Google is now offering passkeys as an alternative to using passwords and two-step verification codes, joining a myriad of tech companies that have been doing the same in recent times. This is welcome news for proponents of passkeys and security experts.

Apple and Google are teaming up to prevent the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking devices like Apple’s AirTag. 

An international police operation called “Operation Cookie Monster” has taken down a notorious dark web marketplace, Genesis Market. Involving dozens of law enforcement agencies from around the world, the shutdown also resulted in the arrest of hundreds of users worldwide. 

The proposed UK Online Safety Bill legislation has been criticized for potentially undermining end-to-end encryption. Intended to protect adults and children online, critics have called out the bill for allowing the UK government and regulator Office of Communications (OFCOM) to abuse its power online.

Artemis Seaford, a former security policy manager at Meta, has filed a lawsuit against Greece’s national intelligence service for wiretapping and hacking her phone in 2021. 

YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips and two related channels within the same media group were recently taken over by hackers and deleted. For several hours chaos broke out across the Linus Media Group, which has a combined followership of over 25 million people. The hackers did everything from advertising dodgy cryptocurrency to mass deleting videos, eventually resulting in YouTube terminating the channels due to breaching its terms of service.

While online applications and services have made people’s lives easier in myriad ways, the convenience can come with downsides, particularly when it comes to user privacy and data collection. Telehealth, in particular, has helped make healthcare more accessible to so many people, especially during lockdown periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, people could attend therapy and refill prescriptions from the safety of their own homes. However, users using such platforms have much to lose if their data is compromised.