Multiple governments have been warned by the Business Software Alliance, The App Association, and dozens of other technology and trade organizations that granting law enforcement access to encrypted data would weaken the digital protections that support modern commerce and user privacy, according to CyberScoop.
TechCrunch reports that Protei, a Russian surveillance technology provider that counts Mexico, Italy, Bahrain, and Pakistan among its clients, had its website momentarily defaced and nearly 182 GB of data pilfered following a cyberattack earlier this month.
Multiple Democratic-led states have been urged by a group of lawmakers from the same party to follow the lead of Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Washington state in blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement's access to their drivers' information, which could be weaponized in the Trump administration's mass deportation program, reports Reuters.
Government spyware, long justified as a tool for targeting serious criminals, is being systematically abused to surveil journalists, activists, and political opponents on a widespread scale, according TechCrunch.
Mozilla is rolling out expanded anti-fingerprinting defenses in Firefox 145, debuting first in Private Browsing Mode and in Enhanced Tracking Protection's Strict setting, BleepingComputer reports.
Three new data privacy draft bills have been passed by the California Privacy Protection Agency following Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent enactment of a law that eases consumer data sharing opt-outs from web browsers.
