New encryption law to force australian citizens to hand over computer passwords and mobile pins - or face $60,000 or five years in prison

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213007/Police-want-mobile-laptop-passwords-jailed-refusing.html

#australia #gov

ESET has discovered first UEFI rootkit in the wild.

https://www.techspot.com/news/76651-eset-has-discovered-first-uefi-rootkit-wild.html

#linux

Chinese police are stopping people randomly and forcing them to install spyware on their phones

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/194353/police-forcing-me-to-install-jingwang-spyware-app-how-to-minimize-impact

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingwang_Weishi

https://www.opentech.fund/news/app-targeting-uyghur-population-censors-content-lacks-basic-security

https://mashable.com/2017/07/21/china-spyware-xinjiang

#china #spyware #gov

Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking

https://www.wired.com/story/mobile-websites-can-tap-into-your-phones-sensors-without-asking

https://sensor-js.xyz

#sensors #web

https://betanews.com/2018/09/29/tim-berners-lee-solid/

#web #solid

MicroG pack installer v2.0

(This is the simple classic version that installs in system)

Included Packages
- Latest MicroG Services Core
- Latest MicroG Services Framework Proxy
- Latest Deja Vu Location Service
- Latest Local GSM Location Service
- Latest Local Wi-Fi Location Service
- Latest Mozilla Unified NLP Backend
- Latest Nominatim NLP Backend
- Google Calendar Sync Adapter
- Google Contacts Sync Adapter
- Google Keyboard Support
- Google Maps Support
- Latest Google Play Store
- OTA auto backup/restore script
- SafetyNet support
- etc

Notes
- MicroG GMS app compiled using NoGooLag APK Keystore, with some mods, A FORK!

#microg #installer #mgp
📡 @NoGoolag

Note: Nope, you didn't miss anything, there was no (serious) 1.9

The problem with mobile phones

https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/problem-mobile-phones

Mobile phones were not designed for privacy and security. Not only do they do a poor job of protecting your communications, they also expose you to new kinds of surveillance risks—especially location tracking.

#problem #tracking #location #why #eff

The Creepy Line
Documentary trailer

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HqlDtjnwyPA

Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web

With an ambitious decentralized platform, the father of the web hopes it’s game on for corporate tech giants like Facebook and Google

https://www.fastcompany.com/90243936/exclusive-tim-berners-lee-tells-us-his-radical-new-plan-to-upend-the-world-wide-web

https://t.iss.one/durov/92

Some tech media reported that the Telegram Desktop app wasn’t secure because it “leaked IP addresses” when used to accept a voice call.

The reality is much less sensational – Telegram Desktop was at least as secure as other encrypted VoIP apps even before we improved it by adding an option to disable peer-to-peer calls. As for Telegram calls on mobile, they were always more secure than the competition, because they had this setting since day one.

During a peer-to-peer (P2P) call, voice traffic flows directly from one participant of a call to the other without relying on an intermediary server. P2P routing allows to achieve higher quality calls with lower latency, so the current industry standard is to have P2P switched on by default.

However, there’s a catch: by definition, both devices participating in a P2P call have to know the IP addresses of each other. So if you make or accept a call, the person on the other side may in theory learn your IP address.

That’s why, unlike WhatsApp or Viber, Telegram always gave its users the ability to switch off P2P calls and relay them through a Telegram server. Moreover, in most countries we switched off P2P by default.

Telegram Desktop, which is used in less than 0.01% of Telegram calls, was the only platform where this setting was missing. Thanks to a researcher who pointed that out, we made the Telegram Desktop experience consistent with the rest of our apps.

However, it is important to put this into perspective and realize that this is about one Telegram app (Telegram Desktop) being somewhat less secure than other Telegram apps (e.g. Telegram for iOS or Android). If you compare Telegram with other popular messaging services our there, unfortunately, they are not even close to our standards.

Using the terminology from the flashy headlines, WhatsApp, Viber and the rest have been “leaking your IP address” in 100% of calls. They are still doing this, and you can't opt out. The only way to stop this is to have all your friends switch to Telegram.

#telegram

New Zealand Government now issuing a $5000 customs fine to those who refuse to be subject to a digital search

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/367642/travellers-refusing-digital-search-now-face-5000-customs-fine

#nz #newzealand #australia

NEW FEATURE ON MIUI GLOBAL STABLE :3

READ N LEARN

Source : Secret Group

Signature Spoofing Checker (Test the signature spoofing capability of your OS) - https://f-droid.org/app/lanchon.sigspoof.checker

Google Inbox emails can be spoofed to fake the recipient
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-inbox-spoofing-vulnerability/