Privacy & Intellectual Property
Police Take Down Pirate Streaming App with 100mn Users
Mobdro was believed to have been the most downloaded pirate streaming app in the world.
Why Are 74% of Operators Still Vulnerable to Signaling Attacks?
Brendan Cleary, CEO of Cellusys, told the RAG TV audience about security weaknesses that put all phone users at risk.
Telenor Opposes Myanmar Cybersecurity Bill; Defends Human Rights
Telenor Group CEO Sigve Brekke explained why the leading operator in Myanmar 'strongly objects' to draconian new laws.
Anti-Spam Webinars Share Emails of All 1,693 Participants
Email addresses for every registration to the SIP Forum's SIPNOC 2020 webinars were added to a list that could be seen by anyone.
Protecting Online Identities in a Chaotic World
Author and analyst Edward Finegold discussed the evolving challenges surrounding digital identities and the revenues they generate for episode 4 of the current season of RAG TV.
US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector
Residents of Portland can demand $1,000 in damages for each day their new rights are violated. The impact will extend beyond Portland.
Zoom Employee Charged with Sabotaging Meetings about Tiananmen Square Massacre
Xinjiang Jin was hired to assist Chinese law enforcement but faked evidence of users supporting terrorism and child pornography.
Activists File Privacy Complaints Over Apple’s User Tracking Codes
Apple's identifier for advertisers (IDFA) may have violated the EU rules that also require user consent for non-essential cookies.
Police Seize Servers and Block Website of Pirates Who Sold 20,000 Streaming Multimedia Devices
EUR1.9mn was made by pirates using a Swiss company to sell devices that connected to video servers in several European countries.
Zoom ‘Undermined’ Security of Users; Settles with FTC
The video conferencing service often boasted about end-to-end 256-bit encryption which was neither end-to-end nor 256-bit.
US Phone Spying: Integrity Does Not Switch On and Off
If the US expects to take the moral high ground on matters of telecoms security, then it would help if they had a leader with some integrity.
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.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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