US Authorities Claim Phone Encryption Will Lead to Child Sex Abuse
Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams segued from one story about a locked phone to an ‘exponential’ rise in pedophilia.
North Korea Buys New German-Chinese Phone Spying Equipment
Mobile phone subscribers are purposefully told that the North Korean government has the ability to listen to their calls.
Police Raids in 19 Countries Take Down 60 Pirate Movie Servers
The US-led operation prompted arrests in the USA and Cyprus, whilst an alleged Norwegian conspirator remains at large.
Which Networks Profit from Secret SIMs?
Secret SIMs, also known as white SIMs or Russian SIMs, are marketed as if they can never be tracked or monitored by the police.
Human Error Blamed for Growing Number of Data Breaches
More data breaches are caused by mistakes than malware, says the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report.
Anti-China ‘Clean Network’ Program Is USA’s Wake-Up Call for the World
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is driving a wedge through the telecoms and tech industries, forcing everyone to pick sides.
Top Court Kills Another EU-US Data Privacy Deal but Authorities Are Likely to Ignore Consequences
Max Schrems won another case about EU-US arrangements for personal data but nobody expects EU authorities to take action.
Plenty of Call Blocking Apps, but Few Inter-Telco Calls Authenticated by STIR/SHAKEN Says FCC Report
Nuisance robocalls have fallen in the USA as billions of voice calls are now blocked automatically.
Activists File GDPR Complaint about A1 Telekom Austria
The burden on telcos to provide data to customers could be greatly increased if the activists who destroyed the US-EU data protection safe harbor succeed with their latest legal challenge.
Privacy Breach at Virtual Telecoms Conference
Delegates of the Virtual ITW conference were warned their profile information, including their messages, could be accessed by other users if personalized hyperlinks had been forwarded to them.