All stories by Ravie
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Pardon the Intrusion #21: What does the privacy label say?
Apple has introduced a new privacy-focused "nutrition label" for third-party apps that clearly describe how apps use your ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #20: SMS authentication needs to go
Relying on SMS for two-factor authentication can also have unintended consequences, with no means to retrieve OTP codes during ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #19: Paying for Privacy
Zoom confirmed that it plans to offer stronger encryption features only for its paying users. It won't be extended to the ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #18: Marcus Hutchins, the ransomware hero
The US Senate voted to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act, allowing law enforcement to collect Americans' browsing and internet ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #17: Hands up, this is a hold-up
The coronavirus outbreak has proven to be an excellent opportunity for criminals to target hospitals, schools, and local ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #16: Phishing in the time of COVID-19
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #15: Zooming out
Video conferencing platform Zoom's moment in the spotlight has been marred by a string of privacy blunders, security woes ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #14: There is some honor among thieves
Use of surveillance to fight coronavirus raises has raised concerns about government overreach after pandemic dies down.
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Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI
Indian law enforcement agencies have employed facial recognition tech to identify more than 1,100 individuals who were allegedly ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #12: Private by default
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has begun rolling out encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) for US users by default. ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #11: No more passwords
Google has open-sourced its security key technology, allowing anyone to build their own hardware security key for the strongest ...
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Pardon the Intrusion #10: Faces faces everywhere
The latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter, in which we explore the wild world of security. ...
