The fact that Congress allowed counterterrorism laws to lapse is an extraordinary moment in the story of the tensions between post-9/11 policies and privacy rights.
Month: May 2015
VIDEO: Security on GoPro cameras ‘too weak’
A security firm says it is too easy for criminals to take control of GoPro cameras, which could then be used to spy on their owners.
Letting the cyber-thieves get away
Police forces and security firms are changing the way they tackle cyber crime by going after infrastructure rather than individuals
Crypto flaws in Blockchain Android app sent bitcoins to the wrong address
Blockchain, one of the Internet’s most widely used Bitcoin wallets, has rushed out an update for its Android app after discovering critical cryptographic and programming flaws that can cause users to send digital coins to the wrong people with no warning.
Sally Beauty Says Malware Used at Point-of-Sale Systems
Sally Beauty Holdings said malware was used on some of its point-of-sale systems in March and April.
Encryption ‘key to free speech’
Encryption software that makes it hard to spy on what people do and say online is “essential” for free speech, says a UN report.
Bits Blog: A Primer on Android Pay and Google Wallet
Here is how Google’s new mobile payments products — Android Pay and Google Wallet — are set to work.
UN says encryption “necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom”
The United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner released a report Thursday heralding encryption, but it was wishy-washy when it came to government-mandated backdoors to undermine encryption.
The report said:
Encryption and anonymity, and the security concepts behind them, provide the privacy and security necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age. Such security may be essential for the exercise of other rights, including economic rights, privacy, due process, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and the right to life and bodily integrity.
This isn’t the first time the UN weighed in on the digital age. In 2011, it declared Internet access a human right.
Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Says Company Must Weigh Encryption Limits
Microsoft’s top lawyer said the company might go along with a potential British law limiting the use of encryption.
How did my dad’s Uber account get hacked?
The weird circular joyrides of a hijacked Uber account.