iMessage gets a major makeover that puts it on equal footing with #Signal 

messages sent through #iMessage will now be protected by two forms of end-to-end #encryption ( #E2EE ), whereas before, it had only one. The encryption being added, known as #PQ3, is an implementation of a new algorithm called #Kyber

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005125 

 Cities Should Act NOW to Ban #PredictivePolicing ...and Stop Using #ShotSpotter, Too https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/cities-should-act-now-ban-predictive-policingand-stop-using-shotspotter-too 

 #Reddit forces #personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1971837 

 #FoodDelivery #Robots Are Feeding #Camera Footage to the #LAPD, Internal Emails Show  

#ServeRobotics, which delivers food for #UberEats, provided footage filmed by at least one of its robots to the LAPD as #evidence in a criminal case. The emails show the robots, which are a constant sight in the city, can be used for #surveillance.

https://www.404media.co/serve-food-delivery-robots-are-feeding-camera-footage-to-the-lapd-internal-emails-show/ 

 #Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as #Twitter, #EU says 

A European Commission report says the network has the most disinformation of six large social networks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66926080?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA 

 #Norway court rules against #Facebook owner #Meta in #privacy case | Reuters

Meta has been fined one million crowns ($93,200) per day since Aug. 14 for harvesting user data and using it to target #advertising at them. So-called #behaviouraladvertising is a business model common to Big Tech.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/norway-data-regulator-fine-meta-over-privacy-breaches-2023-08-07/ 

 US #watchdog to announce plans to regulate 'surveillance industry' | Reuters
#privacy #surveillance 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-watchdog-announce-plans-regulate-surveillance-industry-2023-08-15/