#Australia’s #SocialMedia ban is “problematic,” but platforms will comply anyway
Ars Technica
Australia’s social media ban is “problematic,” but platforms will comply anyway
Platforms expect to monitor a range of signals, but age detection will be spotty.
 #privacy #politics #AgeVerification
"What We Talk About When We Talk About #Sideloading"
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
We recently published a blog post with our reaction to the new Google Developer Program and how it impacts your freedom to use the devices that you...
 #Android #Google #privacy #cybersecurity
#Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on #AWS
The Verge
‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
Signal was just one of many services brought down by the AWS outage.
 #privacy #cybersecurity
#TEEFail attack breaks confidential computing on #Intel, #AMD, #NVIDIA CPUs
BleepingComputer
TEE.Fail attack breaks confidential computing on Intel, AMD, NVIDIA CPUs
Academic researchers developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail, which allows extracting secrets from the trusted execution environment in the...
 #CPU #TEE #cybersecurity
#Google #Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites
BleepingComputer
Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites
Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will load all public websites via secure HTTPS connections by default and ask for permission bef...
 #cybersecurity
#CBP Searched a Record Number of #Phones at the #US #Border Over the Past Year
WIRED
CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year
The total number of US Customs and Border Protection device searches jumped by 17 percent over the 2024 fiscal year, but more invasive forensic sea...
 #privacy #politics
Whose business is your #healthcare? Why digital health tools need careful assessment
Privacy International
Whose business is your healthcare? Why digital health tools need careful assessment
Across the world, public healthcare providers are going digital in efforts to improve and modernise the services they offer.
 #privacy #cybersecurity
New #Atroposia #malware comes with a local vulnerability scanner
BleepingComputer
New Atroposia malware comes with a local vulnerability scanner
A new malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform named Atroposia provides cybercriminals a remote access trojan that combines capabilities for persistent...
 #cybersecurity
New #Herodotus #Android #malware fakes human typing to avoid detection
BleepingComputer
New Herodotus Android malware fakes human typing to avoid detection
A new Android malware family, Herodotus, uses random delay injection in its input routines to mimic human behavior on mobile devices and evade timi...
 #cybersecurity
#Firefox plans smarter, #privacy-first search suggestions in your address bar
NERDS.xyz
Firefox plans smarter, privacy-first search suggestions in your address bar
Firefox’s new address bar feature could change search by offering instant, private answers while showing that Mozilla still has innovation left.