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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

online privacy

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego (AP/Gregory Bull)
August 23, 2022, 7:45 pm
Twitter’s ex-security chief calls its negligence a ‘threat to national security’
Peiter Zatko, who was fired earlier this year, says social media platform ‘significantly underestimated’ automated bots in whistleblower testimony likely to boost Elon Musk lawsuit
By AFP
Likud supporters at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 28, 2022, 1:51 pm
Likud site makes identities of party members public; feature is shut down
A user-friendly interface allowed anyone to type in a name and see whether they were a Likud member; feature was available for several days
By ToI Staff
Co-Founder and CEO of the Israeli company 'Mine' Gal Ringel speaks during an interview in Tel Aviv, on April 26, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 1, 2022, 7:44 am
Right to be forgotten: Israeli tech firm says it can delete your digital footprint
Tel Aviv firm Mine says over 10 million requests have been sent to firms by users of platform; expert says Israeli public relatively indifferent on matter, legislation inadequate
By Jonah Mandel
Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai attends a ceremony for the Jewish new year at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem on September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 19, 2022, 4:34 pm
Privacy experts slam police ‘abuse of power’ in alleged use of spyware on civilians
Researchers say revelations that police deployed NSO cyberweapon expose an organization in urgent need of oversight
By Ricky Ben-David
The remains of a house that was destroyed by Israeli authorities, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 19, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
January 19, 2022, 2:24 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 19 – Big Brother really is watching; Sheikh Jarrah sees eviction
Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman briefs us on an overnight eviction in East Jerusalem; military correspondent Judah Ari Gross delves into NSO spyware use in Israel
By ToI Staff
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, on August 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
January 18, 2022, 6:48 pm
Comptroller to probe spyware use on citizens, as outraged lawmakers demand inquiry
MKs seek parliamentary probe into explosive report police took over civilians’ cellphones without oversight; attorney general said to demand answers from cops
By ToI Staff
In this illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on October 28, 2021, a person watches on a smartphone as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils the Meta logo. (Chris Delmas/AFP)
November 3, 2021, 11:22 am
Facebook to shut down facial recognition system, delete data on 1 billion people
Move by beleaguered company comes amid growing concerns about tech and its misuse by governments, police; parent company Meta appears to be looking at new ways to identify people
By Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay
Illustrative: A man passes a Facebook screen at the Gamescom gathering in Cologne, Germany, August 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
December 16, 2020, 9:30 am
Australian watchdog sues Facebook over ‘misleading’ Israeli VPN app
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says Onavo deceived customers by sending user data to social media giant
By AFP
Workers wearing protective masks walk by on a street in Qatar's capital Doha, on May 17, 2020, as the country begins enforcing the world's toughest penalties for failing to wear masks in public, as it battles one of the world's highest coronavirus infection rates. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
May 25, 2020, 8:52 am
Qatar virus tracing app’s invasive requirements stir rare privacy backlash
As country battles one of world’s worst per capita COVID-19 outbreaks, it introduces mandatory app that can access photos and make unprompted phone calls; regime vows update
By Gregory WALTON
Likud party supporters at an election campaign tour in Jerusalem, September 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 1, 2020, 4:20 pm
20 Israelis sue Likud over app breach that led to massive data leak
Plaintiffs say Netanyahu’s party and its Elector application violated their privacy, causing high risk of identity theft
By ToI Staff
Former Mossad director Tamir Pardo participates in the Meir Dagan Conference for Strategy and Defense at the Netanya Academic College, March 21, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)
February 26, 2020, 3:02 pm
Ex-Mossad chief says Likud app leaks as dangerous to Israel as coronavirus
After series of dramatic data mishaps in software used in Netanyahu’s campaign, Tamir Pardo says it poses ‘real security threat,’ endangers IDF, Shin Bet, Mossad members
By ToI Staff
Likud party supporters at an election campaign tour in Jerusalem, September 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2020, 9:32 pm
Likud campaign exposes Israeli voters’ identities, again
Party insists series of dramatic data mishaps caused by ‘criminal attack attempts’ seeking to undermine its electoral prospects; cyber officials investigating
By ToI Staff
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, California, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
March 31, 2019, 3:17 am
Facebook head calls on governments to step up social media regulation
In Washington Post op-ed, Mark Zuckerberg urges new rules to clamp down on harmful content, and protect elections, privacy and data
By AFP
In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
February 18, 2019, 11:29 am
Facebook acts like ‘digital gangsters,’ violated privacy laws, say UK lawmakers
MP says ‘democracy is at risk from the malicious and relentless targeting of citizens with disinformation’; report says social media companies think they’re above the law
By AFP
Lenny Pozner with his son Noah. (Courtesy)
February 11, 2019, 2:14 am
Family that lost a son at Sandy Hook fights against vicious conspiracy theorists
After 6-year-old Noah was killed in a school shooting, Lenny Pozner founded the HONR Network to protect the memory of victims, as well as their families, from malicious hoaxers
By Cathryn J. Prince
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