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Leaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

By Lily Hay Newman, Morgan Meaker, Matt Burgess
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

E.U. Regulators Hit Meta with Record $1.3 Billion Fine for Data Transfer Violations

By Ravie Lakshmanan
Facebook's parent company Meta has been fined a record $1.3 billion by European Union data protection regulators for transferring the personal data of users in the region to the U.S. In a binding decision taken by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the social media giant has been ordered to bring its data transfers into compliance with the GDPR and delete unlawfully stored and processed

Phone scamming kingpin gets 13 years for running “iSpoof” service

By Naked Security writer
Site marketing video promised total anonymity, but that was a lie. 170 arrested already. Potentially 1000s more to follow.

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Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine Is a Strike Against Surveillance Capitalism

By Matt Burgess
The record-breaking GDPR penalty for data transfers to the US could upend Meta's business and spur regulators to finalize a new data-sharing agreement.

A TikTok ‘Car Theft’ Challenge Is Costing Hyundai $200 Million

By Andrew Couts
Plus: The FBI gets busted abusing a spy tool, an ex-Apple engineer is charged with corporate espionage, and collection of airborne DNA raises new privacy risks.

Privacy Sandbox Initiative: Google to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies Starting 2024

By Ravie Lakshmanan
Google has announced plans to officially flip the switch on its twice-delayed Privacy Sandbox initiatives as it slowly works its way to deprecate support for third-party cookies in Chrome browser. To that end, the search and advertising giant said it intends to phase out third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users globally in the first quarter of 2024. "This will support developers in conducting

The US Post Office Is Spying on the Mail. Senators Want to Stop It

By Dell Cameron
The USPS carries out warrantless surveillance on thousands of parcels every year. Lawmakers want it to end—right now.

Apple Thwarts $2 Billion in App Store Fraud, Rejects 1.7 Million App Submissions

By Ravie Lakshmanan
Apple has announced that it prevented over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions and rejected roughly 1.7 million app submissions for privacy and security violations in 2022. The computing giant said it terminated 428,000 developer accounts for potential fraudulent activity, blocked 105,000 fake developer account creations, and deactivated 282 million bogus customer accounts. It

The True Cost of a Free Telly TV

By Amanda Hoover
Telly TV tracks you and bombards you with ads on a dedicated second screen. It could help normalize smartphone-style surveillance in your living room.

WhatsApp 2023: New Privacy Features, Settings, and More

By Matt Burgess
The Meta-owned app offers end-to-end encryption of texts, images, and more by default—but its settings aren't as private as they could be.

The UK’s Secretive Web Surveillance Program Is Ramping Up

By Matt Burgess
A government effort to collect people’s internet records is moving beyond its test phase, but many details remain hidden from public view.

Toyota Leaked Vehicle Data of 2 Million Customers

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts
The FBI disables notorious Russia-linked malware, the EU edges toward a facial recognition ban, and security firm Dragos has an intrusion of its own.

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp

By Andy Greenberg
The social network’s new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.

Turning on stealth mode: 5 simple strategies for staying under the radar online

By André Lameiras

Have your cake and eat it too – enjoy some of what the online world has to offer without always giving out your contact details

The post Turning on stealth mode: 5 simple strategies for staying under the radar online appeared first on WeLiveSecurity

How to Reclaim Your Online Privacy

By Gideon Lichfield, Lauren Goode
We talk to the Signal Foundation’s Meredith Whittaker about how the surveillance economy is newer than we all might realize—and what we can do to fight back.

How To Delete Your Data From ChatGPT

By Matt Burgess
OpenAI has new tools that give you more control over your information—although they may not go far enough.

SafeGraph Lands US Air Force Contract After Targeting Abortion Clinics

By Bennett Cyphers
Documents obtained by WIRED show SafeGraph, which sold location data related to Planned Parenthood visits, is now pursuing contracts with the US Air Force.

Your Twitter Feed Sucks Now. These Free Add-Ons Can Help

By Justin Pot
A  few simple tools can help filter out most Twitter Blue users (but still see the ones you like).

Russian ‘Ghost Ships’ Identified Near the Nord Stream Blasts

By Matt Burgess
Plus: Apple and Google plan to stop AirTag stalking, Meta violated the FTC’s privacy order, and how to tell if your car is tracking you.

World Password Day: 2 + 2 = 4

By Paul Ducklin
We've kept it short and simple, with no sermons, no judgmentalism, no tubthumping... and no BUY NOW buttons. Have a nice day!

Google Is Rolling Out Passkeys, the Password-Killing Tech, to All Accounts

By Lily Hay Newman
The tech industry’s transition to passkeys gets its first massive boost with the launch of the alternative login scheme for Google’s billions of users.

American College of Pediatricians Leak Exposes 10,000 Confidential Files

By Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra
A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians’ website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more.

Cops Just Revealed a Record-Breaking Dark Web Dragnet

By Andy Greenberg
Operation SpecTor likely drew on leads from multiple dark web market busts, including the secret takedown of Monopoly Market in 2021.
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