Lily Hay Newman of Wired reports: Amid ever-increasing government Internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely. Nahoft, which means “hidden” in Farsi, is an encryption tool that turns up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a jumble [Read More…]
Danielle Kehl and Libbie Canter of Covington and Burling write: As COVID-19 vaccination becomes required in more personal and professional contexts, several different frameworks have emerged that propose both guiding principles and technical requirements for vaccine verification systems, including those developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Good [Read More…]
The Times of Israel reports: Belgium’s military intelligence service has concluded that a Belgian journalist and his wife were targeted by spyware built by the Israeli NSO Group, likely at the behest of the Rwandan government, according to reports in Belgian media. Le Soir and Knack, both part of the [Read More…]
Two potential class action lawsuits filed under the Washington Privacy Act caught my eye. Ford Motor Co. Accused of Violating Privacy Law by Storing Drivers Private Conversations and Releasing Them to Cops and a Private Company Anne Bradley-Smith reports: Ford Motor Company uses its infotainment system to secretly download and [Read More…]