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Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13390116...

Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13390116...

Typing logographic languages such as Chinese is more difficult than typing alphabetic languages, where each letter can be represented by one key. There is no way to fit the tens of thousands of Chinese characters that exist onto a single keyboard. Despite this obvious challenge, technologies have developed which make typing in...

In its submission to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab gives recomnendations to hold Chinese and U.S. firms accountable for their involvement in online censorship and assisting victims of digital abuse and intimidation.

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12913117...

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8748965...

A network of at least 123 websites operated from within the People’s Republic of China while posing as local news outlets in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, disseminates pro-Beijing disinformation and ad hominem attacks within much larger volumes of commercial press releases, researchers found.

A network of at least 123 websites operated from within the People’s Republic of China while posing as local news outlets in 30 countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, disseminates pro-Beijing disinformation and ad hominem attacks within much larger volumes of commercial press releases. We name this campaign...

Le informazioni raccolte e memorizzate dalle reti mobili possono rappresentare uno dei dossier più aggiornati e completi della nostra vita. I nostri telefoni cellulari sono collegati a queste reti e rivelano i nostri comportamenti, i dettagli demografici, le comunità sociali, le abitudini di acquisto, le abitudini di sonno, il...

Last week, while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international offices, Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware. This latest find shows once again that civil society is...

Last week, while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international offices, Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware. This latest find shows once again that civil society is...

We encourage all users to immediately update their devices....

We refer to the exploit chain as BLASTPASS. The exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones running the latest version of iOS (16.6) without any interaction from the victim.

Last week, while checking the device of an individual employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international offices, Citizen Lab found an actively exploited zero-click vulnerability being used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus mercenary spyware....

Vulnerabilities in Sogou Keyboard encryption expose keypresses to network eavesdropping.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2961593...

“This operation is a clear example of a multi-faceted approach to information operations, that not only disseminates content designed to influence opinions, but also uses intimidation tactics — such as doxxing — intended to suppress the targets’ activities,” the study says. The site in question was operating until June...

“This operation is a clear example of a multi-faceted approach to information operations, that not only disseminates content designed to influence opinions, but also uses intimidation tactics — such as doxxing — intended to suppress the targets’ activities,” the study says. The site in question was operating until June...