NSA recommends rebooting a phone every week to stop hacking
As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got…
Apple stalls CSAM auto-scan on devices after ‘feedback’ from everyone on Earth
Apple said it intends to delay the introduction of its plan to commandeer customers' own devices to scan their iCloud-bound photos for illegal child exploitation imagery, a concession to the…
How To Spoof your GPS Location on an Android
Whether you want to watch Netflix shows that are only available in another country or you want to change your location on Snapchat, there are plenty of reasons to spoof…
Google Report Shows ‘Reverse Warrants’ Are Swiftly Becoming Law Enforcement’s Go-To Investigative Tool
Privacy is Cybersecurity T-Shirt Thanks to its never-ending collection of location data, Google has become a prime target for law enforcement investigators. Using so-called "reverse warrants," investigators ask Google…
Apple Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Quit Their iPhones
In a new editorial published by The Washington Post, a pair of researchers who spent two years developing a CSAM (child sexual abuse material) detection system similar to the one…
How to add the mic and camera killswitches in Android 12
Android 12 adds killswitches for both the mic and camera. This new feature makes it possible for users to shut off access to hardware that could potentially lead to privacy…
Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance and Censorship Around the World
Apple’s new program for scanning images sent on iMessage steps back from the company’s prior support for the privacy and security of encrypted messages. The program, initially limited to the…
Tech Rights Are Workers’ Rights: Doordash Edition
Doordash maintains that its workers are “independent contractors” who can pick and choose among the delivery jobs available from moment to moment, based on the expected compensation. Given the outsized…
China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border
Foreigners crossing certain Chinese borders into the Xinjiang region, where authorities are conducting a massive campaign of surveillance and oppression against the local Muslim population, are being forced to install…
Apple Will Scan U.S. iPhones For Images Of Child Sexual Abuse
The tool designed to detect known images of child sexual abuse, called "neuralMatch," will scan images before they are uploaded to iCloud. If it finds a match, the image will…