https://www.nrk.no/norge/advarer-mot-skreddersydd-svindel-etter-datalekkasje-1.15963551
Personopplysningene som er på avveie etter det store datainnbruddet mot Norkart, kan åpne for mer utspekulerte former for svindel, tror ekspert.
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De neste månedene anbefaler han å være ekstra varsom for spesielle brev, e-poster og telefoner.
– Bruk god dømmekraft, og være skeptisk – hver eneste gang du får en henvendelse, hvor du ikke enkelt kan identifisere hvem som står bak, påpeker Jøsang.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/28/23047026/amazon-alexa-voice-data-targeted-ads-research-report
A report released last week contends that Amazon uses voice data from its Echo devices to serve targeted ads on its own platforms and the web. The report, produced by researchers affiliated with the University of Washington, UC Davis, UC Irvine, and Northeastern University, said the ways Amazon does this is inconsistent with its privacy policies.
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2022/03/28/proposed-digital-markets-act-to-require-sideloading/
- sideloading
- alternative stores
- can’t force any payment system
- NFC must be accessible
- must be able to set all default apps
Yup. Apple lost on all fronts.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22989339/protestware-attacks-russia-sberbank-open-source
The move comes after an anti-war developer sabotaged a popular open-source code library
https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/21/google_messages_gdpr/
Google’s Messages and Dialer apps for Android devices have been collecting and sending data to Google without specific notice and consent, and without offering the opportunity to opt-out, potentially in violation of Europe’s data protection law.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22981806/facebook-removes-deepfake-ukraine-zelenskyy-meta-instagram
In the fake video, Zelenskyy surrenders to Russian invasion
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The deepfake appears to have been first broadcasted on a Ukrainian news website for TV24 after an alleged hack
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/researcher-uses-dirty-pipe-exploit-to-fully-root-a-pixel-6-pro-and-samsung-s22/
It was bound to happen. Worst Linux vulnerability in 6 years fells two popular handsets.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/attackers-can-force-amazon-echos-to-hack-themselves-with-self-issued-commands/
Popular “smart” device follows commands issued by its own speaker. What could go wrong?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/21/journalist-beijing-winter-olympics-foreign-correspondents-club
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China says reporters tailed and manhandled by security despite assurances from Games officials
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/
While most devices do require a sign-in to fully enable app stores, cloud storage, and cross-device sharing and syncing, Windows 11 will soon stand alone as the only major consumer OS that requires account sign-in to enable even basic functionality.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/eu-data-watchdog-calls-for-pegasus-spyware-ban
The use of Pegasus spyware should be banned in the EU, the bloc’s data watchdog has advised, as it is a “gamechanger” offering unprecedented powers to intrude into targets’ lives.
The European data protection supervisor (EDPS) said a prohibition was necessary as the software, developed by the Israeli NSO Group, was able to secretly turn a mobile phone into a surveillance device.
Able to send or receive encrypted messages, download stored photographs, hear voice calls, access messages and secretly film through a phone’s camera, the spyware had the capacity to interfere “with the most intimate aspects of our daily lives”, the authority said.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/8/22924225/apple-ios-15-bug-recorded-interactions-siri
Apple says it’s deleting any inadvertently collected recordings
https://www.nrk.no/sport/helseopplysninger-om-norske-utovere-pa-avveie-i-ol_-_-helt-texas-1.15839426
Olympiatoppens sjef, Tore Øvrebø, er kraftig oppgitt over OL-arrangørens håndtering av norske helseopplysninger. Direktøren på et av hotellene som huser norsk støttepersonell visste om smitte før den norske leiren.
– Han er en grei kar, men han skulle ikke hatt disse opplysningene før oss, sier Tore Øvrebø da han møter pressen i Zhangjikou – et par timer unna Beijing.
– Det er helt Texas, konkluderer Øvrebø.
Hotelldirektøren på Eagle Nest, der flere medlemmer av det norske støtteapparatet bor, er stadig i forkant når det kommer til koronastatus på utøverne.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/2fa-app-with-10000-google-play-downloads-loaded-well-known-banking-trojan/
A fake two-factor-authentication app that has been downloaded some 10,000 times from Google Play surreptitiously installed a known banking-fraud trojan that scoured infected phones for financial data and other personal information, security firm Pradeo said.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/23/22897574/european-parliament-eu-digital-services-act-big-tech
The Digital Services Act, which was first introduced in 2020, will prevent platforms, like Google, Amazon, and the Meta-owned Facebook, from using sensitive information, such as sexual orientation, race, and religion for targeted ads. It will require services to give users the ability to easily opt out of tracking, and pressures platforms to remove illegal content and products online, including hate speech or counterfeit goods.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/24/google-location-data-ags-lawsuit/
Attorneys general from D.C. and three states sued Google on Monday, arguing that the search giant deceived consumers to gain access to their location data.
The lawsuits, filed in the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington and Indiana, allege the company made misleading promises about its users’ ability to protect their privacy through Google account settings, dating from at least 2014. The suits seek to stop Google from engaging in these practices and to fine the company.
The complaints also allege the company has deployed “dark patterns,” or design tricks that can subtly influence users’ decisions in ways that are advantageous for a business. The lawsuits say Google has designed its products to repeatedly nudge or pressure people to provide more and more location data, “inadvertently or out of frustration.” The suits allege this violates various state and D.C. consumer protection laws.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073828708/israel-spyware-citizens-nso-group
Israeli police have used spyware from controversial Israeli company NSO Group to hack the cell phones of Israeli citizens without judicial oversight, including activists protesting former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Israeli spyware company faces mounting global scrutiny and recent U.S. sanctions for equipping regimes with powerful surveillance tools used to target human rights activists, journalists and politicians. Recently, Palestinian activists said their phones were infected with NSO spyware.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/15/will-blockchain-fulfil-its-democratic-promise-or-will-it-become-a-tool-of-big-tech
Engineers are focused on reducing its carbon footprint, ignoring the governance issues raised by the technology
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/rohingya-refugees-sue-facebook-150-billion-over-myanmar-violence-2021-12-07/
over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that contributed to violence.
In 2018, U.N. human rights investigators said the use of Facebook had played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled the violence.
https://therecord.media/fbi-document-shows-what-data-can-be-obtained-from-encrypted-messaging-apps/
FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps – The Record