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https://underjord.io/trust-in-software-an-all-time-low.html

I don’t think I’ve ever had more distrust and as a consequence distate for software than in recent years

So while the big actors are slightly less likely to completely screw you on security, software quality or straight money. They are pretty much guaranteed to screw you on privacy.

Your privacy is very important to us. We would like to know what you are doing at all times. Accept / Ask me again later.

https://nrkbeta.no/2021/06/23/forbrukerradet-vil-forby-annonser-som-forfolger-deg/

I en ny rapport tar Forbrukerrådet oppgjør med det de kaller «overvåkningsbasert reklame», noe de ønsker å forby.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-privacy-censorship.html

To stay on the good side of the Chinese authorities, the company has made decisions that contradict its carefully curated image.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/

If you use Alexa, Echo, or many other Amazon devices, you have only 10 days until you’re opted in to an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in the balance.

https://teknologiradet.no/publication/kommersiell-sporing-i-offentlig-sektor/

Offentlig sektor deler informasjon om norske innbyggere med kommersielle aktører. Det er et demokratisk problem fordi vi ikke kan velge bort overvåkningen, og et konkurransepolitisk problem fordi det styrker de digitale monopolene.

Med denne rapporten ønsker vi å sette søkelys på hvordan overvåkingsøkonomien og sporing på internett har inntatt offentlig sektor. Gjennom å bruke gratis tilgjengelige verktøy fra de store internettselskapene, inviterer offentlige nettsteder kommersielle aktører inn i de innerste sfærene av våre liv.

Denne utviklingen er problematisk fordi offentlige tjenester kommer tett på oss og våre privatliv, og det ikke finnes noen alternative tjenestetilbydere. Offentlig sektor bør derfor ta et særlig ansvar for å ikke dele data om oss med kommersielle aktører.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams

A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools.

Some of the cameras, including in hospitals, use facial-recognition technology to identify and categorize people captured on the footage. The hackers say they also have access to the full video archive of all Verkada customers.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56321567

The European Banking Authority’s email servers have been compromised in a global Microsoft Exchange cyber-attack.

The EU body said personal data may have been accessed from its servers. And it had pulled its entire email system offline while it assessed the damage.

https://www.drammen.kommune.no/om-kommunen/aktuelt/hackerangrep/

Drammen kommune har vært utsatt for et hackerangrep på en mindre del av infrastrukturen for vann og avløp.
Kommunen har kontroll på situasjonen, og alle vann- og avløpssystemer fungerer som normalt. Ingen av kommunens innbyggere er berørt av situasjonen, og ingen personopplysninger er på avveie.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22226792/whatsapp-privacy-policy-response-signal-telegram-controversy-clarification

The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update

the change is designed to outline how businesses who use WhatsApp for customer service may store logs of its chats on Facebook servers.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/whatsapp-says-european-users-do-not-have-to-share-data-with-facebook-1.4452435

There are no changes to WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices in the European region arising from the updated terms of service and privacy policy