Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak. The investigation by the Guardian and 16 other media organisations suggests widespread and continuing abuse of NSO’s hacking spyware, Pegasus,weiterlesen

Glenn Fleishman sprach mit Will Strafach – diesem Will Strafach – über sein iOS-Firewall-Startup. Windows and Mac users can install firewalls and anti-malware software that, in addition to handling more nefarious stuff, also block apps and traffic known to siphon user data off for unwanted purposes. Browser plug-ins such as Ghostery, 1Blocker, and many others canweiterlesen

Since 2016, Facebook has been paying users ages 13 to 35 up to $20 per month plus referral fees to sell their privacy by installing the iOS or Android “Facebook Research” app. Facebook even asked users to screenshot their Amazon order history page. The program is administered through beta testing services Applause, BetaBound and uTestweiterlesen

In February 2014, Facebook purchased the messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion. The acquisition price was staggering for an app that made little money and was largely popular outside the United States. Now, newly published confidential Facebook emails and charts show exactly why CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a small fortune for the messaging app. Forweiterlesen

Earlier this month, Apple officials informed Facebook that the app violated new rules outlined in June designed to limit data collection by app developers, the person familiar with the situation said. Apple informed Facebook that Onavo also violated a part of its developer agreement that prevents apps from using data in ways that go beyondweiterlesen

Nachdem die Facebook-App unter dem Menüpunkt „Protect“ seine Schnüffler-Software „Onavo VPN Security“ verlinkt, hat sich der Sicherheitsforscher Will Strafach die Datenpakete angeschaut (soweit das möglich ist). I found that Onavo Protect uses a Packet Tunnel Provider app extension, which should consistently run for as long as the VPN is connected, in order to periodically sendweiterlesen

100 Tage überlebte der LinkedIn-Dienst Intro, die 'Man-in-the-Middle'-Attacke auf eure iPhone-E-Mails. Produkt-Fokus gibt das Netzwerk für Geschäftskontakte als Begründung an. Schon die geringe Laufzeit verrät, dass das natürlich Quatsch ist. Andererseits fühlen sich drei Monate jedoch auch sehr lange an wenn man vermutet das Apple seinem Partner für die laxe Verwendung der iOS-Profile hier aufweiterlesen

Im letzten Oktober bezahlte Facebook 120 Millionen US-Dollar für Onavo. Jetzt zieht das Start-up aus Israel seine Insight-Berichte, entstanden aus den umfangreichen Nutzerdaten, die nach der Installation des Profils wirklich alles festhielten was über die iPhone-Datenleitung schubberte, aus dem Netz. Shortly after announcing its acquisition by Facebook, Onavo discontinued its public Insights service. Then, withoutweiterlesen