Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Israeli government, following an enquiry, has found that the use of Pegasus against it’s own citizens, who were not suspects in any criminal case, was not illegal. I wonder how many other countries, in that situation would return the same result? Police use of Pegasus malware not illegal, Israeli …
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It looks like Google is making moves to enforce privacy and security standards for Android developers who distribute apps via the Google Play Store. This would bring it into line with “other platforms” – Google refused to name Apple in its press release! Introducing the Privacy Sandbox on Android (blog.google) …
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Here is a longer read for Sunday – it is by Kari Paul and Dan Milmo, journalists I quite like, writing for The Guardian, about Meta. ‘Every move scrutinized’: Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse | Meta | The Guardian Time to look at the facts yourself and make your …
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Here is a longer read for a Saturday: Can I wipe myself off the internet? We ask an expert | Social trends | The Guardian Is it possible?
The UK Government does not do well when comes to trying to enforce age verification on the internet. Age-verification for online pornography to begin in July – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (2019) UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system | Internet | The Guardian (2019) But of course in the draft Online …
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