January 2019

Lawyer sues Apple, claims FaceTime bug “allowed” recording of deposition (Ars Technica)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 10:49

Apple prevents Facebook from offering research app that could monitor online activity

Apple announced that Facebook violated an agreement by distributing a data-collecting app to consumers, bypassing Apple’s normal review for an app intended for the public. Apple said it is cutting off Facebook’s ability to offer the app to consumers. The announcement comes after the revelation that Facebook has been paying some users (aged 13-35) $20 per month to install a research app on their phones that can collect intimate information about their online behavior and communications.

Analysis: Why are so many African leaders shutting off the Internet in 2019? (Washington Post)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 10:27

Op-Ed: Media's Fatal Flaw: Ignoring the Mistakes of Newspapers (Wired)

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 10:13

Daily Digest 1/30/2019

Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 10:12

United Arab Emirates Used Super-Weapon to Spy on iPhones of Foes (Reuters)

Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 08:54

Daily Digest 1/30/2019

Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 08:54

Daily Digest 1/30/2019 (-18 Degrees at the Home Office)

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Can party affiliations predict the outcome of Mozilla v. FCC?

Some may be tempted to predict judicial outcomes by looking at the party of the judges and the President who nominated them. The panel scheduled to hear Mozilla v. Federal Communications Commission in the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit features judges who have both ruled for and against administrative agencies. The panel includes Senior Circuit Judge Stephen Williams (appointed by President Reagan) who issued a blistering 68-page dissent against the FCC’s Open Internet Order in 2015.

Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them

Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August.

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