Well, sure. We knew this already, right? But it’s nice to see it spelled out with actual research, and Joe Cadillic has sent some along for us. Antonio Regalado spells it all out in an article on MIT Technology Review: A private DNA ancestry database that’s been used by police to catch criminals is a…
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China Enacts Encryption Law
Yan Luo, Eric Carlson and Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: On October 26, 2019, China enacted a landmark Encryption Law, which will take effect on January 1, 2020. The Encryption Law significantly reshapes the regulatory landscape for commercial encryption, including foreign-made commercial encryption products, but leaves many questions to be answered in future implementing…
Facebook sues Israeli surveillance vendor over WhatsApp zero-day
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Facebook filed a lawsuit today in a US court against NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells spyware products. The social media giant claims that NSO Group has sold and had direct involvement in the deployment of a WhatsApp zero-day against more than 1,400 users. The WhatsApp zero-day came to light in…
UK: Facebook agrees to pay £500,000 fine over Cambridge Analytica
Danny Palmer reports: Facebook has dropped an appeal and agreed to pay a £500,000 fine issued to it by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a investigation into the misuse of personal data in political campaigns. The UK data watchdog issued the fine last year following an investigation that found Facebook has failed to comply with UK…