https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/

An internal investigation by ByteDance, the parent company of video-sharing platform TikTok, found that employees tracked multiple journalists covering the company, improperly gaining access to their IP addresses and user data in an attempt to identify whether they had been in the same locales as ByteDance employees.

According to materials reviewed by Forbes, ByteDance tracked multiple Forbes journalists as part of this covert surveillance campaign, which was designed to unearth the source of leaks inside the company following a drumbeat of stories exposing the company’s ongoing links to China.

https://www.datatilsynet.no/aktuelt/aktuelle-nyheter-2022/rad-til-deg-som-reiser-til-qatar-vm/

Alle som reiser til Qatar for å følge fotball-VM, kan bli bedt om å laste ned to qatarske apper. Appene kan potensielt brukes til å overvåke de tilreisende. Vi har laget noen råd om hva du kan gjøre i denne situasjonen.

https://therecord.media/google-to-pay-nearly-400-million-over-deceptive-location-tracking-practices/

Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states over revelations that it continued to track users’ locations even when told explicitly not to. 

The AP found that Google misled users into believing they could turn location tracking off within their account settings when in fact the company continued to collect location information within its Web & App Activity feature, which is automatically turned on when a user creates a Google account or uses an Android phone.

https://www.politico.eu/article/cop-27-climate-change-app-cybersecurity-weapon-risks/

Western security advisers are warning delegates at the COP27 climate summit not to download the host Egyptian government’s official smartphone app, amid fears it could be used to hack their private emails, texts and even voice conversations.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/02/tiktok-tells-european-users-its-staff-in-china-get-access-to-their-data

TikTok is spelling out to its European users that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about Chinese access to user information on the platform.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data/

https://www.nrk.no/sport/alle-som-skal-til-vm-ma-ha-denne-appen-pa-mobilen-_-na-slar-eksperter-full-alarm-1.16131251

personlig hadde jeg aldri dratt til Qatar med mobiltelefonen min. Det sier NRKs sikkerhetssjef Øyvind Vasaasen etter en grundig gjennomgang av VM-appene.

– De kan rett og slett endre innholdet i hele telefonen din og ha fri kontroll på den informasjonen som er der, er konklusjonen til NRKs sikkerhetssjef.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/11/iphones-calling-911-from-owners-pockets-on-rollercoasters

New iPhones which can detect car crashes and notify emergency services appear confused by thrill rides

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/cyberattacks-us-hospitals-mean-higher-mortality-rates-study-finds-rcna46697

Two-thirds of respondents in the Ponemon study who had experienced ransomware attacks said they disrupted patient care, and 59% of them found they increased the length of patients’ stays, straining resources. Almost one-quarter said they led to increased mortality rates at their facilities.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/64865/iphone-14-teardown

Apple has completely redesigned the internals of the iPhone 14 to make it easier to repair.