Hackers hijack and publish mental health data of hundreds of people https://www.foreigner.fi/articulo/national/scandal-over-the-hijack-and-and-publication-of-private-mental-health-data/20201023121903008599.html
‘Dumb mistake’ exposed Iranian hand behind fake Proud Boys U.S. election emails – sources https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2772YL
Cybersecurity company finds hacker selling info on 186 million U.S. voters https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/cybersecurity-firm-finds-hacker-selling-info-148-million-u-s-n1244211
Police in all 50 states are using secret tools to break into locked phones — and they’re using them for cases as low-level as shoplifting, records show https://www.businessinsider.com/police-tools-crack-locked-smartphones-2020-10
Why Privacy – Not Surveillance – is Security https://digitalfreedomfund.org/why-privacy-not-surveillance-is-security/
Does Palantir See Too Much? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/21/magazine/palantir-alex-karp.html
Adblockers installed 300,000 times are malicious and should be removed now https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/popular-chromium-ad-blockers-caught-stealing-user-data-and-accessing-accounts/
The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/iphone-encryption-police.html
We Built a Database of Over 500 iPhones Cops Have Tried to Unlock https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ag5yj/unlock-apple-iphone-database-for-police
The encryption war is on again, and this time government has a new strategy https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-encryption-war-is-on-again-and-this-time-government-has-a-new-strategy/
Thailand protests: Authorities move to ban Telegram messaging app https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54598956
Combating abuse in Matrix – without backdoors. https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors
Three npm packages found opening shells on Linux, Windows systems https://www.zdnet.com/article/three-npm-packages-found-opening-shells-on-linux-windows-systems/
Thousands of infected IoT devices used in for-profit anonymity service https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/thousands-of-infected-iot-devices-used-in-for-profit-anonymity-service/
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