Passkeys (Passkey Authentication)
2023-05-04 · Fidoalliance.org 13 min Accelerating the Availability of Simpler, Stronger Passwordless Sign-Ins FAQ's ResourcesThis graphic is a genericized representation of what the user experience may be.Passkeys/ˈpasˌkēs/nounBased on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster

An explainer on SMS, 30 years down the line
2023-04-14 · Privacyinternational.org 8 min What is SMSSMS - or Short Messaging Service - refers to the widespread messaging service that virtually any of us will be familiar with. This refers to the first form of texting available on mobile phones, which makes use of cellular phone service - not to be confused with more m

Privacy Friendly Apps improved privacy protection on the smartphone
2023-03-24 · Secuso.aifb.kit.edu 4 min We use our smartphone for private conversations, store our contacts and organise our meetings with it. The access to all this sensitive data is handled with the so-called permissions. It means, for example, that each app that requires the smartphone camera needs to get the corres

Executive Summary | Independent Report on E voting in Estonia
2023-03-09 · Estoniaevoting.org 6 min See also: Full peer-reviewed paper This report was prepared in May 2014 by an independent group of international experts with experience of analyzing e-voting systems around the world. The team performed a security evaluation of Estonia’s Internet-based e-voting system. Estonia

What's (still) wrong with Estonian e voting?
2023-03-09 · Gafgaf.infoaed.ee 26 min March 5, 2023 Estonia spouts official and binding electronic elections since 2005 and it has been a controversial yet an interesting journey. The building blocks of initial system have been replaced, but the lure of trusting operational security instead of democratic oversight i

Signal CEO: We “1,000% won’t participate” in UK law to weaken encryption
2023-03-01 · Arstechnica.com 5 min Enlarge / Signal app on a phone. Getty Images The nonprofit responsible for the Signal messenger app is prepared to exit the UK if the country requires providers of encrypted communications to alter their products to ensure user messages are free of material that’s harmful to c

VW WOULDN'T HELP FIND KIDNAPPED CHILD BECAUSE HIS MOTHER WASN'T PAYING FOR FIND MY CAR SUBSCRIPTION
2023-02-28 · Pluralistic.net 9 min Today's links VW wouldn't help find kidnapped child because his mother wasn't paying for find-my-car subscription: All the harms of surveillance, none of the benefits. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 Colophon: Recent publicati

LastPass breach: Hacker accessed corporate vault by compromising senior developer’s home PC Help Net Security
2023-02-28 · Helpnetsecurity.com 2 min LastPass is, once again, telling customers about a security incident related to the August 2022 breach of its development environment and subsequent unauthorized access to the company’s third-party cloud storage service that hosted backups: “The threat actor leveraged informa

‘All we have had is losses’: Royal Mail dismisses ‘absurd’ $80m ransom demand
2023-02-16 · Theguardian.com 2 min Royal Mail rejected an “absurd” ransom demand for $80m (£67m) from hackers linked to Russia, according to transcripts that offer a rare glimpse into negotiations when companies are hit by a ransomware cyberattack.The delivery company has been battling a ransomware attack sin