Maps, weather, searches et al. suck up location data in the background, even if Tracking is turned off. Arizona says it’s consumer fraud.
Tag Archives: Law & order
Pablo Escobar’s brother sues Apple for $2.6b over FaceTime flaw
Roberto Escobar says a FaceTime eavesdropping bug led to his address being leaked, assassination threats, and being forced into hiding.
Internet giants unite to stop warrantless snooping on web histories
7 internet giants, including Mozilla, Reddit and Twitter, asked the House to do what the Senate narrowly missed doing: protect browsing history.
Scammers target COVID-19 CARES Act relief scheme
US states are being flooded by fraudulent unemployment applications in a scam run by a sophisticated cybergang.
FBI finally unlock shooter’s iPhones, berate Apple for not helping
The FBI’s Apple problem.
Cash-flashing rapper charged with money laundering for BTC-e
The FBI nabbed “Plinofficial” when he arrived at Miami airport carrying $20K cash, allegedly made off of the defunct, fraud-fav exchange.
Senate renews warrantless collection of web histories
The government can keep on surveilling your online life without a warrant. An amendment to ban it failed by just one vote.
TikTok’s handling of child privacy gets another watchdog’s attention
Use of the kid-addicting, video-sharing app is exploding during lockdown, triggering yet another inquiry into how safe it is for young ones.
Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies
… nor to anybody, even law enforcement, in the place where privacy-oblivious biometrics companies are forced to their knees: Illinois.
Police nab InfinityBlack hackers
Five alleged members of hacking group InfinityBlack got some unexpected visitors last week when Polish law enforcement arrested them.