http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-my-activity-shows-everything-that-company-knows-about-its-users-and-there-s-a-lot-a7109256.html If you dare to check this service, you will see that Google knows a lot. →
Within the last weeks there has been several things that can affect to the future of the Internet. First United Nations officially condemned the practice of countries shutting down access to the internet at a meeting of the Human Rights Council. It effectively extends human rights held offline to the internet – including freedom of →
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/06/new-us-spy-software-could-soon-spot-your-suspicious-behavior-live-video/128852/?oref=DefenseOneTCO Control freak spies seem to want to have an artificial intelligence based “big brother” watching our all moves… Sounds like a script for a scifi movie. →
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/28/new-study-shows-mass-surveillance-breeds-meekness-fear-and-self-censorship/ →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/in-privacy-v-security-endtoend-encryption-is-definitely-winning End-to-end security protects end users, but causes headaches to national security organizations because it is harder to follow. Any legistlation aimed against encryption will just make situation worse for everybody in the long run. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/mobile-forensics-ceo-proposes-controversial-publicprivate-key-access-for-smartphones This article discusses different potential approaches how law enforcement could get access to encrypted phones when needed but still have some security left. Is that possible or practical? Does not look good. →
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/how-surveillance-mutes-dissent-on-the-internet/476955/?utm_source=SFFB Interesting findings… Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/feds-break-through-seized-iphone-stand-down-in-legal-battle-with-apple/ End of one legal battle between FBI and Apple that has been on news… Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/self-driving-cars-and-the-looming-privacy-apocalypse/474600/ Self driving connected cars have potential privacy problems. Are you willing to trade your privacy to get self driving car… Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/117460/why-arent-stingrays-rendered-ineffective-by-standard-mitm-defenses There’s been a lot of reporting in the past few years about law enforcement agencies using IMSI catchers (also known as Stingrays after a popular brand of them) to intercept cellular communications. Stingrays and other IMSI-catchers violate the cell tower agreements by producing an illegal signal, pretending to be a cell tower.They control the →