Privacy & Intellectual Property
Android to Stop Man-in-the-Middle Attacks by Letting Enterprise Users Disable 2G Downgrades
Spies and scammers connect to phones and push them on to 2G connections to work around the security built into newer networks.
Serious Privacy Flaws Found in Comms System Used by Police and Other Key Services Worldwide
TETRA is an ETSI system for secure comms used in over half of all countries. Dutch researchers identified five vulnerabilities.
Facebook Censored Content whilst Hoping Government Would Make It Easier to Transfer Personal Data
Recently published emails show Nick Clegg, a top executive at Meta, questioned why Facebook removed some posts about COVID-19.
Is Enough Being Done to Counter the Privacy and Spam Threat Created by Global Title Leasing?
A GSMA code of conduct lists requirements that would curtail the abuse of Global Titles. But will bad actors take any notice?
Do Lawyers Need to Worry about IMSI-Catchers?
Sometimes it is worth asking whose privacy is being protected.
68 Academics Defend End-to-End Encryption in Broadside Against New UK Law
The privacy and cybersec experts were technically correct but ignored the key issue at the heart of the UK's Online Safety Bill.
Have EU Activists Smashed the US Anti-Spam Strategy? BICS, Proximus and Telesign Cited in Privacy Complaint
GDPR may not allow the sharing of data about calls using numbers belonging to EU citizens, even if the goal is to predict fraud.
EUR42K Fine to Orange Spain for Asking Two Instead of Three ID Questions of Social Engineering Fraudster
The telco was tricked into forwarding a customer's calls, leading to a debatable GDPR decision.
Now There Is a Rap Song about IMSI-Catchers
The discography of Marseille rapper AM La Scampia illustrates how criminality surrounding electronic comms could be normalized for young people.
Why Did UK Police Receive No Punishment for Unlawfully Recording 200,000 Calls?
The double standard in the application of the UK's data protection laws reflects the depth of institutionalized complacency.
EU Told to Broaden Inquiry from Phone Spyware to Mobile Comms Surveillance in General
“Spyware is the tip of the iceberg in mobile telecom surveillance,” said Rowland Corr of Enea.
Should Law Enforcement Be Able to Demand Data about Users of Any Phone in a Given Location?
A court case examined if 'geofence' warrants may be used to obtain data about trespassers in the US Capitol building.
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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