Privacy, censorship, & security in the news.
Here are a collection of links to articles I have found about privacy, censorship, and securty that are worth a read! I can't possibly write articles covering all the news on these topics, but I can share some good articles from other websites with you here instead. Note that I occasionally find a decent article from a source I can't stand. In this case, I will run the link through "archive.today" so I don't send the site in question any traffic.
Amazon will monitor customer service workers' every keyboard and mouse movement to combat data theft
August 13, 2021
"The company defends the decision citing instances when hackers or imposters might have accessed a worker's account to steal customer information."
Read full article onInput
Twitter locks account of Indian opposition party
August 12, 2021
"Twitter's censorship in India has increased in recent months."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
Why you should care about Zoom’s $85m privacy lawsuit
August 12, 2021
"Zoom has agreed to an $85 million settlement after lying about its encryption and security standards. Here's how it affects you."
Read full article onProtonMail Blog
Microsoft Confirms (Yet Another) PrintNightmare Flaw as Ransomware Actors Pounce | SecurityWeek.Com
August 12, 2021
"Microsoft released a pre-patch advisory to confirm a severe new PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-36958) and CrowdStrike warns that ransomware actors are already launching exploits."
Read full article onsecurityweek.com
How Private Is My VPN? – The Markup
August 12, 2021
"VPNs promise privacy, but The Markup found their apps and websites full of trackers"
Read full article onthemarkup.org
A new Senate bill would totally upend Apple and Google’s app store dominance – TechCrunch
August 12, 2021
"With two giants calling the shots and collecting whatever tolls they see fit, mobile software makers have long complained that app stores take an unfair cut of the cash that should be flowing directly to developers. Hearing those concerns, a group of senators introduced a new bill this week that, i…"
Read full article onTechCrunch
FlyTrap Malware Threatens Facebook Hacks via Android Devices, Here's How to Avoid It
August 11, 2021
"The FlyTrap Malware has made a threat to Android users to hack their Facebook accounts. "
Read full article onTech Times
O (no!) Canada: Fast-moving Proposal Creates Filtering, Blocking and Reporting Rules—And Speech Police to Enforce Them - Activist Post
August 11, 2021
"Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address “harmful” online expression."
Read full article onActivist Post
White House meets with Facebook about "misinformation," warned that FB would be the "No. 1" pandemic story
August 10, 2021
"The collusion continues, a new report suggests."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
New report shows how one TECNO phone can be putting people’s privacy and security at risk
August 10, 2021
"Privacy International research released today shows that the brand new TECNO Y2 phone is being sold with outdated versions of the Android operating system."
Read full article onPrivacy International