In 2015, the FBI seized a Tor-hidden child-porn website known as Playpen and allowed it to run for 13 days so that the FBI could deploy malware in order to identify and prosecute the website’s users. That malware, known in FBI-speak as a « network investigative technique, » was authorized by a federal court in Virginia in February 2015.
Source : After FBI briefly ran Tor-hidden child-porn site, investigations went global | Ars Technica
Les gouvernements se réunissent jeudi 12 novembre à Genève pour débattre de l’avenir des « robots tueurs ». Amnesty International demande l’ouverture d’un processus formel de négociations en vue d’instaurer une interdiction au niveau mondial des robots tueurs létaux et à létalité réduite, à la fois sur les champs de bataille et lors des opérations de maintien de l’ordre. Voici 10 raisons qui rendent cette interdiction essentielle.
Source : 10 raisons pour lesquelles il faut interdire les «robots tueurs» | Amnesty International
Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, the majority of the world recoiled in horror. But individuals active within Gamergate – either a movement dedicated to harassing women and what the group calls Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) in the games industry and/or campaigning for better transparency and ethical standards within the media, depending on who you ask – had a different reaction. They used this tragedy to present a Gamergate critic, Canadian journalist Veerender Jubbal, as one of the Paris terrorists.
Les chances que vous mourriez en glissant dans votre salle de bain sont un millier de fois plus grandes que celles de mourir à cause du terrorisme.
Pavel Durov – Telegram
Source : Telegram, le service de communication privilégié de l’Etat islamique, ferme 78 comptes
The case for expanded surveillance of communications, however, is complicated by an analysis of recent terrorist attacks. The Intercept has reviewed 10 high-profile jihadi attacks carried out in Western countries between 2013 and 2015 (see below), and in each case some or all of the perpetrators were already known to the authorities before they executed their plot. In other words, most of the terrorists involved were not ghost operatives who sprang from nowhere to commit their crimes.
Source : From Paris to Boston, Terrorists Were Already Known to Authorities
A report that police cameras are shipping with Conficker.B preinstalled is testament to the worm’s relentlessness. It’s also troubling because the cameras can be crucial in criminal trials. If an attorney can prove that a camera is infected with malware, it’s plausible that the vulnerability could be grounds for the video it generated to be thrown out of court, or at least to create reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors. Infected cameras can also infect and badly bog down the networks of police forces, some of which still use outdated computers and ineffective security measures.
Source : Police body cams found pre-installed with notorious Conficker worm | Ars Technica
ISIS is known to use Telegram, an ephemeral messaging service created by Vkontakte creator Pavel Durov. Telegram allows for the creation of « channels » that can be used to broadcast messages and hold group conversations with up to 200 recipients.
Mercredi 11 novembre, la radio publique allemande Berlin-Brandebourg (RBB), apporte de nouveaux détails dans l’affaire d’espionnage qui embarrasse depuis plusieurs mois la chancellerie allemande. « Laurent Fabius a été mis sur écoute par le BND »
Source : Laurent Fabius aurait été espionné par les services secrets allemands
Android apps are more likely than iOS apps to share with a third party personally identifying information such as name (73% of Android apps vs. 16% of iOS apps) and email address (73% vs. 16%). For location data, including geo-coordinates, more iOS apps (47%) than Android apps (33%) share that data with a third party.
CEO Elon Musk, who considers safety a big selling point of Tesla cars, is not too pleased about that.
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