EFF Blasts DEA in Ongoing Secret ‘Super Search Engine’ Lawsuit
EFF is dismayed by the cavalier attitude by law enforcement over warrantless searches of trillions of phone records and its refusal to turn over documents.
Privacy
Rule 41 Opponents Vow to Fight Government’s New Hacking Powers
Opponents of the controversial Rule 41 say they are committed to fighting the government’s expanded powers.
Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero Day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users
Mozilla released a new version of Firefox on Wednesday to address a zero day vulnerability that was actively being exploited to de-anonymize Tor Browser users.
The Tor Project has provided a browser update that patches a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild to de-anonymize Tor users.
PayPal fixed an issue that could have allowed an attacker to hijack OAuth tokens associated with any PayPal OAuth application.
Vulnerabilities in UberCENTRAL, a portal used by businesses to facilitate rides, could have leaked the names, phone numbers, email addresses, and unique IDs.
Security experts warn iPhone call history data may be synced to iCloud accounts without user knowledge, making personal phone records an easy target for a determined third-party.
A lobbying organization sent a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, asking him to support the expansion of strong encryption and reform government surveillance activities.
The FriendFinder Network has reportedly been hacked exposing 400 million user accounts of Adult FriendFinder, Penthouse.com and Stripshow.com.
Academics audited the popular end-to-end encryption app Signal and their findings are encouraging.
