Aaron Pettman @aaronpettman@unbound.social

GAB social network reporting that it is facing legal action from German Govt

An American cybersecurity company was behind a 2016 iPhone hack sold to a group of mercenaries and used by the United Arab Emirates.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/15/1035813/us-sold-iphone-exploit-uae/amp/

EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware

https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/15/eu-poised-to-tighten-privacy-laws-after-pegasus-spyware-scandal

Police officer used spy cameras to record women naked

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/police-officer-used-spy-cameras-21554352

Apple on Monday advised all users to update their devices after researchers warned that the Israeli spyware company NSO Group had developed a way to take control over nearly any Apple computer, watch or iPhone.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1995

Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate

https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2021/09/02/australias-new-mass-surveillance-mandate/

Seafarers’ Union Warns of Total Shutdown to Canadian Shipping Industry, if Vaccination Plan is not Developed Immediately

https://www.seafarers.ca/seafarers-union-warns-of-total-shutdown-to-canadian-shipping-industry-if-vaccination-plan-is-not-developed-immediately/

Former prime minister Stephen Harper is working with former leaders of three major intelligence agencies — the Mossad, the CIA and MI5 — in a Canadian private investment company.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-fadden-israel-awz-cybersecurity-1.5989054

"According to data from Toronto Public Health, a full 68 per cent of all workplace COVID-19 outbreaks so far have taken place in offices, warehouses, construction sites and food processing plants — many of which have continued to operate throughout the pandemic"

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10367030-warehouses-factories-construction-sites-responsible-for-far-more-workplace-outbreaks-than-retail-and-restaurants-data-shows/

Sicilian prosecutors wiretapped journalists covering refugee crisis

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/sicilian-prosecutors-wiretapped-journalists-covering-refugee-crisis

Italian restaurant owner mistakenly sanctioned by Trump

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/02/italian-restaurant-owner-sanctioned-trump

Servers for North Shore Counter-Info and Montreal Counter-Info Seized by Dutch Police -- Both Sites Down

https://raddle.me/f/Canada/128875/servers-for-north-shore-counter-info-and-montreal-counter

Stanford Scientists Post Entire mRNA Sequence for Moderna Vaccine on Github

https://gizmodo.com/stanford-scientists-post-entire-mrna-sequence-for-moder-1846576268

FAKE! Truth behind Darla: Woman posing as Amazon employee who defended union row EXPOSED as AI-generated bot

https://meaww.com/fake-woman-named-darla-at-gyr-1-claiming-to-be-amazon-employee-busted-as-ai-generated-bot

Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS

https://therecord.media/google-collects-20-times-more-telemetry-from-android-devices-than-apple-from-ios/

Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for 'neuro-rights'

https://news.trust.org/item/20210329120522-k22qy/

Internet Censorship 2021: A Global Map of Internet Restrictions

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/internet-censorship-map/