Following Apple’s publication of a personal safety guide – Bruce Schneier has an interesting article about how Lilith Wittmann has used AirTags in her research about a German intelligence agency. Tracking Secret German Organizations with Apple AirTags – Schneier on Security Apple Personal Safety guide – Smart Thinking Solutions
Privacy in China and the Winter Olympics
There are some interesting articles being written about the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter games and the privacy of those who will be attending. The basic message seems to be take a burner phone with you. The issue is around the amount of personal data QI-ANXIN (an official sponsor …
A little light holiday reading!
I am on leave/writing retreat at the moment and one of the things I like to do when away is read. Bruce Schneier’s blog put me on to this very interesting work. Bounty Everything by Ryan Ellis & Yuan Stevens – (datasociety.net) “Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug …
As Bruce Schneier says “this looks impossible”
Malware detection by magic! Probably not but here is the link to Bruce’s blog post and the subsequent link to the report: Using EM Waves to Detect Malware – Schneier on Security Remember this is research.
Chipping away at iOS security
Apple iOS (for iPhones, iPads etc) has a reputation for security and privacy – that is why I use their devices and why I recommend them to clients. I know there are issues, with the App store commissions (but at least the apps are curated, a security plus), anti-privacy actions …
