Manish Singh reports: Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. The company sent the alerts to individuals in 92 nations at 12pm Pacific Time Wednesday. It did not disclose the attackers’ identities or the countries where users received notifications….
Category: Surveillance
Fresno High tracks student bathroom visits with app. Not everyone likes it
Leqi Shong reports: Oliver Buchanan, a 10th grader at Fresno High, is using his first bathroom privilege for the day. He inputs his student ID number into an app and if the system detects fewer than 25 students campus-wide are on bathroom trips, the screen turns green and the countdown begins. He now has seven…
EU’s Plan To Mass Surveil Private Chats Has Leaked
Didi Rankovic writes: The latest version of the proposed European Parliament (EP) and EU Council regulation to adopt new rules related to combating child sexual abuse has been made available online. Despite its declared goal, the proposal, which first saw the light of day in May 2022 and is referred to by opponents as “chat…
Unsealed Documents Provide More Details On Federal Investigators’ YouTube Dragnet
Tim Cushing writes: Earlier this week, reporting by Thomas Brewster for Forbes uncovered yet another way law enforcement is expecting companies like Google to perform their investigative work for them. For a few years now, we’ve covered the use of geofence warrants capable of turning multiple people into criminal suspects, as well as the even more dubious “keyword” warrants, which turns anyone…