This Week in Privacy (May 23th - May29th 2015)

This Week in Privacy This Week in Privacy is a curation of the week's top news stories relating to your privacy.

NSA planned to hack app stores to push malware to targets Top secret documents reveal that the agencies planned to hjiack data links to Google and Samsung app stores to infect smartphones with spyware. Read Full Article

In Australia, learning about encryption could soon be illegal The Defence Trade Control Act comes into effect next year, and carries penalties of up to ten years in prison for "supplies of technology" which could include encryption. Read Full Article

Private dad of 4 million AdultFriendFinder users now up for sale The dating site admitted last week that it had been breached, and the hacker is asking for 70 Bitcoin to release the database of almost 4 million emails. Read Full Article

Rand Paul filibusters the Patriot Act extension The senator objected to the act's extension and forced a decision back to May 31st, after 10 hours of filibustering. Read Full Article

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