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New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations - TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/
the attacks can carried out with radio equipment costing as little as $200
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online - The Atlantic
Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed - Bloomberg
The tech giants are demanding a continuous stream of customer information from smart-home manufacturers, prompting privacy concerns.
Countries With Zero Rating Have More Expensive Wireless Broadband Than Countries Without It - Electronic Frontier Foundation
When an ISP decides to exempt certain applications or services from cutting into a user’s data cap, that’s zero rating.
Google will stop peddling a data collector through Apple’s back door - TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/googles-also-peddling-a-data-collector-through-apples-back-door/
It looks like Facebook was not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.
Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps
The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app.
Facebook har i en årrekke betalt tenåringer for å få spionere på dem
https://nrkbeta.no/2019/01/30/facebook-har-i-en-arrekke-betalt-tenaringer-for-a-fa-spionere-pa-dem/
Appen installerte et såkalt rotsertifikat
Dette betyr blant annet at Facebook har kunne se hvilke nettsider tenåringene surfet på og hva de skrev i private chatmeldinger.
Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal - Lawfare
https://www.lawfareblog.com/evaluating-gchq-exceptional-access-proposal
On the other side of this debate is pretty much all technologists working in computer security and cryptography, who argue that adding eavesdropping features fundamentally makes those systems less secure.
Google fined $57m by French regulator for breaching GDPR - Digiday
https://digiday.com/media/google-fined-57m-french-regulator-breaching-gdpr/
for making it difficult for users to see the detail on why and how they should give consent in order to be sent personalized ads, and for providing a pre-ticked option when requesting consent.
Kommune nekter lærere, elever og foreldre å kommunisere på Facebook – NRK
Den nye personvernloven som kom i fjor, har ført til at Alta kommune nå nekter ansatte i skoler og barnehager å bruke Facebook for å kommunisere med elever og foreldre.
[You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It – By Tim Cook
http://time.com/collection/davos-2019/5502591/tim-cook-data-privacy/
– Time.com]
We think every user should have the chance to say, “Wait a minute. That’s my information that you’re selling, and I didn’t consent.”
Security Checklist – Be safe on the internet.
An open source checklist of resources designed to improve your online privacy and security. Check things off to keep track as you go.
Ring let employees watch customer videos, claim reports - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/10/18177305/ring-employees-unencrypted-customer-video-amazon
Smart doorbell company Ring allowed employees to share unencrypted customer videos with each other
Privacy International claims most Android apps share data with Facebook without user consent - IT PRO
https://www.itpro.co.uk/privacy/32634/android-apps-share-data-facebook-without-user
The social media giant’s third-party tracking via the Facebook SDK may constitute a GDPR breach
Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data - NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/technology/weather-channel-app-lawsuit.html
The […] app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers, the city attorney of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.
North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646
a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked
Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.
Amazon gives a German Alexa user, who requested his personal data under GDPR, access to 1,700 audio files of another user; Amazon says it was due to human error
NPR’s move into podcasting analytics raises privacy concerns - Columbia Journalism Review
Bergen kommune får millionbot fra Datatilsynet - Bergens Tidende
https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/zLB9JK/Kommunen-far-millionbot-fra-Datatilsynet
Saken begynte i vår da en 7.-klassing fant et sikkerhetshull med passord og andre personopplysninger til 35.000 elever og foresatte i bergensskolen.