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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 by Caleb Chen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=logOz-pbALE Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of January 1st, 2021 ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices Court documents show that the Federal…

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Beyond the GDPR: here comes the EU’s ePrivacy regulation – but not yet

Posted on Aug 25, 2018 by Glyn Moody

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important – and controversial – privacy law passed in recent years. Despite its origin in the EU, its reach is truly…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Police use of trojans to hack into mobile phones will become routine under new German law

Posted on Jun 21, 2017 by Glyn Moody

A new law allowing the German police to hack into mobile phones for even minor crimes, is expected to be passed by the German parliament this week [update: the law…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act shows that politicians still don’t understand encryption

Posted on Jun 24, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Three Senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced a new anti-encryption bill called the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act. The bill was introduced by Senate…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News

To work together with law enforcement, Zoom won’t provide end-to-end encryption for free users

Posted on Jun 3, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has admitted that he won’t provide end-to-end encryption to free users in favor of being able to work with law enforcement. It has previously been discussed…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

Australian Prime Minister Turnbull: The laws of mathematics don’t apply in Australia

Posted on Jul 15, 2017 by Caleb Chen

Australia's Prime Minister Michael Turnbull doesn't believe in the laws of mathematics - a troubling sign for a world leader to say the least. Australia's leader spoke the infamous words…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Beware the GHOST Protocol

Posted on Sep 4, 2019 by Caleb Chen

UK internet users and internet users around the world need to beware of the GHOST protocol. The GCHQ, which is the United Kingdom’s (UK) equivalent of the American NSA, came…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

FBI used Graykey to unlock an iPhone 11 Pro, which was previously thought to be the most secure iPhone

Posted on Jan 17, 2020 by Caleb Chen

A recent article by Thomas Brewster at Forbes highlights the fact that the FBI is able to unlock iPhones using a product called Graykey. Specifically, a product called Graykey was…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 3, 2020

Posted on Jul 3, 2020 by Caleb Chen

https://www.youtube.com/embed/uBi7EYD0rds Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of July 3rd, 2020 Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information A new project started…

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Can hardware ever be trusted? The Betrusted project aims to find out by going back to basics

Posted on Jan 22, 2020 by Glyn Moody

As previous posts have noted, the Internet of Things is being widely embraced in the form of so-called "smart speakers" and other devices. That's despite the fact that few of…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News
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