China’s Surveillance State Will Test The West https://www.noemamag.com/chinas-surveillance-state-will-test-the-west/
Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ cyber-attack on government websites https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/14/ukraine-massive-cyber-attack-government-websites-suspected-russian-hackers
Lawsuit aiming to break up Facebook group Meta can go ahead, US court rules https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/12/lawsuit-aiming-to-break-up-facebook-group-meta-can-go-ahead-us-court-rules
Austrian DSB: Use of Google Analytics violates “Schrems II” decision by CJEU https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-dsb-eu-us-data-transfers-google-analytics-illegal
AI unmasks anonymous chess players, posing privacy risks https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-unmasks-anonymous-chess-players-posing-privacy-risks
Pegasus used to target El Salvador activists, journalists https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/13/pegasus-spyware-used-to-target-el-salvador-activists-journalists-report
More Than Half of Voters Back a National Data Privacy Law https://morningconsult.com/2022/01/12/federal-data-privacy-legislation-polling/
Google Releases “disable 2g” Feature for New Android Smartphones https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/victory-google-releases-disable-2g-feature-new-android-smartphones
The FBI’s Honeypot Phones Were More Widely Distributed in the U.S. Than Previously Thought https://gizmodo.com/the-fbis-honeypot-phones-were-more-widely-distributed-i-1848345566
Apple’s Private Relay Roils Telecoms Around the World https://www.wired.com/story/icloud-private-relay-blocking/
No more force-fed cookies: Google and Facebook face data privacy fines https://www.verdict.co.uk/no-more-force-fed-cookies-google-and-facebook-face-data-privacy-fines/