Mullvad reports on their blog: On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant. They intended to seize computers with customer data. In line with our policies such customer data did not exist. We argued they had…
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Meta Urged to Halt Plans Allowing Minors Into the Metaverse
Emily Birnbaum reports: Dozens of advocacy organizations and children’s safety experts are calling on Meta Platforms Inc. to terminate its plans to allow minors into its new virtual reality world. Meta is planning to invite teenagers and young adults to join its metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, in the coming months. But the groups and experts that signed…
The U.S. Deserves Stronger Spyware Protections Than Biden’s Executive Order
by Matthew Guariglia U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that limits U.S. government agencies from using commercially available spyware – but that doesn’t mean there will be no government use of spyware in the United States. Spyware is a type of malicious software (or malware) which allows someone to gain remote access to a…
Spyware Used Across 10 Countries, Says Citizen Lab, Microsoft
Tom Jowitt reports: Spyware from an Israeli firm is once again the headlines after new research allegedly tracked its use across a number of countries. Two reports on Tuesday from both Microsoft and Canadian internet watchdog Citizen Lab alleged the spyware has been been used against journalists, opposition figures and advocacy groups across at least 10 countries – including people in…