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Digital IDs are insecure and can be hacked

Professor Norman Fenton recently had his Twitter account taken over by hackers who sent out thousands of spam posts and messages. This serves as a warning for those who adopt digital identities (“IDs”). I predict now that in every country

Google Pixel and GrapheneOS: the secret weapon of drug traffickers to protect their data from the police

To trade safe from justice, traffickers use the Google Pixel phone and the GrapheneOS operating system according to information from the judicial police

Cloudflare CEO explains what happened to cause a widespread internet outage

A major global outage at Cloudflare on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, disrupted access to numerous high-profile websites and services, including X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, Zoom and various forex and CFD brokers, with the incident r

Cloudflare outage makes hundreds of websites inaccessible

A widespread outage at Cloudflare, a major internet infrastructure provider, has caused numerous websites, including X (formerly Twitter), Downdetector, OpenAI and Spotify to become inaccessible on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, with users enco

UK suspends some intelligence sharing with the US while the EC plans an EU-wide intelligence agency

The UK suspends some intelligence sharing with the US. On the same day, it emerges that the European Commission is planning a centralised EU-wide intelligence agency. Earlier this year, the UK signed a defence pact with the EU, which incl

Online Safety Act: Wikipedia will not comply, says co-founder Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales is a co-founder of Wikipedia. Speaking of Ofcom’s determination to implement the UK’s Online Safety Act, Wales said: “We’re in talks with Ofcom, but we will not be identifying users under any circumstances. We will not be age-g

News Stories from various sources (11.10.2025)

The following are some recent reports that caught our eye. They range from the serious to the absurd; from calls for Starmer to go over the China security scandal to a Canadian man having his sentence reduced because he has indigenous heri

Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. They should immediately and unconditionally release Iskandarani and establish an independent co

Morocco: Activist Sentenced for Peaceful Speech

(Beirut) – A Casablanca Court on March 3, 2025, sentenced a prominent activist, Fouad Abdelmoumni, to six months in prison and fines over a Facebook post, Human Rights Watch and Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) said today. Moroccan a

The Five Eyes Alliance Is Always Watching

Do you ever get the feeling that someone is watching you?

India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale.

Only days before Press Freedom Day, India banned apps for secure communication because of "terrorists" use.

EU Hits Google with Antitrust Charges over Online Advertising Practices

Google has reportedly been charged with violating European Union antitrust laws.