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This week, Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would update key federal surveillance authorities.The legislation hasbeen packaged by its proponents as a reform but is, in reality, an attempt to vastly expand the government’s spying powers, priv...

Lawmakers Are Kicking Warrantless Wiretapping Into Overdrive

This entry was posted in national security surveillance on April 18, 2024 by Lucas Ropek

Amidst ongoing protests in France, the country has just passed a new bill that will allow police to remotely access suspects’ cameras, microphones, and GPS on cell phones and other devices.Read more...

France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras ...

This entry was posted in national security Security surveillance and tagged snapchat on July 6, 2023 by Kevin Hurler

Homeland Security agents used facial recognition to identify and arrest a man living in Tennessee they say stands committed war crimes during the Bosnian War nearly thirty years ago. The arrested man, who went by the name Sead Dukic for the past 24 yea...

Feds Say Facial Recognition IDed a Bosnian War Criminal Living ...

This entry was posted in Government national security Security surveillance on June 14, 2023 by Mack DeGeurin

When it comes to data privacy in our present, hyper-connected age, many of your worst fears and biggest anxieties are probably correct. Yes, smartphones and our manifold other devices collect an incredible array of information on our habits, choices, a...

U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed ‘Sensitive and Intimate’ Data on ‘Nearly ...

This entry was posted in Government national security privacy surveillance on June 13, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

The UK government has squeezed the timetable for domestic telcos to stop installing 5G kit from Chinese suppliers, per the BBC, which reports that the deadline for installation of kit from so-called ‘high risk’ vendors is now September. It had already announced a ban on telcos buying kit from Huawei et al by the end […]

UK shrinks timetable for telcos to stop installing 5G kit ...

This entry was posted in 5g China Europe huawei Mobile national security Policy Security on November 30, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

TikTok, the Chinese video sharing app that’s found itself at the center of a geopolitical power struggle which threatens to put hard limits on its global growth this year, said today it will build its first data center in Europe. The announcement of a TikTok data center in the EU also follows a landmark ruling […]

TikTok announces first data center in Europe

This entry was posted in Apps China Cloud data protection Europe national security privacy Security Social and tagged social media on August 6, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

On Thursday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation to further restrict the use of the popular viral video app TikTok on government devices. The bill seeks to expand existing federal guidance prohibiting use of TikTok to encompass any U.S. government-issued device. The legislation is the most recent effort by U.S. lawmakers […]

Senate bill seeks to ban Chinese app TikTok from government ...

This entry was posted in China Government national security Social TC on March 12, 2020 by Taylor Hatmaker

Hackers will soon be able to stress-test the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the introduction of the social media giant’s debut hardware device last year. Pwn2Own is one of the largest hacking contests in the world, where security researchers descend to find and demonstrate their exploits for vulnerabilities in a range […]

Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest

This entry was posted in Apps computer security hack hacker hardware Mobile national security Oculus privacy Security software Virtual reality and tagged facebook on August 28, 2019 by Zack Whittaker

A UK parliamentary committee has concluded there are no technical grounds for excluding Chinese network kit vendor Huawei from the country’s 5G networks. In a letter from the chair of the Science & Technology Committee to the UK’s digital minister Jeremy Wright, the committee says: “We have found no evidence from our work to suggest […]

No technical reason to exclude Huawei as 5G supplier, says ...

This entry was posted in 5g Asia China Ericsson Europe huawei Internet of Things Mobile national security Nokia privacy Security TC United Kingdom on July 15, 2019 by Natasha Lomas

A legal challenge to the UK’s controversial mass surveillance regime has revealed shocking failures by the main state intelligence agency, which has broad powers to hack computers and phones and intercept digital communications, in handling people’s information. The challenge, by rights group Liberty, led last month to an initial finding that MI5 had systematically breached …

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Liberty’s challenge to UK state surveillance powers reveals shocking failures

This entry was posted in Europe Government national security privacy Security surveillance United Kingdom on June 11, 2019 by Natasha Lomas

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