…however, I do not reuse passwords – anywhere – and I had protected myself with an anonymous email using Apple’s Hide My Email service. 200,000 North Face accounts hacked in credential stuffing attack (bleepingcomputer.com) If you do not have an Apple device, have a look at DuckDuckGo’s solution, I wrote …
Spyware across Europe
Here is a great weekend read, which I found very interesting: It is an excellent article by Morgan Meaker at Wired UK, examining the apparent plague of spyware, being discovered on the smartphones of activists, journalists and politicians, across Europe Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe | WIRED UK All …
Facial recognition in the UK to track offenders
This is an interesting article, by Namrata Primlani a Doctoral Researcher at Northumbria University, Newcastle, looking at the technical and ethical issues of using facial recognition for tracking offenders: Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical – and they won’t work (theconversation.com) And the view from India: …
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UK Free Speech and Encryption under attack
The exceptions are telling. The UK’s new proposed censors at OFCOM are making it clear they’ll never enforce against corporate media concerns; it’s only small media creators, activists, citizen journalists, and everyday users who will be subject to the extra scrutiny and accompanying punishments. Joe Mullin – www.eff.org – AUGUST …
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Android 13 privacy settings
Following yesterday’s story that threat actors have already compromised Android 13’s security setting, here is a good news story about how Android 13 with help protect your privacy: The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now | WIRED UK
