Thursday, May 6, 2021 | By Alexis Hancock – Electronic Frontier Foundation | We are launching a new Privacy Breakdown of Mobile Phones “playlist” on Surveillance Self-Defense, EFF’s online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. This guided tour walks through the ways your phone communicates with the world, how […]
Wed. April 21, 2021 | By Dan Goodin | ARS Technica | Widely used forensic software can be exploited to infect investigators’ computers. For years, Israeli digital forensics firm Cellebrite has helped governments and police around the world break into confiscated mobile phones, mostly by exploiting vulnerabilities that went overlooked by device manufacturers. Now, Moxie […]
Wed. April 14, 2021 | By Liam Tung – ZDNet | AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have killed off the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), a joint venture created in 2019 to bring Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging to Android devices. News of the CCMI’s demise comes from telco-focused website Light Reading, to which Verizon confirmed […]
Tues. March 2, 2021 | By Samantha Murphy Kelly – CNN Business | For years, artificial cacti have lined the sandy roadsides of North Scottsdale, Arizona. They look real at first glance but tucked inside are antennas and radio equipment that provide 4G LTE wireless connectivity to the area. Large concealment structures like this, which […]
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | By Ripon Advance News Service – The Ripon Advance | Legislation introduced on Feb. 25 by U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) would expedite law enforcement’s help in locating missing persons during emergency situations by requiring cell phone carriers to provide them with limited […]
