“In order to ensure the government is added to the conversation in secret, GCHQ’s proposal would require messaging apps, service providers, and operating systems to change their software so that it would 1) change the encryption schemes used, and/or 2) mislead users by suppressing the notifications that routinely appear when a new communicant joins a chat.”
Source : Apple and WhatsApp condemn GCHQ plans to eavesdrop on encrypted chats | UK news | The Guardian
“Ce sera une première en France. Lundi 18 février, le maire Les Républicains (LR) de Nice, Christian Estrosi, a annoncé lors d’une conférence de presse que sa municipalité allait tester un système de reconnaissance faciale sur la voie publique via ses caméras de vidéosurveillance. Le test va durer deux jours dans une partie de l’enceinte du carnaval de Nice, dont la 135e édition a commencé samedi. Il concerne exclusivement des personnes volontaires.L’expérimentation permettra de tester différents scénarios, comme celui d’un enfant perdu dans la foule, d’une personne âgée vulnérable elle aussi égarée ou encore d’une personne dite « d’intérêt », c’est-à-dire recherchée, en utilisant six caméras de vidéosurveillance positionnées sur le périmètre de test.”
Source : Nice va tester la reconnaissance faciale sur la voie publique
“Le système d’alarme de la firme, destiné au grand public, se compose de capteurs de mouvements, d’un clavier et d’une enceinte liés à une application. Mais la société californienne a également révélé la présence d’un microphone, activé récemment pour transformer l’appareil en enceinte connectée. Alors que le produit est disponible à la vente depuis novembre 2017, la société n’en avait jamais parlé.”
“Le groupe vient de signer, discrètement, un accord avec Huawei qui s’occupera désormais du cloud des clients français de l’opérateur. Les services secrets, qui notaient la proximité entre la firme et Pékin, s’étranglent : les données des clients iront directement sur les serveurs chinois. L’opérateur nuance : cela ne concerne pas les entreprises, et, toujours selon le Canard, c’est à cause de Free, « si on veut rester compétitifs sans licencier, il faut bien qu’on noue des alliances avec les acteurs les moins chers du marché » se plaignait un cadre de l’opérateur.”
Source : Orange et Huawei : une amitié à géographie variable – Cyberguerre
“Chinese hackers are breaching Navy contractors to steal everything from ship-maintenance data to missile plans, officials and experts said, triggering a top-to-bottom review of cyber vulnerabilities. A series of incidents in the past 18 months has pointed out the service’s weaknesses, highlighting what some officials have described as some of the most debilitating cyber campaigns linked to Beijing. Cyberattacks affect all branches of the armed forces but contractors for the Navy and the Air Force are viewed as choice targets for hackers seeking advanced military technology, officials said.”
“Recently, a patent application from Amazon became public that would pair face surveillance — like Rekognition, the product that the company is aggressively marketing to police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — with Ring, a doorbell camera company that Amazon bought earlier this year.”
“This isn’t a kind of fluffy charity providing free services. It’s is a very hard-headed international business and these big tech companies are essentially the world’s biggest global advertisers, that’s where they make their billions. […] these big companies, particularly where there are monopolies, can’t frankly reform themselves. It will have to come from outside.”
Source : Facebook could threaten democracy, says former GCHQ boss – BBC News
“More than 200 manufacturers, including Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, Mitsubishi and U.S.-listed electric vehicle start-up NIO, transmit position information and dozens of other data points to government-backed monitoring centers, The Associated Press has found. Generally, it happens without car owners’ knowledge.”
Source : In China, Your Car Could Be Talking to the Government – The New York Times
“The move follows Australia’s decision to ban Huawei from supplying 5G equipment over concerns it could facilitate Chinese spying, and its barring from some U.S. government contracts on national security grounds. Germany, which lacks a telecoms hardware industry of its own, is keener to maintain its traditionally close trade and investment ties with Beijing without compromising on its own cyber-security, say officials.”
Source : Exclusive: China’s Huawei opens up to German scrutiny ahead of 5G auctions | Reuters
“The social credit system, which is being built on the principle of “once untrustworthy, always restricted”, will encourage government bodies to share more information about individual and business misdeeds in order to coordinate punishments and rewards.”
Source : Beijing pioneering citizens’ ‘points’ system critics brand ‘Orwellian’ | Reuters
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