Category Archives: cryptography

16
Mar

Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

By - age verification, chat apps, child abuse, child abuse imagery, child porn, child safety, children online, cryptography, encryption, Facebook, FaceTime, IICSA, imessage, Industry News, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, messenger, online grooming, online safety, PhotoDNA, predators, Privacy, snapchat, whatsapp, Yubo
The IICSA report cited "unprecedented levels of depravity" and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening.
12
Feb

Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app

By - amazon, Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket, cloud, cloud storage, correctional facility, Correctional Risk Services, CRS Technologies, cryptography, data breach, data leak, Data loss, exposed database, Google Cloud, Industry News, inmates, JailCore, jailhouse, Law & order, PII, port scanning, prescriptions, prison, prisoners, Privacy, privacy policy, S3 bucket, Security threats, SHA-256, SSL certification, terms of service, TOS, vpnMentor, web mapping
A web-mapping project came across detainees' prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.