Brendan Gilligan, Matthew Guariglia, and Cindy Cohn of EFF write: Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted against considering a largely bad bill that would have unacceptably expanded the tentacles of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, along with reauthorizing it and introducing some minor fixes. Section 702 is Big Brother’s favorite mass surveillance law…
Category: Surveillance
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
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….
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…