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Court filings unsealed last week allege Meta created an internal effort to spy on Snapchat in a secret initiative called "Project Ghostbusters." Gizmodo: Meta did so through Onavo, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service the company offered between 2016 and 2019 that, ultimately, wasn't private at all. "Whenever someone asks a question about Snapchat, the answer is usually that because their traffic is encrypted we have no analytics about them," said Mark Zuckerberg in an email to three Facebook executives in 2016, unsealed in Meta's antitrust case on Saturday. "It seems important to figure out a new way to get reliable analytics about them... You should figure out how to do this." Thus, Project Ghostbusters was born. It's Meta's in-house wiretapping tool to spy on data analytics from Snapchat starting in 2016, later used on YouTube and Amazon. This involved creating "kits" that can be installed on iOS and Android devices, to intercept traffic for certain apps, according to the filings. This was described as a "man-in-the-middle" approach to get data on Facebook's rivals, but users of Onavo were the "men in the middle." Meta's Onavo unit has a history of using invasive techniques to collect data on Facebook's users. Meta acquired Onavo from an Israeli firm over 10 years ago, promising users private networking, as most VPNs do. However, the service was reportedly used to spy on rival social media apps through tens of millions of people who downloaded Onavo. It gave Facebook valuable intel about competitors, and this week's court filings seem to confirm that. A team of senior executives and roughly 41 lawyers worked on Project Ghostbusters, according to court filings. The group was heavily concerned with whether to continue the program in the face of press scrutiny. Facebook ultimately shut down Onavo in 2019 after Apple booted the VPN from its app store.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Facebook+Accused+of+Using+Your+Phone+To+Wiretap+Snapchat%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F186217%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F186217%2Ffacebook-accused-of-using-your-phone-to-wiretap-snapchat%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/186217/facebook-accused-of-using-your-phone-to-wiretap-snapchat?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, it said on Tuesday, in the latest regulatory blow to a venture that has raised privacy concerns in multiple countries. From a report: Worldcoin encourages people to have their faces scanned by its "orb" devices, in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. More than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have signed up, according to Worldcoin's website. Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Portugal+Orders+Altman's+Worldcoin+To+Halt+Data+Collection%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F1253213%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F1253213%2Fportugal-orders-altmans-worldcoin-to-halt-data-collection%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/1253213/portugal-orders-altmans-worldcoin-to-halt-data-collection?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

Telegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have to do is volunteer your phone number to relay one-time passwords (OTP) to other users. This, in fact, sounds like an awful idea -- particularly for a messaging service based around privacy. From a report: X user @AssembleDebug spotted details about the new program on the English-language version of a popular Russian-language Telegram information channel. Sure enough, there's a section in Telegram's terms of service outlining the new "Peer-to-Peer Login" or P2PL program, which is currently only offered on Android and in certain (unspecified) locations. By opting in to the program, you agree to let Telegram use your phone number to send up to 150 texts with OTPs to other users logging in to their accounts. Every month your number is used to send a minimum number of OTPs, you'll get a gift code for a one-month premium subscription. Boy does this sound like a bad idea, starting with the main issue: your phone number is seen by the recipient every time it's used to send an OTP.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Telegram's+Peer-to-Peer+Login+System+is+a+Risky+Way+To+Save+%245+a+Month%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F1232205%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F26%2F1232205%2Ftelegrams-peer-to-peer-login-system-is-a-risky-way-to-save-5-a-month%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/1232205/telegrams-peer-to-peer-login-system-is-a-risky-way-to-save-5-a-month?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

A top executive from the crypto exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria after being arrested for allegedly destabilizing the country's national currency. The Associated Press reports: Nadeem Anjarwalla, the regional manager for Binance in Africa, "fled Nigeria using a smuggled passport," the office of Nigeria's National Security Adviser said in a statement, calling for "whatever information that can assist law enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspect." Anjarwalla, who holds dual British and Kenyan citizenship, had been detained in Nigeria along with another colleague since Feb. 26 when they arrived in the country following a crackdown on the crypto platform. Tigran Gambaryan, the colleague who is an American citizen, remains in captivity. Nigeria is Africa's largest crypto economy in terms of trade volume with many citizens using crypto to hedge their finances against surging inflation and the declining local currency. Binance stopped all trading with the Nigerian naira currency on its platform in early March after authorities accused it of being used for money laundering and terrorism financing -- without providing evidence publicly. It was not clear how Anjarwalla fled custody. The Abuja-based Premium Times newspaper, which broke the news of his escape, reported that he fled from a guest house in the capital city after guards led him to a nearby mosque for prayers. "The personnel responsible for the custody of the suspect have been arrested, and a thorough investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances that led to his escape from lawful detention," Zakari Mijinyawa, spokesman for the office of Nigeria's National Security Adviser said in a statement.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Binance+Executive+Detained+In+Nigeria+Escapes+Custody%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2135232%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2135232%2Fbinance-executive-detained-in-nigeria-escapes-custody%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/2135232/binance-executive-detained-in-nigeria-escapes-custody?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

Earlier today, the U.S. and U.K. accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind "malicious" cyber campaigns targeting political figures. The U.K. government also blamed China for a 2021 cyberattack that compromised the personal information of millions of U.K. voters. In response, PBS reports that the U.S. and British government announced sanctions against a company and two people linked to the Chinese government. From the report: Officials said those sanctioned are responsible for a hack that may have gained access to information on tens of millions of U.K. voters held by the Electoral Commission, as well as for cyberespionage targeting lawmakers who have been outspoken about the China threat. The Foreign Office said the hack of the election registers "has not had an impact on electoral processes, has not affected the rights or access to the democratic process of any individual, nor has it affected electoral registration." The Electoral Commission said in August that it identified a breach of its system in October 2022, though it added that "hostile actors" had first been able to access its servers since 2021. At the time, the watchdog said the data included the names and addresses of registered voters. But it said that much of the information was already in the public domain. In Washington, the Treasury Department said it sanctioned Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Ltd., which it calls a Chinese Ministry of State Security front company that has "served as cover for multiple malicious cyberoperations." It named two Chinese nationals, Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin, affiliated with the Wuhan company, for cyberoperations that targeted U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, "directly endangering U.S. national security." Separately, British cybersecurity officials said that Chinese government-affiliated hackers "conducted reconnaissance activity" against British parliamentarians who are critical of Beijing in 2021. They said no parliamentary accounts were successfully compromised. Three lawmakers, including former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith, told reporters Monday they have been "subjected to harassment, impersonation and attempted hacking from China for some time." Duncan Smith said in one example, hackers impersonating him used fake email addresses to write to his contacts. The politicians are members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, an international pressure group focused on countering Beijing's growing influence and calling out alleged rights abuses by the Chinese government.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=US%2C+UK+Announce+Sanctions+Over+China-Linked+Election+Hacks%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2125211%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2125211%2Fus-uk-announce-sanctions-over-china-linked-election-hacks%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/2125211/us-uk-announce-sanctions-over-china-linked-election-hacks?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

A SWAT team in St. Louis County mistakenly raided the home of Brittany Shamily and her family, based on the inaccurate tracking of stolen AirPods by the "FindMy" app. The family is suing for damages stemming from embarrassment, unreasonable use of force, loss of liberty, and other factors. The Riverfront Times reports: Around 6:30 p.m. on May 26, Brittany Shamily was at home with her children, including an infant, when police used a battering ram to bust in her front door. "What the hell is going on?" she screamed, terrified for herself and her family. "I got a three-month-old baby!" Body camera footage from the scene shows Shamily come to the front door, her hands up, her face a mix of fright and utter confusion at the heavily armed folly making its way from her front porch into her foyer. "Oh my god," she says. The SWAT team was looking for guns and other material related to a carjacking that had occurred that morning. Their search didn't turn up any of that -- though it has led to a lawsuit, filed Friday, that may lead to a better public understanding of how county police decide whether to deploy a SWAT team or serve a search warrant in a less menacing manner. Because in this case, the police clearly made the wrong call. The carjacking that led to the raid happened about 12 hours prior, 16 miles away, in south county. Around 6 a.m., two brothers were leaving the Waffle House on Telegraph Road near Jefferson Barracks when a group of six people pulled up outside the restaurant and carjacked them. Two of the carjackers took off in the brothers' Dodge Charger while the other four fled the scene in their own vehicles. St. Louis County Police were summoned to the scene. As part of their investigation, a friend of the carjacked brothers told police that his AirPods were in the stolen car and that he could track them using the "FindMy" application, a feature that lets users locate one Apple device using another. Police did just that and, according to the lawsuit, the app showed the AirPods to be at Shamily's house. There was just one problem. "FindMy is not that accurate," says the family's lawyer, Bevis Schock. "I actually went to my house with my co-counsel and played around with it for an hour. It's just not that good." Yet based on the "FindMy" result, an officer signed an application for a search warrant saying he had reason to believe that "firearms, ammunition, holsters" and other "firearm-related material" were inside. That evening, police showed up in full combat gear carrying a battering ram. [...] While the family was detained outside, the SWAT team "ransacked" their house, the lawsuit says. One SWAT team member punched a basketball-sized hole in the drywall. Another broke through a drop ceiling. They turned over drawers and left what had been an orderly house in disarray. After this had gone on for more than half an hour, the AirPods were located -- on the street outside the family's home. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time something like this has happened. In January 2022, SWAT teams in Denver raided an elderly woman's home after the "FindMy" app falsely pinged her home as the location of a stolen iPhone. The woman was recently awarded $3.76 million in compensation and damages.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=SWAT+Team+Raids+Innocent+Family+Over+Stolen+AirPods%2C+Inaccurate+'FindMy'+App+Tracking%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2037241%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2037241%2Fswat-team-raids-innocent-family-over-stolen-airpods-inaccurate-findmy-app-tracking%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/2037241/swat-team-raids-innocent-family-over-stolen-airpods-inaccurate-findmy-app-tracking?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Tennessee made history on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. state to sign off on legislation to protect musicians from unauthorized artificial intelligence impersonation. "Tennessee (sic) is the music capital of the world, amp; we're leading the nation with historic protections for TN artists amp; songwriters against emerging AI technology," Gov. Bill Lee announced on social media. The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's old right of publicity law. While the old law protected an artist's name, photograph or likeness, the new legislation includes AI-specific protections. Once the law takes effect on July 1, people will be prohibited from using AI to mimic an artist's voice without permission.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Tennessee+Becomes+First+State+To+Protect+Musicians%2C+Other+Artists+Against+AI%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2019230%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F2019230%2Ftennessee-becomes-first-state-to-protect-musicians-other-artists-against-ai%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/2019230/tennessee-becomes-first-state-to-protect-musicians-other-artists-against-ai?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

Apple has been hit with a flurry of new consumer lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market, piggybacking on a sweeping antitrust case lodged by the U.S. Justice Department and 15 states last week. From a report: At least three proposed class actions have been filed since Friday in California and New Jersey federal courts by iPhone owners who claim Apple inflated the cost of its products through anticompetitive conduct. The lawsuits, seeking to represent millions of consumers, mirror the Justice Department's claims that Apple violated U.S. antitrust law by suppressing technology for messaging apps, digital wallets and other items that would have increased competition in the market for smartphones.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Consumers+Sue+Apple%2C+Taking+Page+From+Justice+Department+Lawsuit%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F1635243%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F1635243%2Fconsumers-sue-apple-taking-page-from-justice-department-lawsuit%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/1635243/consumers-sue-apple-taking-page-from-justice-department-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

FrankOVD shares a report: Here's a paragraph from the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Apple in full: "In addition to degrading the quality of third-party messaging apps, Apple affirmatively undermines the quality of rival smartphones. For example, if an iPhone user messages a non-iPhone user in Apple Messages -- the default messaging app on an iPhone -- then the text appears to the iPhone user as a green bubble and incorporates limited functionality: the conversation is not encrypted, videos are pixelated and grainy, and users cannot edit messages or see typing indicators. "This signals to users that rival smartphones are lower quality because the experience of messaging friends and family who do not own iPhones is worse -- even though Apple, not the rival smartphone, is the cause of that degraded user experience. Many non-iPhone users also experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame for 'breaking' chats where other participants own iPhones. This effect is particularly powerful for certain demographics, like teenagers -- where the iPhone's share is 85 percent, according to one survey. This social pressure reinforces switching costs and drives users to continue buying iPhones -- solidifying Apple's smartphone dominance not because Apple has made its smartphone better, but because it has made communicating with other smartphones worse."pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=DOJ+Antitrust+Lawsuit+Says+Apple+Is+Causing+Android+Users+'Social+Stigma'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F1443235%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F25%2F1443235%2Fdoj-antitrust-lawsuit-says-apple-is-causing-android-users-social-stigma%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/1443235/doj-antitrust-lawsuit-says-apple-is-causing-android-users-social-stigma?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

"If you've ever jokingly wondered if your search or viewing history is going to 'put you on some kind of list,' your concern may be more than warranted," writes Mashable : In now unsealed court documents reviewed by Forbes, Google was ordered to hand over the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and user activity of Youtube accounts and IP addresses that watched select YouTube videos, part of a larger criminal investigation by federal investigators. The videos were sent by undercover police to a suspected cryptocurrency launderer... In conversations with the bitcoin trader, investigators sent links to public YouTube tutorials on mapping via drones and augmented reality software, Forbes details. The videos were watched more than 30,000 times, presumably by thousands of users unrelated to the case. YouTube's parent company Google was ordered by federal investigators to quietly hand over all such viewer data for the period of Jan. 1 to Jan. 8, 2023... "According to documents viewed by Forbes, a court granted the government's request for the information," writes PC Magazine, adding that Google was asked "to not publicize the request." The requests are raising alarms for privacy experts who say the requests are unconstitutional and are "transforming search warrants into digital dragnets" by potentially targeting individuals who are not associated with a crime based simply on what they may have watched online. That quote came from Albert Fox-Cahn, executive director at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, who elaborates in Forbes' article. "No one should fear a knock at the door from police simply because of what the YouTube algorithm serves up. I'm horrified that the courts are allowing this." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the article.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Judge+Orders+YouTube+to+Reveal+Everyone+Who+Viewed+A+Video%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F24%2F1959208%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F24%2F1959208%2Fjudge-orders-youtube-to-reveal-everyone-who-viewed-a-video%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/24/1959208/judge-orders-youtube-to-reveal-everyone-who-viewed-a-video?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

In an interview Saturday, CNN first asked Steve Wozniak about Apple's "walled garden" approach mdash; and whether there's any disconnect between Apple's stated interest in user security and privacy, and its own self-interest? Wozniak responded, "I think there are things you can say on all sides of it. "I'm kind of glad for the protection that I have for my privacy and for you know not getting hacked as much. Apple does a better job than the others. And tracking you mdash; tracking you is questionable, but my gosh, look at what we're accusing TikTok of, and then go look at Facebook and Google... That's how they make their business! I mean, Facebook was a great idea. But then they make all their money just by tracking you and advertising. And Apple doesn't really do that as much. I consider Apple the good guy. So then CNN directly asked Wozniak's opinion about the proposed ban on TikTok in the U.S. "Well, one, I don't understand it. I don't see why. I mean, I get a lot of entertainment out of TikTok mdash; and I avoid the social web. But I love to watch TikTok, even if it's just for rescuing dog videos and stuff. And so I'm thinking, well, what are we saying? We're saying 'Oh, you might be tracked by the Chinese'. Well, they learned it from us. I mean, look, if you have a principle mdash; a person should not be tracked without them knowing it? It's kind of a privacy principle mdash; I was a founder of the EFF. And if you have that principle, you apply it the same to every company, or every country. You don't say, 'Here's one case where we're going to outlaw an app, but we're not going to do it in these other cases.' So I don't like the hypocrisy. And that's always obviously common from a political realm. pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Steve+Wozniak+Decries+Tracking's+Effect+on+Privacy%2C+Calls+Out+'Hypocrisy'+of+Only+Banning+TikTok%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F24%2F1628205%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F24%2F1628205%2Fsteve-wozniak-decries-trackings-effect-on-privacy-calls-out-hypocrisy-of-only-banning-tiktok%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/24/1628205/steve-wozniak-decries-trackings-effect-on-privacy-calls-out-hypocrisy-of-only-banning-tiktok?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

America's Justice Department "is considering whether to allow Julian Assange to plead guilty to a reduced charge of mishandling classified information," reports the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter." Though Assange faces trial for publishing thousands of confidential U.S. documents in 2010, this development opens up "the possibility of a deal that could eventually result in his release from a British jail," reports the Journal. Where things stand currently: A U.K. court is currently considering whether to allow a last-ditch appeal by the 52-year-old. After U.S. prosecutors charged him in 2019, U.K. law-enforcement officials apprehended him, and he has been in a London prison ever since... Britain's High Court is expected to decide within weeks whether to grant Assange a further right to appeal his extradition to the U.S. If the court rules against him, the U.S. government will likely have 28 days to come and collect Assange and bring him to face trial. But... Justice Department officials and Assange's lawyers have had preliminary discussions in recent months about what a plea deal could look like to end the lengthy legal drama, according to people familiar with the matter, a potential softening in a standoff filled with political and legal complexities. The talks come as Assange has spent some five years behind bars. U.S. prosecutors face diminishing odds that he would serve much more time even if he were convicted stateside. The discussions remain in flux, and talks could fizzle. Any deal would require approval at the highest levels of the Justice Department. Barry Pollack, a lawyer for Assange, said he has been given no indication that the department will take a deal. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment. If prosecutors allow Assange to plead to a U.S. charge of mishandling classified documents mdash; something his lawyers have floated as a possibility mdash; it would be a misdemeanor offense. Under such a deal, Assange potentially could enter that plea remotely, without setting foot in the U.S. The time he has spent behind bars in London would count toward any U.S. sentence, and he would likely be free to leave prison shortly after any deal was concluded. U.S. authorities "gave a package of assurances, including a pledge he could be transferred to his native Australia to serve any sentence," according to the article. The Australian government, which has largely been supportive of Assange, could shorten any sentence once he landed on Australian soil, said Nick Vamos, a partner at London law firm Peters amp; Peters and a former head of extradition for England and Wales's Crown Prosecution Service. "I honestly think as soon as he arrived in Australia he would be released," he said.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Could+a+Guilty+Plea+Free+Julian+Assange+From+Jail%3F%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F23%2F0235255%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F23%2F0235255%2Fcould-a-guilty-plea-free-julian-assange-from-jail%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/23/0235255/could-a-guilty-plea-free-julian-assange-from-jail?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

Lindsay Clark reports via The Register: The UK Information Commissioner's Office has received a complaint detailing the mismanagement of personal data at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the regulator that oversees worker registration. Employment as a nurse or midwife depends on enrollment with the NMC in the UK. According to whistleblower evidence seen by The Register, the databases on which the personal information is held lack rudimentary technical standards and practices. The NMC said its data was secure with a high level of quality, allowing it to fulfill its regulatory role, although it was on "a journey of improvement." But without basic documentation, or the primary keys or foreign keys common in database management, the Microsoft SQL Server databases -- holding information about 800,000 registered professionals -- are difficult to query and manage, making assurances on governance nearly impossible, the whistleblower told us. The databases have no version control systems. Important fields for identifying individuals were used inconsistently -- for example, containing junk data, test data, or null data. Although the tech team used workarounds to compensate for the lack of basic technical standards, they were ad hoc and known by only a handful of individuals, creating business continuity risks should they leave the organization, according to the whistleblower. Despite having been warned of the issues of basic technical practice internally, the NMC failed to acknowledge the problems. Only after exhausting other avenues did the whistleblower raise concern externally with the ICO and The Register. The NMC stores sensitive data on behalf of the professionals that it registers, including gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity and nationality, disability details, marital status, as well as other personal information. The whistleblower's complaint claims the NMC falls well short of [the standards required under current UK law for data protection and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)]. The statement alleges that the NMC's "data management and data retrieval practices were completely unacceptable." "There is not even much by way of internal structure of the databases for self-documentation, such as primary keys, foreign keys (with a few honorable exceptions), check constraints and table constraints. Even fields that should not be null are nullable. This is frankly astonishing and not the practice of a mature, professional organization," the statement says. For example, the databases contain a unique ten-digit number (or PRN) to identify individuals registered to the NMC. However, the fields for PRNs sometimes contain individuals' names, start with a letter or other invalid data, or are simply null. The whistleblower's complaint says that the PRN problem, and other database design deficiencies, meant that it was nearly impossible to produce "accurate, correct, business critical reports ... because frankly no one knows where the correct data is to be found." A spokesperson for the NMC said the register was "organized and documented" in the SQL Server database. "For clarity, the register of all our nurses, midwives and nursing practitioners is held within Dynamics 365 which is our system of record. This solution and the data held within it, is secure and well documented. It does not rely on any SQL database. The SQL database referenced by the whistleblower relates to our data warehouse which we are in the process of modernizing as previously shared."pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Database+For+UK+Nurse+Registration+'Completely+Unacceptable'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F2013259%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F2013259%2Fdatabase-for-uk-nurse-registration-completely-unacceptable%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/2013259/database-for-uk-nurse-registration-completely-unacceptable?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: General Motors said Friday that it had stopped sharing details about how people drove its cars with two data brokers that created risk profiles for the insurance industry. The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers' mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled -- some unknowingly, they said -- in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.'s internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving. Some drivers said their insurance rates had increased as a result of the captured data, which G.M. shared with two brokers, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk. The firms then sold the data to insurance companies. Since Wednesday, "OnStar Smart Driver customer data is no longer being shared with LexisNexis or Verisk," a G.M. spokeswoman, Malorie Lucich, said in an emailed statement. "Customer trust is a priority for us, and we are actively evaluating our privacy processes and policies."pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=General+Motors+Quits+Sharing+Driving+Behavior+With+Data+Brokers%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1959205%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1959205%2Fgeneral-motors-quits-sharing-driving-behavior-with-data-brokers%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/1959205/general-motors-quits-sharing-driving-behavior-with-data-brokers?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

The Dutch pirate site blocklist has expanded with two new targets, shadow libraries Anna's Archive and Library Genesis. The court order was obtained by local anti-piracy group BREIN, acting on behalf of major publishers. Interestingly, Z-Library isn't listed in the blocking order, despite explicit warnings previously issued by BREIN. TorrentFreak reports: All blocking requests were submitted by local anti-piracy group BREIN, which acts on behalf of rightsholders. These include the major Hollywood studios but BREIN's purview is much broader. Last week, it obtained the latest blocking order, this time on behalf of the publishing industry. Issued by the Rotterdam District Court, the order requires a local Internet provider to block two well-known shadow libraries; "Anna's Archive" and "Library Genesis" (LibGen). News of this new court order was shared by BREIN which notes that both sites were found to make copyright infringing works available on a large scale. At the time of writing, a published copy is not available but, based on the covenant, all large Internet providers are expected to implement the blockades. "These types of illegal shadow libraries are very harmful. The only ones who benefit are the anonymous owners of these illegal services. Authors and publishers see no return on their efforts and investments," BREIN comments. "Copyright holders deserve an honest living. There are numerous legal ways to obtain ebooks. If desired, this can also be done very cheaply; through the library for example." The Rotterdam court issued a so-called 'dynamic' blocking order, meaning that rightsholders can update the targeted domains and IP addresses if the sites switch to new ones in the future. This also applies to mirrors and increases the blockades' effectiveness, as there is no need to return to court. Previously, Internet provider KPN challenged these 'dynamic' orders, suggesting that they are too broad. The court rejected this argument, however, noting that the process hasn't led to any major problems thus far. BREIN further reports that Google is voluntarily offering a helping hand. As reported in detail previously, the search engine removes blocked domains from its local search results after being notified about an ISP blocking order. "The effectiveness of the blocking measure is increased because Google cooperates in combating these infringements and, at the request of BREIN, completely removes all references to websites that are blocked by order of the Dutch court from the search results," BREIN writes.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Dutch+Court+Orders+ISP+To+Block+'Anna's+Archive'+and+'LibGen'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1954248%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1954248%2Fdutch-court-orders-isp-to-block-annas-archive-and-libgen%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/1954248/dutch-court-orders-isp-to-block-annas-archive-and-libgen?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced it will conduct a review of the data practices of the country's ten largest airlines, amid concerns over potential misuse of customer information for upselling, overcharging, targeted advertising, and third-party data sales, as well as the security of systems handling sensitive data such as passport numbers. From a report: The probe will look at air carriers' policies and procedures to determine if they are safeguarding personal info properly, unfairly or deceptively monetizing it, or sharing it with third parties, the agency said yesterday. If they're indeed doing anything "problematic," they can look forward to scrutiny, fines, and new rules, says the DOT. "Airline passengers should have confidence that their personal information is not being shared improperly with third parties or mishandled by employees," said US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "This review of airline practices is the beginning of a new initiative by DOT to ensure airlines are being good stewards of sensitive passenger data." The ten airlines going under the magnifying glass are Delta, United, American, Southwest, Alaska, JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian and Allegiant.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=DOT+Wants+To+Know+How+Big+Airlines+Use+Passenger+Data%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1855210%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F1855210%2Fdot-wants-to-know-how-big-airlines-use-passenger-data%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/1855210/dot-wants-to-know-how-big-airlines-use-passenger-data?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just sued two more porn sites, xHamster and Chaturbate, alleging they aren't complying with age verification laws. As first reported by local news outlet KXAN, the Office of the Attorney General filed two civil lawsuits on Tuesday afternoon against Hammy Media, which owns xHamster, and Multi Media, which owns Chaturbate. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 1181 into law in June, which requires porn sites to verify the ages of users through a driver's license or passport. If porn sites don't force consenting adults to hand over a government-issued ID in order to watch other consenting adults have sex on camera, they face heavy fines. Paxton's lawsuit against xHamster asks the court to force the site to pay a civil penalty of up to $1.67 million, with an additional $10,000 a day since filing. For Chaturbate, it's $1.78 million plus $10,000 per day. Last week, Pornhub's parent company Aylo blocked anyone accessing its network of sites from a Texas IP address, and replaced its network of sites -- which include Pornhub, Brazzers, YouPorn and many more -- with a message about its rejection of age verification legislation that requires adults to show government-issued ID to access porn. [...] As of writing, xHamster and Chaturbate are still accessible in Texas and don't have requirements to verify users' ages with a government ID.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Texas+Sues+xHamster+and+Chaturbate%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F0255246%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F22%2F0255246%2Ftexas-sues-xhamster-and-chaturbate%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/0255246/texas-sues-xhamster-and-chaturbate?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: When thousands of security researchers descend on Las Vegas every August for what's come to be known as "hacker summer camp," the back-to-back Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences, it's a given that some of them will experiment with hacking the infrastructure of Vegas itself, the city's elaborate array of casino and hospitality technology. But at one private event in 2022, a select group of researchers were actually invited to hack a Vegas hotel room, competing in a suite crowded with their laptops and cans of Red Bull to find digital vulnerabilities in every one of the room's gadgets, from its TV to its bedside VoIP phone. One team of hackers spent those days focused on the lock on the room's door, perhaps its most sensitive piece of technology of all. Now, more than a year and a half later, they're finally bringing to light the results of that work: a technique they discovered that would allow an intruder to open any of millions of hotel rooms worldwide in seconds, with just two taps. Today, Ian Carroll, Lennert Wouters, and a team of other security researchers are revealing a hotel keycard hacking technique they call Unsaflok. The technique is a collection of security vulnerabilities that would allow a hacker to almost instantly open several models of Saflok-brand RFID-based keycard locks sold by the Swiss lock maker Dormakaba. The Saflok systems are installed on 3 million doors worldwide, inside 13,000 properties in 131 countries. By exploiting weaknesses in both Dormakaba's encryption and the underlying RFID system Dormakaba uses, known as MIFARE Classic, Carroll and Wouters have demonstrated just how easily they can open a Saflok keycard lock. Their technique starts with obtaining any keycard from a target hotel -- say, by booking a room there or grabbing a keycard out of a box of used ones -- then reading a certain code from that card with a $300 RFID read-write device, and finally writing two keycards of their own. When they merely tap those two cards on a lock, the first rewrites a certain piece of the lock's data, and the second opens it. Dormakaba says that it's been working since early last year to make hotels that use Saflok aware of their security flaws and to help them fix or replace the vulnerable locks. For many of the Saflok systems sold in the last eight years, there's no hardware replacement necessary for each individual lock. Instead, hotels will only need to update or replace the front desk management system and have a technician carry out a relatively quick reprogramming of each lock, door by door. Wouters and Carroll say they were nonetheless told by Dormakaba that, as of this month, only 36 percent of installed Safloks have been updated. Given that the locks aren't connected to the internet and some older locks will still need a hardware upgrade, they say the full fix will still likely take months longer to roll out, at the very least. Some older installations may take years.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Hackers+Found+a+Way+To+Open+Any+of+3+Million+Hotel+Keycard+Locks+In+Seconds%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F2133211%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F2133211%2Fhackers-found-a-way-to-open-any-of-3-million-hotel-keycard-locks-in-seconds%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/21/2133211/hackers-found-a-way-to-open-any-of-3-million-hotel-keycard-locks-in-seconds?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence to encourage protecting personal data, monitoring AI for risks, and safeguarding human rights, U.S. officials said. The nonbinding resolution, proposed by the United States and co-sponsored by China and 121 other nations, took three months to negotiate and also advocates strengthening privacy policies, the officials said, briefing reporters before the resolution's passage. "We're sailing in choppy waters with the fast-changing technology, which means that its more important than ever to steer by the light of our values," said one of the senior administration officials, describing the resolution as the "first-ever truly global consensus document on AI." "The improper or malicious design, development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence systems ... pose risks that could ... undercut the protection, promotion and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms," the measure says. Asked whether negotiators faced resistance from Russia or China -- U.N. member states that also voted in favor of the document -- the officials conceded there were "lots of heated conversations. ... But we actively engaged with China, Russia, Cuba, other countries that often don't see eye to eye with us on issues." "We believe the resolution strikes the appropriate balance between furthering development, while continuing to protect human rights," said one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=UN+Adopts+First+Global+Artificial+Intelligence+Resolution%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F2034257%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F2034257%2Fun-adopts-first-global-artificial-intelligence-resolution%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/21/2034257/un-adopts-first-global-artificial-intelligence-resolution?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p

The Coalition for App Fairness, an industry body that represents Epic, Spotify, Match Group and Proton among others, issued the following statement following the U.S. announcing it had sued Apple: "With today's announcement, the Department of Justice is taking a strong stand against Apple's stranglehold over the mobile app ecosystem, which stifles competition and hurts American consumers and developers alike. The DOJ complaint details Apple's long history of illegal conduct -- abusing their App Store guidelines and developer agreements to increase prices, extract exorbitant fees, degrade user experiences, and choke off competition. The DOJ joins regulators around the world, who have recognized the many harms of Apple's abusive behavior and are working to address it. As this case unfolds in the coming years more must be done now to end the anticompetitive practices of all mobile app gatekeepers. It remains imperative that Congress pass bipartisan legislation, like the Open App Markets Act, to create a free and open mobile app marketplace." Further reading: Apple Loses $115 Billion in Market Value as Regulators Close In.pdiv class="share_submission" style="position:relative;" a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Epic%2C+Spotify%2C+Others+Back+DOJ+Lawsuit+Against+Apple%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F1812222%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F03%2F21%2F1812222%2Fepic-spotify-others-back-doj-lawsuit-against-apple%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a /div/ppa href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/21/1812222/epic-spotify-others-back-doj-lawsuit-against-apple?utm_source=rss1.0moreanonamp;utm_medium=feed"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p