personvern

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.

ToTok is a cleverly designed tool for mass surveillance, according to the technical analysis and interviews, in that it functions much like the myriad other Apple and Android apps that track users’ location and contacts.

On the surface, ToTok tracks users’ location by offering an accurate weather forecast. It hunts for new contacts any time a user opens the app, under the pretense that it is helping connect with their friends, much like how Instagram flags Facebook friends. It has access to users’ microphones, cameras, calendar and other phone data. Even its name is an apparent play on the popular Chinese app TikTok.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/01/fbi-smart-tv-security/

Beyond the risk that your TV manufacturer and app developers may be listening and watching you, that television can also be a gateway for hackers to come into your home. A bad cyber actor may not be able to access your locked-down computer directly, but it is possible that your unsecured TV can give him or her an easy way in the backdoor through your router

arguably one of the bigger issues that should cause as much if not greater concerns are how much tracking data is collected on smart TV owners.

collect tons of information about what users are watching in order to help advertisers better target ads against their viewers

The FBI recommends placing black tape over an unused smart TV camera, keeping your smart TV up-to-date with the latest patches and fixes

As convenient as it might be, the most secure smart TV might be one that isn’t connected to the internet at all.

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/K3XOKE/2200-ansatte-i-bergen-kommune-ble-lurt-av-falsk-e-post

Hver sjette ansatte i Bergen kommune ga fra seg brukernavn og passord da de ble forsøkt lurt under en gransking av datasikkerheten i kommunen.

Bergen kommune har ikke god nok kontroll på personopplysningene de håndterer, og mange ansatte kjenner ikke til rutiner for personvern og hvordan de varsler om sikkerhetsbrudd.

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops

GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION OF DIGITAL CONTRABAND BEFORE SEARCHING ELECTRONIC DEVICES AT THE U.S. BORDER

https://www.cnet.com/news/no-one-should-buy-the-facebook-portal-tv/

solidly performing, decently priced device that just isn’t suited for anyone because of the privacy concerns and increasingly alarming issues plaguing the social networking site

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/business/secret-consumer-score-access.html

the fact that obscure companies are accumulating information about years of our online and offline behavior is unsettling, and at a minimum it creates the potential for abuse or discrimination

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/alexa-and-google-home-abused-to-eavesdrop-and-phish-passwords/

By now, the privacy threats posed by Amazon Alexa and Google Home are common knowledge. Workers for both companies routinely listen to audio of users—recordings of which can be kept forever—and the sounds the devices capture can be used in criminal trials.

Now, there’s a new concern: malicious apps developed by third parties and hosted by Amazon or Google.

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/09/13/britisk-granskning-kan-fa-store-konsekvenser-for-norsk-personvern/

– Handelen med personopplysninger slik vi kjenner den i dag står på spill.

Det kan være bra for nordmenns personvern, men det kan også skade annonsefinansierte nettaviser og innovative internettselskaper.

https://www.ft.com/content/e3e1697e-ce57-11e9-99a4-b5ded7a7fe3f

Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies and circumventing EU privacy regulations

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/youtube-to-pay-170-million-in-ftc-child-privacy-settlement.html

Google and YouTube knowingly and illegally monitored, tracked, and served targeted ads to young children just to keep advertising dollars rolling in