#Norway government will track all supermarket purchases
Statistics Norway (SSB) is the state entity in charge of collecting, producing and communicating statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local level. As everything related to a person living in Norway is linked to their fødselnummer (birth number), the SSB already knows where you live, what you earn and what is on your criminal record. The SSB has ordered Norway's major supermarket chains to share all data from their receipts with the agency.
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/
#gov #surveillance #stalking #supermarket #why
Statistics Norway (SSB) is the state entity in charge of collecting, producing and communicating statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local level. As everything related to a person living in Norway is linked to their fødselnummer (birth number), the SSB already knows where you live, what you earn and what is on your criminal record. The SSB has ordered Norway's major supermarket chains to share all data from their receipts with the agency.
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/norway-to-track-all-supermarket-purchases/
#gov #surveillance #stalking #supermarket #why
Life in Norway
Norway to Track All Supermarket Purchases
Statistics Norway wants to receive several million daily receipts from food stores, signalling a new era in state data collection. Privacy advocates and the supermarkets themselves are unhappy. People living in Norway are used to
https://gadgets360.com/internet/news/expressvpn-vpn-servers-india-removed-cert-in-government-order-3031361
#VPN #India #gov #expressVPN
#VPN #India #gov #expressVPN
Gadgets 360
ExpressVPN Rejects Government's Demands, Removes VPN Servers in India
ExpressVPN said the government's order was "incompatible with the purpose of VPNs."
How #USA #gov buys our cell phone #location data
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data
#stalking #surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data
#stalking #surveillance
Electronic Frontier Foundation
How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data
Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many
Google Whistleblower Ariel Koren Rejects Project Nimbus
Ariel Koren
No tech for apartheid israel
Google whistleblower Ariel Koren rejects project Nimbus by google, amazon and israel government
https://www.mintpressnews.com/google-whistleblower-ariel-koren-rejects-israel-project-nimbus/281940/
In this episode of The Watchdog, former Google employee Ariel Koren joins Lowkey and articulates her experience at the big tech giant, claiming it has gradually developed an institutionalised pro-Israeli bias. She also reveals ways in which employees attempting to hold the company accountable for unethical contracts, such as that of Project Nimbus, are being targeted and intentionally silenced.
#Google, alongside #Amazon, has signed a contract worth $1.2 billion, titled “Project #Nimbus”, which will provide a #cloud system service for both the Israeli military and the israeli government.
#palestine #zionism #apartheid #censorship #gov #why #bds
Google whistleblower Ariel Koren rejects project Nimbus by google, amazon and israel government
https://www.mintpressnews.com/google-whistleblower-ariel-koren-rejects-israel-project-nimbus/281940/
In this episode of The Watchdog, former Google employee Ariel Koren joins Lowkey and articulates her experience at the big tech giant, claiming it has gradually developed an institutionalised pro-Israeli bias. She also reveals ways in which employees attempting to hold the company accountable for unethical contracts, such as that of Project Nimbus, are being targeted and intentionally silenced.
#Google, alongside #Amazon, has signed a contract worth $1.2 billion, titled “Project #Nimbus”, which will provide a #cloud system service for both the Israeli military and the israeli government.
#palestine #zionism #apartheid #censorship #gov #why #bds
Apple and Google confirm governments spy on users through push notifications
#Push #notifications can reveal private information and governments can essentially access this data if they want.
A US senator has asked the Department of Justice to let #Apple and #Google disclose how governments surveil users through push notifications.
Apple says the federal government stopped it from being transparent about the practice.
Google has also acknowledged the senator’s plea and said it is committed to keeping users informed about government requests for push notification data.
Government agencies have been spying on smartphone users through push notifications sent out by apps, a US senator wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice on December 6.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Department of Justice to lift any existing restrictions around discussions of push notification surveillance.
“I write to urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to permit Apple and Google to inform their customers and the general public about demands for smartphone app notification records,” Wyden writes in the letter.
He explains that push notifications pass through a kind of digital post office run by the phone’s operating system providers. “Because Apple and Google deliver push notification data, they can be secretly compelled by governments to hand over this information,” the letter says. This could tell governments how users interact with certain apps, give them access to a notification’s complete text, and disclose some unencrypted content.
Wyden moved the DOJ to allow Apple and Google to be transparent about the demands they receive from governments regarding push notification #surveillance.
Meanwhile, the two companies welcomed Wyden’s letter and acknowledged that push notification surveillance has been happening for a while. Apple even said it was not allowed to disclose government requests for push notification data but will start informing users about it now.
“In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information,” Apple said in a statement published by Reuters. “Now that this method has become public, we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests.”
Google also acknowledged the issue and said it shared Wyden’s “commitment to keeping users informed about these requests.” Google’s transparency report already documents governmental requests for users’ push notification data.
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-google-push-notification-surveillance-3392252/
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38543155
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38555810
#gov #why
#Push #notifications can reveal private information and governments can essentially access this data if they want.
A US senator has asked the Department of Justice to let #Apple and #Google disclose how governments surveil users through push notifications.
Apple says the federal government stopped it from being transparent about the practice.
Google has also acknowledged the senator’s plea and said it is committed to keeping users informed about government requests for push notification data.
Government agencies have been spying on smartphone users through push notifications sent out by apps, a US senator wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice on December 6.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has asked the Department of Justice to lift any existing restrictions around discussions of push notification surveillance.
“I write to urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to permit Apple and Google to inform their customers and the general public about demands for smartphone app notification records,” Wyden writes in the letter.
He explains that push notifications pass through a kind of digital post office run by the phone’s operating system providers. “Because Apple and Google deliver push notification data, they can be secretly compelled by governments to hand over this information,” the letter says. This could tell governments how users interact with certain apps, give them access to a notification’s complete text, and disclose some unencrypted content.
Wyden moved the DOJ to allow Apple and Google to be transparent about the demands they receive from governments regarding push notification #surveillance.
Meanwhile, the two companies welcomed Wyden’s letter and acknowledged that push notification surveillance has been happening for a while. Apple even said it was not allowed to disclose government requests for push notification data but will start informing users about it now.
“In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information,” Apple said in a statement published by Reuters. “Now that this method has become public, we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests.”
Google also acknowledged the issue and said it shared Wyden’s “commitment to keeping users informed about these requests.” Google’s transparency report already documents governmental requests for users’ push notification data.
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-google-push-notification-surveillance-3392252/
Comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38543155
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38555810
#gov #why
Android Authority
Apple and Google confirm governments spy on users through push notifications
Responding to a senator's letter to the Department of Justice, Apple and Google have confirmed governments ask them for push notification data.
Telegram to Introduce "Fact-Checking Feature"
The source code of #Telegram for Android has revealed lines indicating the development of a new feature called "Fact Check." It appears that this feature will be implemented in partnership with government-assigned fact checking agencies.
- The "Fact Check" feature will allow additional clarifying information to be attached to messages. However, it will function differently from Twitter's Community Notes, which might seem similar at first glance.
- The government in your country will be able to appoint an agency to conduct fact-checking on public Telegram channel posts. This agency will have full control over the content of these fact check blocks, while regular users will not be able to influence or have a say in the notes. By clicking on the "What is this?" tool-tip, details about the agency providing the fact-check will be shown.
- Unlike Telegram's "Fact Check" feature, Twitter's Community Notes are created and evaluated by regular users, and the most useful notes are selected by an algorithm based on votes from readers with diverse political views.
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/8666261419817
#tg #gov #censorship #factcheck
The source code of #Telegram for Android has revealed lines indicating the development of a new feature called "Fact Check." It appears that this feature will be implemented in partnership with government-assigned fact checking agencies.
- The "Fact Check" feature will allow additional clarifying information to be attached to messages. However, it will function differently from Twitter's Community Notes, which might seem similar at first glance.
- The government in your country will be able to appoint an agency to conduct fact-checking on public Telegram channel posts. This agency will have full control over the content of these fact check blocks, while regular users will not be able to influence or have a say in the notes. By clicking on the "What is this?" tool-tip, details about the agency providing the fact-check will be shown.
- Unlike Telegram's "Fact Check" feature, Twitter's Community Notes are created and evaluated by regular users, and the most useful notes are selected by an algorithm based on votes from readers with diverse political views.
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/8666261419817
#tg #gov #censorship #factcheck