US bill threatens to turn your VPN into a piracy blocklist
The American Copyright Protection Act aims to force ISPs, DNS resolvers, and VPNs to cut off access to foreign piracy sites
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LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.
German Court Reportedly Finds Micron Infringed Two YMTC NAND Patents, Grants Injunctions
Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all
EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
German police read Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp messages without breaking encryption
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71045682
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.
Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/70348978
EU Commission to delay new methane limits amid energy price surges
World-first biological data center uses 16 million living human neurons to process data
Why the EU age-verification tool does not solve privacy concerns
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71887989
The US could send Australian personal data to third countries under secret 'partnership'
cross-posted from : lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/38814015
German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/71321898
Netzpoltik details that police are able to gain access in this way either through physical access to someone’s phone or by intercepting verification codes via a state-sanctioned phishing attack or intercepting SMS messages via telephone surveillance
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/58715225
According to the human civil rights movements, the Swiss Ordinance on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF) significantly extends the obligation of metadata retention for large communications service providers. It also imposes user identification requirements on virtually all online service providers, including virtual private network (VPN) providers.
A coalition of international human and digital rights organizations, including Amnesty International and European Digital Rights (EDRi), urges the Swiss Federal Council to amend or abandon proposed changes that would expand mass data retention and user identification obligations for nearly all telecom and internet service providers.
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/58347948
the FBI and other U.S. government agencies have fought what is often called the “crypto wars”, the war on encryption In recent years, they have been joined by the European Commission. Under the slogan “what about the children,” they try to introduce total mass surveillance of all EU citizens — first through the proposed Chat Control legislation, and later via the Going Dark and ProtectEU initiatives. The goal is to legally mandate spy tools on every European smartphone and computer. The forces behind these efforts have turned out to be American tech companies and intelligence agencies.
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/59424100
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for an end to widespread anonymity on the internet, saying users should post under their real names.
cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/59613920
Mullvad also pointed to other instances of alleged attempts to “escalate censorship and mass surveillance” in the UK, citing efforts to force Apple to install backdoors in its end-to-end encrypted cloud service, proposals that could introduce “client-side scanning and government spyware on all UK phones”, and government plans to fast-track legislation requiring identity verification for VPN use.