{"id":14775,"date":"2021-01-01T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=14775"},"modified":"2024-01-25T22:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T06:15:26","slug":"privacy-news-online-weekly-review-january-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/privacy-news-online-weekly-review-january-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 1, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online: how encrypted phones are cracked, web-history based credit scores &amp; more\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/logOz-pbALE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 10px; margin: 0px 0 30px 0; background: #118011; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400;\">Featured: Privacy News Online \u2013 Week of January 1st, 2021<\/h2>\n<h3>ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ACLU-sues-to-find-out-how-the-FBI-is-breaking-into-encrypted-phones-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted phones\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ACLU-sues-to-find-out-how-the-FBI-is-breaking-into-encrypted-phones-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ACLU-sues-to-find-out-how-the-FBI-is-breaking-into-encrypted-phones-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ACLU-sues-to-find-out-how-the-FBI-is-breaking-into-encrypted-phones-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ACLU-sues-to-find-out-how-the-FBI-is-breaking-into-encrypted-phones.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Court documents show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been regularly accessing locked, encrypted devices. However, despite the literal court evidence of the practice, the agency refuses to tell the public how it is being done. The ACLU originally sent a freedom of information act request to learn more, but the FBI responded that they could neither confirm nor deny the existence of such capabilities. The ACLU has now filed an injunction against the FBI for violating the Freedom of Information Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/aclu-sues-to-find-out-how-the-fbi-is-breaking-into-encrypted-devices\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/aclu-sues-to-find-out-how-the-fbi-is-breaking-into-encrypted-devices\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>IMF suggests that your credit score could be based on your internet history<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMF-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"IMF suggests that your credit score could be based on your internet history\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMF-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMF-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMF-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMF-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>A new research paper from the International Monetary Fund identified fintech trends that are coming to our world \u2013 including the formal suggestion that in the future, a person\u2019s credit score could be determined by internet history and even the device used to access the internet. Traditionally, banks and other financial institutions make credit worthiness decisions based on hard data like employment status and proven income; however, tech companies like Facebook and Google increasingly have amassed large amounts of soft data such as internet history that could also be used for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/imf-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/imf-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Proposed FinCEN regulation would create financial surveillance net for cryptocurrency transactions<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Proposed-FinCEN-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Proposed FinCEN regulation would create financial surveillance net for cryptocurrency transactions\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Proposed-FinCEN-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Proposed-FinCEN-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Proposed-FinCEN-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Proposed-FinCEN-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>A new financial regulation proposed by the US Treasury would force money service businesses to start de-anonymizing cryptocurrency transactions. FinCEN wants all licensed cryptocurrency services to track and report transactions sent to custodial wallets, this would allow the government to create a financial surveillance net to eventually track all transactions on a target blockchain and introduce a list of banned addresses. Concerned parties have until the 4th of January to submit a formal comment against the proposed regulation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/proposed-fincen-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/proposed-fincen-regulation-would-create-financial-surveillance-net-for-cryptocurrency-transactions\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/pages\/privacy-news-online\/PNO24\"><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>The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Solar wind\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NASA_mission_Wind_Solar_Wind_Workhorse_Marks_20_Years_of_Science_Discoveries-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The fallout from the SolarWinds hack is still being revealed, but we do know for sure that the cybersecurity debacle happened because the hackers utilized a backdoor that was built into SolarWinds software. These are the exact same type of backdoors that the government wants tech companies to build into their encryption. Hopefully governments realize soon that there\u2019s no such thing as a backdoor that can be only used by the good guys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-widening-solarwinds-debacle-shows-why-the-reckless-idea-of-backdooring-encryption-must-be-dropped-forever\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-widening-solarwinds-debacle-shows-why-the-reckless-idea-of-backdooring-encryption-must-be-dropped-forever\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Madonna warns fans about Instagram\u2019s new privacy policy<\/h3>\n<p>Instagram unveiled a newly updated privacy policy detailing how the app uses your data to target ads, causing many users to realize just how much spying Instagram does. Leading the charge was Madonna, who told her fans that: \u201cInstagram\u2019s new cyber surveillance policies allow Mark Zuckerberg to spy on you and your family.\u201d In response, Instagram stated that their privacy policy is the same, and will be applied the same. The only thing that has changed is that the privacy policy is more descriptive and honest about all the things Instagram has already been doing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/madonna-warns-fans-about-instagrams-new-privacy-policy-2843474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/madonna-warns-fans-about-instagrams-new-privacy-policy-2843474<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems<\/h3>\n<p>Researchers at an Israeli University have found a new way to exfiltrate data from an airgapped\/non networked systems. Dubbed Air-Fi, the hack manipulates physical ram to emit electromagnetic waves that emulate a Wi-Fi signal<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/academics-turn-ram-into-wifi-cards-to-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/academics-turn-ram-into-wifi-cards-to-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Adobe Flash rides off into the sunset<\/h3>\n<p>Adobe has officially terminated all support and updates for Flash Player, security or otherwise. Make sure to uninstall Adobe Flash Player from your computer and avoid downloading Adobe Flash updates which you can assume are malware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/12\/31\/22208190\/adobe-flash-is-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/12\/31\/22208190\/adobe-flash-is-dead<\/a><\/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 3 years for just $79!!!<\/a><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 25px;\">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 January 1st, 2021 ACLU sues to find out how the FBI is breaking into encrypted devices Court documents show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been regularly accessing locked, encrypted devices. 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