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Apple Makes It Harder for Police to Access Your Push Notifications
Apple says it now requires a judge’s consent before it will hand over your push notification data to law enforcement or government officials, according to an update of Apple’s Legal Process Guidelines on Tuesday. Senator Ron Wyden wrote a letter to the Department of Justice last week accusing foreign governments of spying on Americans through…
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Facebook Is Dodging Questions About Surveillance of Users Seeking Abortions
A group of data journalists have uncovered evidence that Facebook is collecting sensitive personal information about people who visit the websites of so-called crisis pregnancy centres — clinics that are notoriously dedicated to pressuring people out of getting abortions while aping healthcare providers that do offer them.
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A Hacker Gang’s Alleged Members Are in Jail. It’s Still Stealing Data.
London police announced Friday that two teenagers had been charged with hacking crimes in connection to LAPSUS$, a cybercriminal gang that has managed to breach some of the biggest tech companies in the world over the past few months. Far from disintegrating in a leadership vacuum, though, the gang has continued to make digital mayhem…
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ID.me’s Remaining Federal Contracts Are in Danger
The Internal Revenue Services’ surprise decision last week to abandon ID.me’s facial recognition verification system has ushered in renewed scrutiny of a handful of federal agencies and 27 states that are still using the embattled company’s identity verification services.