Russian engineer on trial for stealing secrets of ASML, TSMC and NXP — collected data to build a semiconductor factory
Engineer German A. is accused of secretly supplying confidential technical information from ASML, NXP and TSMC to Russia and receiving illegal income for this.
Xiaomi, TikTok, Temu and other Chinese companies face complaints about privacy violations in the EU
The Austrian human rights organization NOYB has filed the first complaints about GDPR violations by Chinese companies. The organization has filed complaints against TikTok, Xiaomi, Shein, AliExpress, Temu, and WeChat, claiming that these companies illegally transferred information about European users to parties in China.
«Private conversations and sex sounds»: Apple to pay $95 million for «unintentional» Siri spying on users
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing Siri of recording users’ confidential conversations.
A third of adults do not know how to delete data from a device, and 23% of young people simply do not care, — survey
The latest survey from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has revealed a worrying trend — a significant number of adults don’t know how to delete personal data from an old device, while some of the younger generation simply don’t think such measures are important.
Apple is sued for $1.2 billion for unfulfilled promises
Apple was sued for failing to implement tools to detect child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) in iCloud. The company had announced plans to scan iCloud for CSAM materials, but later abandoned them.
Modified Meta Ray-Ban glasses find all the data of a stranger behind the rim
Two students used Meta smart glasses to quickly identify any stranger on the street.
Apple is the leader among the companies that most often transfer user data to government agencies
Over the past 10 years, the number of law enforcement requests for user data supported by Apple has increased by 500%.
The Ministry of Defense has announced «secure» phones for the Armed Forces — with a military analog of the App Store and Google Play
The military will be able to use only specially tested applications.
Google Gemini artificial intelligence snooped through a user’s file without permission
Artificial intelligence in the form of assistant programs on computers and smartphones raises natural security concerns. Google Gemini seems to be reading user files even if it is prohibited.
Microsoft is tracking sex toy users — a lawsuit has been filed in the US
A woman is suing Microsoft and two major sex toy retailers in the United States. She claims that their websites track users without their consent, despite promises not to do so. In the complaint, San Francisco resident Stella Tatola claims that Babeland and Good Vibrations, both owned by Barnaby Ltd. LLC, allowed Microsoft to see what visitors to…
The European Union wants to scan all messages on the Internet, even encrypted ones — the law will be considered on June 20
The European Union is moving closer to adopting new rules that would require mass scanning of digital communications, including encrypted ones. On Thursday, EU governments will adopt a common position on a proposed draft law aimed at identifying child sexual abuse content. The vote will determine whether the proposal will have enough support to…
Slack collects data for AI training without warning, and you need to send an email to opt out
Users of Salesforce’s popular Slack messenger noticed that the service uses messages and files to train AI. Information about this is contained in a confusing privacy policy — and users have to write to the company themselves.
Apple’s iOS 17.5 bug restores nuances deleted from iPhone years ago
Apple’s iOS 17.5 update was quite significant and brought the ability to download third-party apps for EU users. However, it introduces a strange bug — old photos appear years after they were deleted from the iPhone. The problem seems to have appeared after users updated to iOS 17.5 earlier this week. The issue raises questions about…
Google has changed its mind — cookies in the Chrome browser will not be disabled until at least 2025
Google has postponed its plan to phase out cookies for all Chrome users. Just a few months ago, the search giant planned to stop using third-party cookies by mid-2024. But now Google has postponed this step until at least 2025.
LGBTQ+ dating service Grindr is accused of selling confidential user data to advertisers
A class-action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating and hookup app Grindr claims that thousands of users’ data in the UK, including their HIV status, has been shared with third parties. The lawsuit, filed on Monday by British law firm Austen Hays, accuses Grindr of violating British data protection laws by sharing sensitive information with third…
OpenAI investor: TikTok — is «programmable fentanyl» Chinese communists to manipulate Americans
TikTok should be seen as «another kind of heavy Chinese weapon», says billionaire Vinod Khosla, who was one of the early sponsors of OpenAI.
Settlement agreement for $5 billion: Google to delete Chrome data collected in privacy mode
Google has agreed to destroy or anonymize web browsing data records collected in Chrome’s privacy mode. The proposed settlement agreement in Brown v. Google would also require the company to provide greater disclosure about how it collects data in this mode and set limits on future data collection.
US authorities demand that Google disclose the identities of viewers of certain YouTube videos
The US federal government requested from Google the names, addresses, phone numbers, and activities of account users who watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023. People who watched these videos without logging in were also not safe, as the government also requested their IP addresses. Investigators are demanding that…
Musk has activated calls to X by default — now your IP address is visible to everyone. How to turn it off?
In his quest to turn the simple and functional Twitter program into an app for everything called X, Elon Musk launched audio and video calls in social networks as standard — but there is a nuance.
Joe Biden bans selling personal data of Americans to russia and China
The US President has signed an executive order banning the bulk sale of Americans’ geolocation, genomic, financial, and medical data to «countries of concern» — including russia and China.
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