{"id":14077,"date":"2020-09-04T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=14077"},"modified":"2024-01-27T02:12:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T10:12:51","slug":"privacy-news-online-weekly-review-september-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/privacy-news-online-weekly-review-september-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online | Weekly News: September 4, 2020\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nCVaZVfnkTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 10px; margin: -10px 0 30px 0; background: #118011; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400;\">Featured: Privacy News Online \u2013 Week of September 4th, 2020<\/h2>\n<h3>Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for \u201creidentification\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-_reidentification_-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for _reidentification_\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-_reidentification_-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-_reidentification_-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-_reidentification_-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-_reidentification_.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The sites we visit on the internet can form a unique fingerprint which can be used to track us on the web. A new research paper from Mozilla builds on a 2012 paper which first demonstrated that internet history could be used to reidentify a specific internet user. In fact, they found that even just the top 100 websites in your history can still reliably identify you. Besides your internet service provider and mobile data provider, other parties that have access to parts of your internet browsing activity include Facebook, Google, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-reidentification\/?aff=PNO14\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/mozilla-study-reaffirms-that-internet-history-can-be-used-for-reidentification\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>The head of Denmark\u2019s spy program has been fired for snooping on citizens and lying about it<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-head-of-Denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"The head of Denmark's spy program has been fired for snooping on citizens and lying about it\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-head-of-Denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-head-of-Denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-head-of-Denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-head-of-Denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Three top officials from Denmark\u2019s foreign intelligence agency, including the top dog, have been relieved of duty for running a domestic spying program and lying to authorities about it. A whistleblower came forward and gave information to an independent regulator which revealed the spying and the lying. Don\u2019t forget though that when Edward Snowden revealed the same thing about the United States in 2013, nobody got in trouble.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-head-of-denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it\/?aff=PNO14\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-head-of-denmarks-spy-program-has-been-fired-for-snooping-on-citizens-and-lying-about-it\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/pages\/privacy-news-online\/PNO14\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Private Internet Access VPN\" width=\"900\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd-768x171.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 10px; margin: 30px 0; background: #118011; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400;\">More Privacy News This Week:<\/h2>\n<h3>Google is removing Fediverse apps from the Play Store because they can be used to access hate speech<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Google-is-removing-Fediverse-apps-from-the-Play-Store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Google is removing Fediverse apps from the Play Store because they can be used to access hate speech\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Google-is-removing-Fediverse-apps-from-the-Play-Store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Google-is-removing-Fediverse-apps-from-the-Play-Store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Google-is-removing-Fediverse-apps-from-the-Play-Store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Google-is-removing-Fediverse-apps-from-the-Play-Store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Fediverse apps are used to access web publishing content hosted on federated networks of servers \u2013 they\u2019re pretty much just browsers. While some of the accessible servers might contain hate speech, it is the server operator\u2019s responsibility to moderate the content \u2013 not the app\u2019s. This is how the internet in general works, and Google deciding otherwise is a major censorship step. It\u2019d be like removing Google Chrome because it can be used to access hate speech on the internet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/google-is-removing-fediverse-apps-from-the-play-store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech\/?aff=PNO14\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/google-is-removing-fediverse-apps-from-the-play-store-because-they-can-be-used-to-access-hate-speech\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>As privacy problems continue to pile up for DNA databases, Covid-19 introduces a major new risk<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/covid-testing.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Large databases full of DNA data are vulnerable to privacy risks, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making things worse. It turns out that it\u2019s easy to extract DNA from COVID-19 tests and some companies are doing exactly that. One of the largest suppliers of rapid COVID-19 test kits is the BGI Group \u2013 where BGI stands for Beijing Genome Institute. BGI has been in charge of COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong and there are concerns that testing is an excuse to gather DNA en masse. Some countries, like Israel, have refused to use BGI tests due to this concern.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/as-privacy-problems-continue-to-pile-up-for-dna-databases-covid-19-introduces-a-major-new-risk\/?aff=PNO14\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/as-privacy-problems-continue-to-pile-up-for-dna-databases-covid-19-introduces-a-major-new-risk\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Bridgefy, the messenger promoted for mass protests, is a privacy disaster<\/h3>\n<p>A peer to peer messenger app with well over 1 million installs has been found to be lying about having end-to-end encryption. Researchers from the University of London released a paper last week that highlights multiple security and privacy vulnerabilities in the app. The app\u2019s encryption can be broken allowing attackers to read direct messages, perform man in the middle attacks, or even shut down the whole network. This is especially concerning because the app is marketed towards and used by protesters around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/features\/2020\/08\/bridgefy-the-app-promoted-for-mass-protests-is-a-privacy-disaster\/\">https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/features\/2020\/08\/bridgefy-the-app-promoted-for-mass-protests-is-a-privacy-disaster\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Apple Approved Malware<\/h3>\n<p>According to a new report by security researcher Mark Wardle, Apple has approved malware to run on MacOS for the first time in history. The malware update was disguised as an Adobe Flash Player update. The update contained known malware by the name of Shlayer, and will serve as a black eye for Apple\u2019s long standing claim that Mac\u2019s just \u201cdon\u2019t get viruses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/objective-see.org\/blog\/blog_0x4E.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/objective-see.org\/blog\/blog_0x4E.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Brought to you by Private Internet Access<\/h3>\n<p>Privacy News Online is brought to you by Private Internet Access, the world\u2019s most trusted VPN service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/buy-vpn-online\">Sign up now and get 2 months of VPN service FREE!<\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Special thanks to Intego<\/h4>\n<p>Thank you to Josh Long, our cybersecurity correspondent from Intego, makers of award-winning security software.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/lp\/buynow?channel=privacynews\">Save on Intego\u2019s world-class protection software for Mac\/Windows<\/a><\/div>\n<style>.wp-post-image{display:none;}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured: Privacy News Online \u2013 Week of September 4th, 2020 Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for \u201creidentification\u201d The sites we visit on the internet can form a unique fingerprint which can be used to track us on the web. 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