Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. Of course, personalized in this context means leveraging extensive amounts of data collected on people.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2025

Run by a nonprofit and funded by donations, there are no ads, trackers, or data collection in Signal. Key features E2EE on messages, calls, and media Minimal data collection. Briar Briar is built for when traditional networks fail, or surveillance is everywhere.

Encryption 57

Encryption Data collection Backups Accountability 57

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2025

Run by a nonprofit and funded by donations, there are no ads, trackers, or data collection in Signal. Key features E2EE on messages, calls, and media Minimal data collection. Briar Briar is built for when traditional networks fail, or surveillance is everywhere.

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Encryption Data collection Backups Accountability 52

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article.

Passwords 106

Passwords Data breaches Password Management Identity Theft 106

Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article.

VPN 57

VPN Password Management Small Business Internet 57

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

Spreads via Impersonation of Official Email to Target Users in Taiwan Belgian prosecutor probes alleged Chinese hacking of intelligence service Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning Cybersecurity Trump 2.0

Cybercrime 63

Cybercrime Hacking Cryptocurrency Ransomware 63

Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

We see this already with certain partnerships, like Oura's collaboration with Essence Healthcare , where every Essence patient receives a free Oura Ring to track their health data and take that data to their doctor for medical assessment. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use

Government 75

Government Password Management Small Business Artificial Intelligence 75

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Two US Senators claim that the CIA has been running an unregulated — and almost certainly illegal — mass surveillance program on Americans. Some declassified information from the CIA. The senator’s statement. No real details yet.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article. Turn off Device Usage Data.

Password Management 75

Password Management Software Small Business Artificial Intelligence 75

Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2025

To work around this issue, the researcher manually examined the raw IMS signaling messages exchanged between the device and the network to extract the necessary information. Williams discovered unusually detailed IMS signaling messages during a call, revealing sensitive information. “ This is bad.

Mobile 75

Mobile Data collection Hacking Technology 75

Schneier on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users.

Surveillance 355

Surveillance Advertising Data collection 355

Schneier on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

Israel is using emergency surveillance powers to track people who may have COVID-19, joining China and Iran in using mass surveillance in this way. I believe pressure will increase to leverage existing corporate surveillance infrastructure for these purposes in the US and other countries. Expiration. Due Process.

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Surveillance Big data Data collection Government 273

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 27, 2020

These efforts are well-intentioned, but facial recognition bans are the wrong way to fight against modern surveillance. Focusing on one particular identification method misconstrues the nature of the surveillance society we're in the process of building. Ubiquitous mass surveillance is increasingly the norm.

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Surveillance Technology Data collection Internet 279

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The controversial collection of details on billions of American phone calls by the National Security Agency (NSA) was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court. Under the NSA program, information and metadata from calls placed by U.S. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Bush and Barack Obama. .

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Surveillance Data collection Government Cybersecurity 260

Schneier on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

Biometric and health data of workers collected through tools like wearables, fitness tracking apps, and biometric timekeeping systems as a part of employer- provided health care programs, workplace wellness, and digital tracking work shifts tools.

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Surveillance Data collection Technology Risk 215

Schneier on Security

JULY 23, 2021

A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. A growing market of data brokers that collect and sell data from countless apps has made it so that anyone with a bit of cash and effort can figure out which phone in a so-called anonymized dataset belongs to a target, and abuse that information.

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Surveillance Marketing Data collection 363

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

Health customs forms which transmit passport details, demographic information, and medical and travel history are also vulnerable. MY2022 is fairly straightforward about the types of data it collects from users in its public-facing documents.

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Surveillance Encryption Wireless Government 359

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Some of the specific information that the FTC was looking for included: How social media and video streaming services collect, use, track, estimate, or derive personal and demographic information. Whether they apply algorithms or data analytics to personal information. How their practices affect children and teens.

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Surveillance Media Data collection Advertising 123

Schneier on Security

JULY 12, 2023

No surprise, but Google just changed its privacy policy to reflect broader uses of all the surveillance data it has captured over the years: Research and development : Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Surveillance IoT Accountability Hacking 129

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Australia’s Defense Department announced that they will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms linked to the government of Beijing. Australia’s Defense Department is going to replace surveillance cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, who are linked to the government of Beijing.

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Surveillance Government Manufacturing Data collection 98

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

And if you read his 3,000-word post carefully, Zuckerberg says nothing about changing Facebook's surveillance capitalism business model. One of the hard things about evaluating Facebook is the effort needed to get good information about its business practices. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

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Surveillance Advertising Encryption Engineering 240

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

The Sunday Times reported that Russian intelligence agents have been sent to Ireland to gather detailed information on the undersea cables that connect Europe to North America. The data collected by the undersea cable would include content from online messages, browsing sessions, VOIP calls, and emails.

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Wireless Surveillance Telecommunications Advertising 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The code found in both apps allowed to gather device data, including model, MAC address, carrier information, and IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) number. The data collection code was found in the Baidu Push SDK, used to show real-time notifications inside both apps.

Data collection 120

Data collection Mobile Spyware Surveillance 120

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

German law enforcement agencies have been surveilling Tor network by operating their own servers for months. Research conducted by ARD’s Panorama and STRG_F revealed that data collected during surveillance is processed using statistical methods, effectively breaking Tor’s anonymity. ” reported the NDR.

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Surveillance Data collection Hacking Media 143

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Consumer groups assert that Meta is not adhering to various rules established by the European privacy regulation GDPR: Fair Processing (Article 5(1)(a)): Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently. Consumer groups claim that Meta’s data collection is unfair and lacks transparency.

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Data collection Surveillance Hacking Information Security 135

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 23, 2023

Furthermore, the concern doesn’t end over here, as it has the competence to expand, as smart TVs and laptops tend to operate in the same way, paving the way to Sonic Snooping aka snooping with sound.

Mobile 111

Mobile Surveillance Data collection Cyber threats 111

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Risk #1: Surveillance both from the State and surveillance capitalism. Digital solutions generally create the risk of law enforcement access to the data they collect. Capitalist surveillance particularly arose around the Quayside project because of the link to Alphabet and Google. Risk # 5: Data Monetization.

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Surveillance Data collection Data breaches Risk 89

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 20, 2024

In June, the Attorney General (AG) announced he had opened an investigation into several car manufacturers over allegations that the companies had improperly collected mass amounts of data about drivers directly from the vehicles and then sold the information to third parties.

Insurance 109

Insurance Accountability Data collection Surveillance 109

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. Some of the flaws, rated as ‘critical,’ could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to take full control of the vulnerable systems.

Hacking 111

Hacking Surveillance Data collection Advertising 111

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This agent gathers data about the user's actions, such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, application usage, and internet activity. The information is sent to a server for analysis. This data can be used to gauge turnover risk, assess the need for new positions, and evaluate employee productivity and workplace engagement.

Data collection 128

Data collection Surveillance Artificial Intelligence Risk 128

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s spying when governments do it through opaque, mass surveillance regimes, it’s spying when companies do it through shadowy data broker networks that braid together disparate streams of information, and it’s spying when private individuals do it through unseen behavior on personal devices.

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Surveillance Passwords Software Technology 127

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

Shoshana Zuboff lays out how and why control of online privacy has become a linchpin to the current state of wealth distribution in her 2019 New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power. It’s critical that they openly discuss these fundamental consumer rights.”.

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Data privacy Manufacturing Education Technology 196

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. The IT giant will pay $9.5

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Consumer Protection Surveillance Data collection Accountability 98

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

It also empowers business owners to easily see, understand and act on contextual intelligence using scoring frameworks proven to stop insider threats, prevent data loss, maximize software investments and protect the workforce, wherever they may be. The best solution protects sensitive information and employee privacy.

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Risk Social Engineering Surveillance Data collection 134

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued data broker Kochava for allegedly selling information that would allow for individuals’ whereabouts to be traced to sensitive locations. The information included location data from hundreds of millions of phones, including sensitive locations that could be tied to an individual.

Mobile 98

Mobile Advertising Surveillance Data collection 98

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a result, Nickel achieved long-term access to several targets, allowing the group to conduct activities such as regularly scheduled exfiltration of data. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed Nickel perform frequent and scheduled data collection and exfiltration from victim networks.

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Hacking Malware Surveillance Data collection 125