

Once more, with passion: Fingerprints suck as passwords

Updated on Oct 24, 2016 by Rick Falkvinge

Imagine you had a really strong and complex password. It was so hard for anyone to remember, that you had printed thousands of business cards with the complex password on…

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In the UK, running a blog over HTTPS is an act of terrorism, says Scotland Yard

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

In a bizarre case, Scotland Yard is accusing a person for six separate acts of preparing terrorism. Those six acts include researching encryption, developing an "encrypted version" of his blog,…

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France issues formal notice to Microsoft about Windows 10: “stop collecting excessive data and tracking browsing by users without their consent.”

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) has issued a formal notice to Microsoft regarding Windows 10 privacy and security concerns. The agency, along with the other European countries in…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

A History of Media Control and Media Blackouts in Coups d’Etat

Updated on Jul 16, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

With the information disarray coming out of Turkey during the (seemingly failed) military coup, we see the same pattern of attempting to control media as we've seen for the past…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Password sharing is not a federal crime… But it is still illegal in Tennessee

Updated on Jul 16, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Is password sharing illegal? Recent actions from the 9th circuit court have sparked slightly erroneous headlines claiming that sharing your password is a federal crime. To grossly simplify the case,…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

PIA Adds Ad Blocker: Introducing Private Internet Access MACE™

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 by Caleb Chen

July 8th, 2016: Private Internet Access MACE™ is a new feature that block ads, trackers and malware. Private Internet Access (PIA) has always sought to provide the most privacy-preserving solutions…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Apple patents technology enabling police to prevent iPhones from filming police abuse

Updated on Jul 1, 2015 by Rick Falkvinge

Apple has been awarded a patent for making your camera refuse to record what it's seeing if it also sees something akin to an infrared strobe light. The intention is…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, Governments

Join the EFF against the Rule 41 update which lets federal judges unconstitutionally hack you

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A proposed amendment to Rule 41 of United States Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure could grant blatantly unconstitutional rights to American judges. The proposed new powers would allow US federal…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments
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