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Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Posted on By infossl
china, eavesdropping, essays, iphone, nationalsecuritypolicy, phones, russia, Security technology

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump’s personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should surprise no one. Security experts have been talking about the potential security vulnerabilities in Trump’s cell phone use since he … Read More “Cell Phone Security and Heads of State” »

Facebook Is Using Your Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number to Target Advertising

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academicpapers, adware, authentication, email, facebook, phones, privacy, Security technology, socialmedia

From Kashmir Hill: Facebook is not content to use the contact information you willingly put into your Facebook profile for advertising. It is also using contact information you handed over for security purposes and contact information you didn’t hand over at all, but that was collected from other people’s contact books, a hidden layer of … Read More “Facebook Is Using Your Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number to Target Advertising” »

Using a Smartphone’s Microphone and Speakers to Eavesdrop on Passwords

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authentication, cellphones, hacking, passwords, phones, Security technology, sidechannelattacks

It’s amazing that this is even possible: “SonarSnoop: Active Acoustic Side-Channel Attacks“: Abstract: We report the first active acoustic side-channel attack. Speakers are used to emit human inaudible acoustic signals and the echo is recorded via microphones, turning the acoustic system of a smart phone into a sonar system. The echo signal can be used … Read More “Using a Smartphone’s Microphone and Speakers to Eavesdrop on Passwords” »

Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking

Posted on By infossl
android, google, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, tracking

Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you’ve been. Google’s support page on the subject states: “You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.” That isn’t true. Even with … Read More “Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking” »

Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government

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apple, cellphones, dhs, fbi, iphone, israel, locks, phones, Security technology

Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that’s become the U.S. government’s company of choice when it comes to unlocking mobile devices, is this month telling customers its engineers currently have the ability to get around the security of devices running iOS 11. … Read More “Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government” »

Tamper-Detection App for Android

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android, edwardsnowden, phones, Security technology, securitymonitoring, tamperdetection

Edward Snowden and Nathan Freitas have created an Android app that detects when it’s being tampered with. The basic idea is to put the app on a second phone and put the app on or near something important, like your laptop. The app can then text you — and also record audio and video — … Read More “Tamper-Detection App for Android” »