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UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption

Posted on By infossl
child pornography, children, crypto wars, cybersecurity, encryption, marketing, privacy, propaganda, Security technology, Uncategorized

Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of the children!” rhetoric we’re seeing in this current wave of the crypto wars. The technical eavesdropping mechanisms have shifted to client-side scanning, which won’t actually help … Read More “UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption” »

Banning Surveillance-Based Advertising

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marketing, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: “Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising.” From the Introduction: The challenges caused and entrenched by surveillance-based advertising include, but are not limited to: privacy and data protection infringements opaque business models manipulation and discrimination at scale fraud and other criminal activity serious security risks In the … Read More “Banning Surveillance-Based Advertising” »

Companies that Scrape Your Email

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apple, datamining, email, espionage, marketing, Security technology, surveillance

Motherboard has a long article on apps — Edison, Slice, and Cleanfox — that spy on your email by scraping your screen, and then sell that information to others: Some of the companies listed in the J.P. Morgan document sell data sourced from “personal inboxes,” the document adds. A spokesperson for J.P. Morgan Research, the … Read More “Companies that Scrape Your Email” »

Regulating International Trade in Commercial Spyware

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marketing, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance

Siena Anstis, Ronald J. Deibert, and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab published an editorial calling for regulating the international trade in commercial surveillance systems until we can figure out how to curb human rights abuses. Any regime of rigorous human rights safeguards that would make a meaningful change to this marketplace would require many elements, … Read More “Regulating International Trade in Commercial Spyware” »

Security Breaches Don’t Affect Stock Price

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, breaches, disclosure, marketing, Security technology

Interesting research: “Long-term market implications of data breaches, not,” by Russell Lange and Eric W. Burger. Abstract: This report assesses the impact disclosure of data breaches has on the total returns and volatility of the affected companies’ stock, with a focus on the results relative to the performance of the firms’ peer industries, as represented … Read More “Security Breaches Don’t Affect Stock Price” »

Websites Grabbing User-Form Data Before It’s Submitted

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internetofthings, marketing, privacy, Security technology, sensors, surveillance, webprivacy

Websites are sending information prematurely: …we discovered NaviStone’s code on sites run by Acurian, Quicken Loans, a continuing education center, a clothing store for plus-sized women, and a host of other retailers. Using Javascript, those sites were transmitting information from people as soon as they typed or auto-filled it into an online form. That way, … Read More “Websites Grabbing User-Form Data Before It’s Submitted” »