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Real World Crypto 2023 Recap

... While the NIST PQC standardization effort focuses on cryptographic primitives, these primitives will eventually have to be used in protocols. Updating existing protocols to include post-quantum resilient primitives is nontrivial, as explained in the context of the IETF at RWPQC.

< <https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/05/16/real-world-crypto-2023-recap/> https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/05/16/real-world-crypto-2023-recap/>

< <https://securityboulevard.com/2023/05/real-world-crypto-2023-recap/> https://securityboulevard.com/2023/05/real-world-crypto-2023-recap/>

 

Sebastian Zimmeck: We need a federal privacy law. Here’s why. 

... While the law is necessary to build privacy into the internet, it is not enough. We need to bridge the gap between the privacy rights in the law and the technologies that implement them. Privacy rights on their own will be meaningless if they are not effectively and efficiently implemented. Privacy standards through the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), IETF and other organizations can provide reliable and concrete directions for browser vendors, publishers, manufacturers of IoT devices, cloud service providers, app stores and other stakeholders to implement technologies that satisfy the legal requirements.

< <https://www.courant.com/2023/05/21/sebastian-zimmeck-we-need-a-federal-privacy-law-heres-why/> https://www.courant.com/2023/05/21/sebastian-zimmeck-we-need-a-federal-privacy-law-heres-why/>

 

Phone server identity errors what causes it and how to fix

... Understanding global standards: The technology behind secure server connections and digital certificates is governed by global standards. For more information, you can visit the website of the IETF, a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

< <https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/understanding-iphone-server-identity-verification-errors/> https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/understanding-iphone-server-identity-verification-errors/>

 

Casper Network, Spooky Sight For Siloed Blockchains

... This solution has not only been demonstrated in global events such as 2023 Davos & Consensus, but CasperLabs CTO Medha Parlikar has even come out saying that their solution for hybrid interoperability follows the parameters of the open standard SATP, created by Quant Network & MIT which has recently been added into an official working group by the IETF. A standard that core members of IBM has also had some work with promoting and adopting.

< <https://tokenicer.medium.com/casper-network-spooky-sight-for-siloed-blockchains-bddb9e351a12> https://tokenicer.medium.com/casper-network-spooky-sight-for-siloed-blockchains-bddb9e351a12>

 

AF-CIX partners DE-CIX to improve internet performance for businesses in Nigeria [news release]

... Since the beginning of the commercial Internet, DE-CIX has had a decisive influence – in a range of leading global bodies, such as the IETF – on co-defining guiding principles for the Internet of the present and the future. As the operator of critical IT infrastructure, DE-CIX bears a great responsibility for the seamless, fast, and secure data exchange between people, enterprises, and organizations at its locations around the globe.

< <https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/af-cix-partners-de-cix-to-improve-internet-performance-for-businesses-in-nigeria-cm7dwof4> https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/af-cix-partners-de-cix-to-improve-internet-performance-for-businesses-in-nigeria-cm7dwof4>

 

Cybersecurity thought leaders across Middle East and Central Asia gather at high-level media roundtable [news release]

Huawei Middle East and Central Asia joined a high-level media roundtable on day two of the GSMA M360 EURASIA 2023 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, to discuss the latest telecom cybersecurity trends, innovations, and contribute methods to tackle the associated threats among industry actors together. ... Huawei has been proactively involved in the telecom cyber security standardization activities led by GSMA ITU-T, 3GPP, and IETF etc., and has joined security organizations such as OIC-CERT, FIRST and partnered with mainstream security companies to ensure the cyber security of its customers and promote the healthy development of industries.

< <https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/events-and-conferences/cybersecurity-thought-leaders-across-middle-east-and-central-asia-gather-at-high-level-media-roundtable-hrdvkfnk> https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/events-and-conferences/cybersecurity-thought-leaders-across-middle-east-and-central-asia-gather-at-high-level-media-roundtable-hrdvkfnk>

 

RKVST Instaproof’s drag’n’drop checks authenticity of files and documents [news release]

In today’s world of fake news and AI-generated content, it is increasingly difficult to know if documents and files are trustworthy. But now anyone can easily verify the provenance of any file by simply dragging and dropping that file onto RKVST® Instaproof to get the information they need to decide what data to trust. It’s just as simple to use RKVST to create a strong provenance record for your data. ... Building on the principles of transparency and integrity coming from the distributed ledger space, there are now several open standards efforts seeking to address the issue of trustworthy data including: the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, Content Authenticity Initiative and the IETF Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency and Trust Working Group. RKVST supports the development of these standards that will make it simple to add provenance, authenticity and transparency to any data.

< <https://www.rkvst.com/press_releases/rkvst-launches-instaproof-so-anyone-can-decide-what-data-to-trust/> https://www.rkvst.com/press_releases/rkvst-launches-instaproof-so-anyone-can-decide-what-data-to-trust/>

 

Neues »WHOIS«-Protokoll soll bis Januar 2025 für alle gTLDs implementiert sein [New "WHOIS" protocol to be implemented for all gTLDs by January 2025]

... Das RDAP wurde von der IETF entwickelt und bietet viele Vorteile gegenüber dem WHOIS-Protokoll. Zu diesen Vorteilen gehören standardisierte Abfragen, sicherer Datenzugriff, Erweiterbarkeit, differenzierter Zugriff zum Beispiel im Hinblick auf die Tiefe von Einblicken in die WHOIS-Daten für spezifische Nutzergruppen wie Strafverfolgungsbehörden oder Rechtsanwälte sowie die Unterstützung der Internationalisierung von Registrierungsdaten.

< <https://domain-recht.de/domain-registrierung/whois/icann-neues-whois-protokoll-soll-bis-januar-2025-fuer-alle-gtlds-implementiert-sein-68912.html> https://domain-recht.de/domain-registrierung/whois/icann-neues-whois-protokoll-soll-bis-januar-2025-fuer-alle-gtlds-implementiert-sein-68912.html>

 

خدمات جوجل.. مميزات جوجل ميت Google meet [Google Services. Google meet features]

... يتقيد تطبيق Google Meet بمعايير أمان مجموعة مهندسي شبكة الإنترنت (IETF) في ما يتعلّق ببروتوكول أمان طبقة النقل لمخطّطات البيانات (DTLS) وبروتوكول النقل الآمن في الوقت الفعلي.

< <https://www.elfagr.org/4692649> https://www.elfagr.org/4692649>

 

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Accessibility should be a cybersecurity priority, says UK NCSC

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged businesses and security leaders to make accessibility a cybersecurity priority to help make systems more secure and human errors/workarounds less likely. It can also aid in meeting legal requirements, delivering better operational outcomes, and attracting and retaining more diverse talent, according to the NCSC.

< <https://www.csoonline.com/article/3697149/accessibility-should-be-a-cybersecurity-priority-says-uk-ncsc.html> https://www.csoonline.com/article/3697149/accessibility-should-be-a-cybersecurity-priority-says-uk-ncsc.html>

 

RFC 9234 observed in the wild

Route leaks occur when Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) prefixes are propagated in a way that goes against the expected topology relationships of BGP. For example, this can happen when a route learned from one transit provider is announced to another transit provider or a lateral peer (peer-peer-peer), or when a route learned from one lateral peer is announced to another lateral peer or a transit provider. These leaks often result from misconfiguration or the absence of BGP route filtering, or from inadequate coordination between Autonomous Systems (ASes).

< <https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/16/rfc-9234-observed-in-the-wild/> https://blog.apnic.net/2023/05/16/rfc-9234-observed-in-the-wild/>

 

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NEW TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS

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Ericsson Technology Review Magazine 2023 – Spotlight on extended reality

There is increasing consensus in our industry that extended reality (XR) – an umbrella term that covers immersive technologies ranging from virtual reality (VR) to augmented reality (AR) – could be the next paradigm shift after the smartphone. Since the network requirements of advanced XR use cases differ significantly from those of mobile broadband (MBB), there is every reason to believe that this shift will have a transformative impact on the communication industry. Ericsson is working closely with leading players around the world to shape the market and ensure that 3GPP technology is relevant in the XR ecosystem.

< <https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/ericsson-technology-review/articles/spotlight-on-xr> https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/ericsson-technology-review/articles/spotlight-on-xr>

 

Ericsson faces new charges of trying to thwart open RAN

... "We do not expect to have additional IP for this solution compared to any other vendor contributing to O-RAN WG4," the spokesperson added, pointing out that Ericsson adheres to so-called FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) principles on licensing. These ensure any company can enter the market and use standardized technologies from the 3GPP, the international umbrella group for mobile standards, and the O-RAN Alliance, it said.

< <https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran/ericsson-faces-new-charges-of-trying-to-thwart-open-ran/d/d-id/784921> https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran/ericsson-faces-new-charges-of-trying-to-thwart-open-ran/d/d-id/784921>

 

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OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY

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IEEE Leaders Are Planning Now for 2050 and Beyond: They are reviewing membership models, product offerings, and standards development

The year 2050 might sound like a long way off, but it’s just around the corner for IEEE leaders. Technology developments are happening so quickly and on so many fronts that if the organization wants to continue to thrive, it needs to begin preparing for changes now.

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-is-planning-for-2050> https://spectrum.ieee.org/ieee-is-planning-for-2050>

 

IAB Responds to the European Commission’s exploratory consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure”

On 19 May 2023, the Internet Architecture Board responded to the European Commission’s exploratory consultation on “The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure.”

< <https://www.iab.org/2023/05/19/iab-responds-to-the-european-commissions-exploratory-consultation-on-the-future-of-the-electronic-communications-sector-and-its-infrastructure/> https://www.iab.org/2023/05/19/iab-responds-to-the-european-commissions-exploratory-consultation-on-the-future-of-the-electronic-communications-sector-and-its-infrastructure/>

 

IEEE Celebrates Engineering Pioneers and Emerging Technologies: Vint Cerf discusses the challenges the Internet faces at the annual summit

IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony showcases emerging technologies and celebrates engineering pioneers who laid the groundwork for many of today’s electronic devices. I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta.

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/2023-vic-summit-honors-ceremony> https://spectrum.ieee.org/2023-vic-summit-honors-ceremony>

 

Guterres calls for end to digital divide, stressing ‘tremendous opportunities’ ahead

"The digital revolution offers “tremendous opportunities” to fast track sustainable development, but Least Developed Countries need much more help getting online if they’re to benefit too." That’s the message from UN chief António Guterres ahead of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on Thursday. Mr. Guterres insisted on the need to confront technology’s perils, including the amplification of economic inequalities, the proliferation of hate speech and disinformation, as well as the lack of governance and unchecked development of artificial intelligence, or A.I.

< <https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136742> https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136742>

 

Who Runs the Internet? [Georgetown University Law Center Research Paper]

Abstract: There is no single answer to the question of who runs the Internet. Is it the United States, often seen as the hegemon of the Internet, home to so many of the world’s leading Internet enterprises? Is it China, which erects a “Great Firewall” to assert control over the portion of the Internet available in China? Is it the European Union, which extends its power globally through its data protection regime, designating countries as “adequate” or (implicitly) “inadequate” to receive its data? Is it ICANN, the California not-for-profit organization that controls how Internet addresses are allocated? Is it the World Wide Web Consortium, which develops standards for the web’s communication’s protocols? Is it the United Nations, which periodically asserts pressure through organs like the International Telecommunications Union or through international meetings? Is it the World Trade Organization, which regulates the barriers that governments erect against international trade? Is it telecommunications providers such as AT&T and Comcast on whose wires and beams information flows? Is it Facebook, which recently connected a billion people in one day? Is it Google, where the world often begins its search for information? In reality, all of the above, and many more, can claim a share of Internet governance. This chapter will set out an overview of how the Internet is currently governed, as well as some of the key controversies in both the procedure and substance of Internet governance. 

< <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4446459> https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4446459>

 

G7 calls for developing global technical standards for AI

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence (AI) "trustworthy", saying governance of the technology has not kept pace with its growth.

< <https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-calls-developing-global-technical-standards-ai-2023-05-20/> https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-calls-developing-global-technical-standards-ai-2023-05-20/>

 

U.N.’s ITU Secretary-General Receives IEEE President’s Award: recognized for her work in bridging the digital divide

Doreen Bogdan-Martin, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, was named the recipient of this year’s IEEE President’s Award. She is being recognized for “distinguished leadership and contributions to the public.”

< <https://spectrum.ieee.org/itu-leader-receives-ieee-award> https://spectrum.ieee.org/itu-leader-receives-ieee-award>

 

Space-division multiplexing

A new technical report from the ITU establishes a roadmap towards standards to support continued capacity growth for optical networks.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/space-division-multiplexing/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/space-division-multiplexing/>

 

WTISD 2023 calls for bold digital action

Each year on 17 May, we dedicate the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) to a specific topic where digital development needs extra attention.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/wtisd-2023-calls-for-bold-digital-action/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/wtisd-2023-calls-for-bold-digital-action/>

 

Progress on time signals and frequency standard emissions

Working Party 7A in the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU–R — one of three sectors of the International Telecommunication Union) deals with scientific services related to time signals and frequency standard emissions.

< <https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/progress-on-time-signals-and-frequency-standard-emissions/> https://www.itu.int/hub/2023/05/progress-on-time-signals-and-frequency-standard-emissions/>

 

Marking World Telecommunication Day, Secretary-General Calls for Global Digital Compact, Closure of Connectivity Divide

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, observed on 17 May: On this World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, we highlight the power of technology to advance sustainable development in least developed countries. The digital revolution is a defining force of our era. The opportunities are tremendous: from transforming education and health care, to accelerating climate action and the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals.

< <https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21798.doc.htm> https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21798.doc.htm>

 

G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué 

... 38. We recognize that, while rapid technological change has been strengthening societies and economies, the international governance of new digital technologies has not necessarily kept pace. As the pace of technological evolution accelerates, we affirm the importance to address common governance challenges and to identify potential gaps and fragmentation in global technology governance. In areas such as AI, immersive technologies such as the metaverses and quantum information science and technology and other emerging technologies, the governance of the digital economy should continue to be updated in line with our shared democratic values. ... We continue to discuss ways to advance technology for democracy and to cooperate on new and emerging technologies and their social implementation, and look forward to an inclusive, multi-stakeholder dialogue on digital issues, including on Internet Governance, through relevant fora, including the OECD Global Forum on Technology. We commit to further advancing multi-stakeholder approaches to the development of standards for AI, respectful of legally binding frameworks, and recognize the importance of procedures that advance transparency, openness, fair processes, impartiality, privacy and inclusiveness to promote responsible AI.

< <https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/20/g7-hiroshima-leaders-communique/> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/20/g7-hiroshima-leaders-communique/>

 

A New Democratic Purpose: Building Global Technological Alliances

The world is going through a profound period of change. The impacts of the technological revolution will dwarf those of the Industrial Revolution that changed the world. The advent of software has demolished old economic models, while breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI), biotech and climate tech can reshape parts of our lives that were previously transformed by the innovation of earlier centuries. The countries at the forefront of today’s advances – and those that can drive tomorrow’s – will be the ones to define our future.

< <https://www.institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/new-democratic-purpose-building-global-technological-alliances> https://www.institute.global/insights/tech-and-digitalisation/new-democratic-purpose-building-global-technological-alliances>

 

ONU authentication standard critical for virtualized networks

A new Broadband Forum project focused on Optical Network Unit (ONU) authentication will play a crucial role in making sure virtualized networks can enable OPEX savings and introduce new products and services faster to market.

< <https://www.broadband-forum.org/2023-05-16-onu-authentication-standard-critical-for-virtualized-networks> https://www.broadband-forum.org/2023-05-16-onu-authentication-standard-critical-for-virtualized-networks>

 

First Public Working Drafts: Update of the RDF and SPARQL families of specification towards version 1.2

The RDF-star Working Group has published the following 16 First Public Working Drafts, which represent the first milestone in the update of the RDF and SPARQL families of specification towards version 1.2:

< <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9906> https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9906>

 

First Public Working Draft: BBS Cryptosuite v2023

The Verifiable Credentials Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of BBS Cryptosuite v2023. This specification describes the BBS+ Signature Suite created in 2023 for the Data Integrity specification.

< <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9913> https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9913>

 

CollapseW3C opens Advisory Board (AB) election

The W3C Advisory Committee has nominated nine individuals, and is invited today to vote until 1 June 2023 for six seats in the W3C Advisory Board (AB) election.

< <https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9903> https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9903>

 

Ukraine and China Will Dominate G7 Summit, but a New Threat Lurks: A.I.

... Both are now familiar topics to the leaders of the Group of 7 nations, who have grown far tighter, and have remained surprisingly unified, since Russia began its assault on Ukraine 15 months ago. But at some point over three days of discussions, the G7 leaders are also expected to venture into new territory: the first conversations among the world’s largest democratic economies about a common approach to regulating the use of generative artificial intelligence programs like GPT-4.

< <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/g7-ukraine-artificial-intelligence.html> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/asia/g7-ukraine-artificial-intelligence.html>

 

Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes

More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text and videos are made by humans or machines.

< <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/technology/ai-chat-gpt-detection-tools.html> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/technology/ai-chat-gpt-detection-tools.html>

 

Apple Restricts Employee Use of ChatGPT, Joining Other Companies Wary of Leaks

Apple has restricted the use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence tools for some employees as it develops its own similar technology, according to a document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the matter.

< <https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-restricts-use-of-chatgpt-joining-other-companies-wary-of-leaks-d44d7d34> https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-restricts-use-of-chatgpt-joining-other-companies-wary-of-leaks-d44d7d34>

 

Are AI Language Models Too Dangerous to Deploy? Who Can Tell? Regulation may not save us from chatbot risks.

For those of us who have followed digital technology for decades, developments in artificial intelligence (AI) over the past six months have felt comparably momentous to only a few pivotal moments in the past half-century. Bill Gates compared a demo of ChatGPT to his first encounter with a graphical user interface in 1980. ChatGPT’s burst on the scene reminded me of seeing Mosaic, an early web browser, and the birth of the World Wide Web.

< <https://www.cigionline.org/articles/are-ai-language-models-too-dangerous-to-deploy-who-can-tell/> https://www.cigionline.org/articles/are-ai-language-models-too-dangerous-to-deploy-who-can-tell/>

 

The Basic Fallacy Underlying the AI Panic

For the past two months, we’ve seen a sudden burst of panic about the social implications of Artificial Intelligence. One cannot help but note, with a mix of resignation and amusement, that the loudest noises are coming from computer scientists involved in AI. To some people, these sources lend an alarming credibility to the panic. Don’t be misled. This is one of thousands of examples of how technical expertise does not translate into expertise in social systems and public policy.

< <https://www.internetgovernance.org/2023/05/19/the-basic-fallacy-underlying-the-ai-panic/> https://www.internetgovernance.org/2023/05/19/the-basic-fallacy-underlying-the-ai-panic/>

 

Dark Web ChatGPT Unleashed: Meet DarkBERT

We're still early in the snowball effect unleashed by the release of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT into the wild. Paired with the open-sourcing of other GPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) models, the number of applications employing AI is exploding; and as we know, ChatGPT itself can be used to create highly advanced malware.

< <https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dark-web-chatgpt-unleashed-meet-darkbert> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dark-web-chatgpt-unleashed-meet-darkbert>

 

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Victory! Apple and Google Collaborate on Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers

... The specification was submitted to the IETF as an Internet-Draft, which is its name for an in-progress document. When the specification goes through the process it will be a numbered Request for Comments (RFC). For example, the ACME protocol that Certbot uses to update TLS certificates is RFC 8555.

< <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/victory-apple-and-google-collaborate-detecting-unwanted-location-trackers> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/victory-apple-and-google-collaborate-detecting-unwanted-location-trackers>

 

Apple and Google Working Together on Industry Standard to Warn Device Users of Unauthorized Bluetooth Tracking

... Google and Apple are partnering with the IETF in this effort, a development organization that has been in action since the 1980s and was a central contributor to the creation of TCP/IP among other commonly used internet standards.

< <https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/apple-and-google-working-together-on-industry-standard-to-warn-device-users-of-unauthorized-bluetooth-tracking/> https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/apple-and-google-working-together-on-industry-standard-to-warn-device-users-of-unauthorized-bluetooth-tracking/>

 

Apple and Google propose plan to tackle AirTag stalking

Apple Inc. and Google proposed new device specifications to the IETF to combat the usage of AirTags and similar Bluetooth devices for stalking.

< <https://theticker.org/11382/science/apple-and-google-propose-plan-to-tackle-airtag-stalking/> https://theticker.org/11382/science/apple-and-google-propose-plan-to-tackle-airtag-stalking/>

 

Google, Apple Working to Curb Unwanted Tracking

Google and Apple, announced that they have jointly submitted a proposal that is meant to help the industry deal with unwanted tracking. The industry-wide specification is a draft and has been submitted via the IETF.

< <https://techweez.com/2023/05/15/google-apple-working-curb-tracking/> https://techweez.com/2023/05/15/google-apple-working-curb-tracking/>

 

Összefogott az Apple és a Google, közös erővel védenék az AirTaget [Apple and Google join forces to protect AirTag]

... Az Apple és a Google által kidolgozott specifikáció-vázlat a következő 3 hónapban kerülhet az IETF elé, akik megvizsgálják és visszajelezéseket küldenek.

< <https://tech2.hu/osszefogott-az-apple-es-a-google-kozos-erovel-vedenek-az-airtaget/> https://tech2.hu/osszefogott-az-apple-es-a-google-kozos-erovel-vedenek-az-airtaget/>

 

Apple и Google предлагают принять стандарт для предотвращения слежки с помощью Bluetooth-устройств [Apple and Google propose to adopt a standard to prevent surveillance using Bluetooth devices]

... В предлагаемом стандарте предусмотрены различные технические меры, благодаря которым миниатюрные устройства с интерфейсом Bluetooth и возможностью определения местоположения будет труднее использовать для слежки за ничего не подозревающими владельцами или теми, кому злонамеренные владельцы решат незаметно подбросить такое устройство. Компании Apple и Google направили проект стандарта в организацию IETF.

< <https://www.osp.ru/articles/2023/0517/13057161> https://www.osp.ru/articles/2023/0517/13057161>

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