Tag: Apple
  • Jan 27, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy

Government attempts to weaken cryptography to allow general surveillance are not new: they date back at least to the 1993 Clipper chip. Similarly, claims that children will be harmed by strong cryptography also go back many years. When Apple strengthened encryption on its phone in 2014, the chief of detectives for Chicago’s police department said: … Continue reading “#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy”

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  • Oct 27, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Censorship, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Surveillance,

Top Security Experts Warn: Client-side Scanning “Tears at the Heart of Privacy of Individual Citizens”

A couple of months ago, this blog wrote about Apple’s Expanded Protections for Children, which turned out to mean client-side scanning (CSS). That is, code on your smartphone would be constantly scanning images there for illegal material – specifically, for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The post pointed out a number of serious flaws in … Continue reading “Top Security Experts Warn: Client-side Scanning “Tears at the Heart of Privacy of Individual Citizens””

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  • Oct 4, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data

Privacy News Online has just written about a troubling proposal by Apple to carry out surveillance directly on iPhones. In Australia, the situation is even worse. There, the government has just rushed through the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020, which gives the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission … Continue reading “Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data”

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  • Sep 3, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Apple Has Betrayed Its Privacy Legacy – and Will Undermine End-to-end Encryption Everywhere

Apple is a company that has always made much of its commitment to privacy, and has succeeded in turning it into a unique selling point of its products. That proud history made a recent announcement all the more shocking. Nobody could deny that Apple’s Expanded Protections for Children are motivated by the best intentions, and … Continue reading “Apple Has Betrayed Its Privacy Legacy – and Will Undermine End-to-end Encryption Everywhere”

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  • Jul 20, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

How Do You Solve a Privacy Problem Like Facebook? Two New Ways Emerge

As numerous posts on Privacy News Online demonstrate, Facebook is one of the biggest problems for privacy around the world. That problem just became bigger, as the company’s market capitalization crossed the one trillion dollar mark for the first time, taking Facebook into the elite club whose other members are Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. … Continue reading “How Do You Solve a Privacy Problem Like Facebook? Two New Ways Emerge”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: May 7, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of May 7, 2021 What happens to privacy once AIs start hacking systems – and people? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has mostly figured in this blog because of its ability to sift through information – for example, finding patterns in data, or matching faces. A new paper by security expert … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: May 7, 2021”

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  • Apr 30, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Facebook and publishers sour about Apple’s new privacy controls that stop apps tracking users across sites without consent

One of the greatest threats to privacy online is the tracking of users across multiple sites and services. This allows companies such as Facebook and specialist data brokers to build up highly-revealing profiles of our interests and concerns. The profiles are then used to display micro-targeted ads, typically bought as the result of real-time bidding. … Continue reading “Facebook and publishers sour about Apple’s new privacy controls that stop apps tracking users across sites without consent”

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Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of March 26th, 2021 Countries in the European Union attempt to water down privacy protections With the European Union’s ePrivacy Regulation in the final stretch, seemingly minor changes can lead to massive privacy implications. Current legislation allows for personal data collection by intelligence services, but not for companies acting … Continue reading “Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021”

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  • Feb 6, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

Time to get rid of pervasive online ad tracking once and for all: the alternative is simple, effective, and fully respects privacy

This blog has been pointing out for years the fundamental incompatibility between privacy and the current online advertising model. Today, most Web sites seek to gather as much personal information about visitors as possible, and then sell advertisers access based on people’s data. Until recently, there has been little effort to change that system. The … Continue reading “Time to get rid of pervasive online ad tracking once and for all: the alternative is simple, effective, and fully respects privacy”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 5, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 5th, 2021 UK Police Chief falsely claims that end to end encrypted messaging “puts lives at risk” The Detective Chief Superintendent in charge of the Uinted Kingdom’s online anti terrorism unit doesn’t want Facebook to add end to end encryption to its Messenger app or Instagram. The … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 5, 2021”

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