Spyware and Pegasus: How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
Writing for the New Yorker, Ronan Farrow reports on Pegasus, "a spyware technology designed by NSO Group, an Israeli firm, which can extract the contents of a phone, giving access to its texts and photographs, or activate its camera and microphone to.....»»
Indian Supreme Court Orders Inquiry Into State"s Use of Pegasus Spyware
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: India's supreme court has ordered an independent inquiry into whether the government used the surveillance software Pegasus to spy illegally on journalists, activists and political opponents. The.....»»
This exec was central to banning Trump on Twitter. Now she"s facing thorny issues in democracies abroad
Two months after former US President Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde was asked how she felt about his proposition that he might not have won the White House without the social media platform......»»
APIs: The first-class citizens of business
The importance of having an explicit enterprise API management strategy plus an internal API program that puts that strategy into action......»»
Industry watch: How to estimate added value of enterprises
GDP is an important criteria to measure a country's income and social structure. GDP is the concept of added value. The total amount of GDP is equivalent to the total added value created by all citizens of that country. We can roughly come up with co.....»»
A Newspaper Informed Missouri About a Website Flaw. The Governor Accused it of "Hacking"
On Thursday, Gov. Michael Parson (R) called a news conference to warn his state's citizens about a nefarious plot against a teachers' database by a reporter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. From a report: "Through a multistep process," Parson said w.....»»
Why the United States dominates the Nobels
No fewer than eight of this year's 13 Nobel winners were American citizens, extending a historic trend tied to the strength of US academia and its ability to attract top world talent......»»
Google Pulls "Stalkerware" Ads That Promoted Phone Spying Apps
Google has pulled several "stalkerware" ads that violated its policies by promoting apps that encouraged prospective users to spy on their spouses' phone. From a report: These consumer-grade spyware apps are often marketed to parents wishing to monit.....»»
European Parliament opposes "mass surveillance," calls for a ban on facial recognition tech in public
European Parliament (EP) MEPs have officially called for a "permanent ban" on the use of automated facial recognition technologies in "public spaces." European citizens, they say, should only be monitored when they're a suspect of a crime. "Predictiv.....»»
An open-source smartphone application to monitor drying events in river networks
Citizens can play a major role in helping scientists to understand drying river networks, by reporting drying events in rivers and streams. To do so, DRYvER has created the DRYRivERS app, which citizens can use to map drying events. The collected da.....»»
Speak more Spanish in public, urge scholars, to combat stigma in US
In 2018, a Montana border patrol agent asked two U.S. citizens in a grocery store parking lot for their government IDs. "I saw that you guys were speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," he reportedly told them. A week later in New York,.....»»
The consequences of gender-coding of place and occupation in collaboration processes
In Europe, one-third of cities are affected by population decline, leading to financially demanding situations. How do municipalities ensure welfare and safety for citizens, at the same time as acting for more efficient use of municipal resources? A.....»»
It’s not easy to control police use of tech—even with a law
A key backer of a 2018 Oakland law says the city is not following the rules. Enlarge (credit: Roy Rochlin | Getty Images) In 2018, Oakland enacted an innovative law giving citizens a voice in police use of surveillance technology. The Electro.....»»
New heat exposure model can protect citizens
Increasingly extreme heat threatens the health and comfort of city dwellers. That's why researchers from the University of Georgia have developed a new dynamic heat exposure index that captures varying heat exposure within urban environments......»»
Why global voter turnout has been in decline since the 1960s
Any democratic nation in the world holding a legislative or presidential election in the late 1960s could expect around 77% of its citizens to turn up to vote. These days, they can expect more like 67% – a decline that is both problematic and puzzl.....»»
Crew Dragon has flown four more people—all private citizens—into space
SpaceX promised to make spaceflight available to the masses. This is a good start. Enlarge / The Crew Dragon spacecraft separates from the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket. (credit: SpaceX) 8:30pm ET Wednesday update: As the Sun set over the.....»»
Apple patches “FORCEDENTRY” zero-day exploited by Pegasus spyware
Zero-click flaw has been exploited by NSO since at least February 2021. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Apple has released several security updates this week to patch a "FORCEDENTRY" vulnerability on iOS devices. The "zero-click.....»»
Apple issues emergency updates to fix major "zero-click vulnerability" in all of its operating systems
On Monday, Apple pushed out emergency updates for iOS, watchOS, and macOS. The security patches were issued in response to a massive exploit that allowed the operating systems to be infected with spyware without interaction from the user......»»
Pegasus and BlastDoor are why you need to update your Apple devices immediately
Two major security vulnerabilities are why you need to update your Apple devices immediately......»»
Apple issues urgent iPhone software update to address critical spyware vulnerability
Apple has updated its software for iPhones to address a critical vulnerability that independent researchers say has been exploited by notorious surveillance software to spy on a Saudi activist......»»
SpaceX to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens on board, as Elon Musk's company enters the space tourism fray......»»