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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

November 6, 2019 0 Comments broadband, Browsers, browsing activity, browsing history, chrome, congress, dns, dns encryption, DNS-over-HTTPS, DoH, domain name services, domain name system, firefox, Google Chrome, https, isps, Law & order, lobbyists, Mozilla, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia’s sovereign internet law comes into force

November 4, 2019 0 Comments bgp, censorship, deep packet inspection, dns, dpi, Government security, Law & order, Privacy, russia, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 12:45:04 +0000

The new law compels the country’s ISPs to forward all data arriving and departing from their networks through special gateway servers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/twD2GGWkqxs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US grounds Chinese-made drones as part of security review

November 4, 2019 0 Comments american security drone act of 2019, china, doi, drones, Government security, grounded drone, interior department, Law & order, Privacy, spying, uas, uav, uavs, unmanned aircraft systems

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:14:55 +0000

The exception: drones being used in emergencies, such as fighting wildfires, search and rescue, and dealing with natural disasters.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_3c5fdPKPRI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cybersecurity for journalists: How to defeat threat actors and defend freedom of the press

November 1, 2019 0 Comments communication, data, eavesdropping, encrypted, how-tos, journalists, Privacy, Security, Tracking

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:26:48 +0000

When it comes to cybersecurity, journalists need to protect themselves, their sources, and the freedom of the press. Which methods should they use?

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What’s new in macOS Catalina ‘Security and Privacy’?

November 1, 2019 0 Comments Antivirus, Cyber safety, Privacy, Security

Credit to Author: Amrapali Nimgire| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:17:53 +0000

Apple released macOS 10.15 (Catalina) on 7th Oct 2019 and now it is publicly available for download. With multiple features presented at the WWDC 2019, here’s an overview of the new security and privacy features introduced in Catalina. Enhanced Gatekeeper Gatekeeper, is an important outer layer of security, designed to…

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Judge lambasts porn company for spewing copyright lawsuits

October 31, 2019 0 Comments bittorrent, copyright infringement, copyright troll, court decision, dmca, dmca notice, Law & order, piracy, pirates, porn, Privacy, strike 3 holdings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:53:37 +0000

A US court shielded ISP account holders from a request for expedited discovery to see whose IP addresses were used to share pirated videos.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/taz38WMm0MY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

October 30, 2019 0 Comments bikes, geolocation, ladot, Law & order, location data, PII, Privacy, ride-hailing, scooters, trip data, uber

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:43:41 +0000

The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BqXMC-Elu-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New Facebook AI fools facial recognition

October 29, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, Audio and Video, biometrics, de-identification, deep fakes, facebook, facebook research, facial recognition, fake news, Machine Learning, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:37:19 +0000

The technology – which Facebook won’t use in its own apps – subtly distorts face images so they’re still recognizable, but not to machines.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/98QOXSevUPY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New BBC ‘dark web’ Tor mirror site aims to beat censorship

October 28, 2019 0 Comments anti-surveillance, bbc, censorship, enterprise onion toolkit, exit nodes, Privacy, the onion router, Tor

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:08:03 +0000

A mirror copy of the BBC’s international news website is now available to users on the so-called dark web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sRi_R8Cw8DM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>