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A Hardware Privacy Monitor for iPhones

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cellphones, hardware, iphone, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Andrew “bunnie” Huang and Edward Snowden have designed a hardware device that attaches to an iPhone and monitors it for malicious surveillance activities, even in instances where the phone’s operating system has been compromised. They call it an Introspection Engine, and their use model is a journalist who is concerned about government surveillance: Our introspection … Read More “A Hardware Privacy Monitor for iPhones” »

iOS 11 Allows Users to Disable Touch ID

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apple, biometrics, ios, iphone, Security technology

A new feature in Apple’s new iPhone operating system — iOS 11 — will allow users to quickly disable Touch ID. A new setting, designed to automate emergency services calls, lets iPhone users tap the power button quickly five times to call 911. This doesn’t automatically dial the emergency services by default, but it brings … Read More “iOS 11 Allows Users to Disable Touch ID” »

The US Senate Is Using Signal

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android, backdoors, cryptowars, cybersecurity, iphone, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, signal

The US Senate just approved Signal for staff use. Signal is a secure messaging app with no backdoor, and no large corporate owner who can be pressured to install a backdoor. Susan Landau comments. Maybe I’m being optimistic, but I think we just won the Crypto War. A very important part of the US government … Read More “The US Senate Is Using Signal” »

Security Vulnerabilities in Mobile MAC Randomization

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academicpapers, android, cellphones, exploits, ios, iphone, Security technology

Interesting research: “A Study of MAC Address Randomization in Mobile Devices When it Fails“: Abstract: Media Access Control (MAC) address randomization is a privacy technique whereby mobile devices rotate through random hardware addresses in order to prevent observers from singling out their traffic or physical location from other nearby devices. Adoption of this technology, however, … Read More “Security Vulnerabilities in Mobile MAC Randomization” »

Recovering an iPhone 5c Passcode

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academicpapers, backdoors, encryption, fbi, ios, iphone, lies, passwords, Security technology

Remember the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone, and how the FBI maintained that they couldn’t get the encryption key without Apple providing them with a universal backdoor? Many of us computer-security experts said that they were wrong, and there were several possible techniques they could use. One of them was manually removing the flash chip from … Read More “Recovering an iPhone 5c Passcode” »

iPhone Zero-Day Used by UAE Government

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apple, cyberweapons, ios, iphone, patching, Security technology, uae, unitedarabemirates, vulnerabilities, zeroday

Last week, Apple issued a critical security patch for the iPhone: iOS 9.3.5. The incredible story is that this patch is the result of investigative work by Citizen Lab, which uncovered a zero-day exploit being used by the UAE government against a human rights defender. The UAE spyware was provided by the Israeli cyberweapons arms … Read More “iPhone Zero-Day Used by UAE Government” »

Samsung Television Spies on Viewers

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android, cellphones, databreaches, eavesdropping, essays, internetofthings, iphone, nationalsecuritypolicy, phones, privacy, samsung, Security technology, surveillance, television

Earlier this week, we learned that Samsung televisions are eavesdropping on their owners. If you have one of their Internet-connected smart TVs, you can turn on a voice command feature that saves you the trouble of finding the remote, pushing buttons and scrolling through menus. But making that feature work requires the television to listen … Read More “Samsung Television Spies on Viewers” »