A survey by BlackBerry Secure Communications found that 98% of security decision-makers in government and critical infrastructure across the US, UK, Canada, and Singapore use foreign-hosted platforms not designed for confidential communications.
Legislation that would provide a 10-day extension for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been approved by the House, representing a setback for President Donald Trump and House GOP leaders, who had sought an 18-month renewal, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Section 702 allows agencies like the NSA and CIA to monitor foreign communications, but this process can sweep up data from U.S. citizens who communicate with targets abroad.
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A sprawling advertising-based surveillance apparatus known as Webloc, capable of tracking the historical movements of up to half a billion mobile devices, has been linked to law enforcement and intelligence agencies across Hungary, El Salvador, and numerous U.S. jurisdictions, according to an investigation by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, according to The Hacker News.
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