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How a Norwegian Government Report Shows the Limits of CFIUS Data Reviews The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. (Eric Weaver, https://flic.kr/p/8fJ7Hv; CC BY-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/) Amid growing attention to data and national security threats from China, a recent Norwegian government report sheds light on the limits of a U.S. government process for tackling them: the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In 2019, CFIUS, which reviews foreign investments in sensitive U.S. companies for national security risks, initiated a review of Chinese company Beijing Kunlun Tech’s 2016 and 2018 investments into dating app Grindr. Beijing Kunlun Tech had a more than 98 percent ownership stake in Grindr. The committee’s logic was that Grindr’s user data, including on sexual orientation, sexual behavior and health data, was too sensitive to risk ending up in the hands of the Chinese government via the Ch ....
Share While the trackers in LastPass’s Android app don’t collect any personal data, the news may not sit well with some privacy-minded users LastPass, a popular password manager, has come under some fire following a report that its Android app features seven built-in advertising and analytics trackers that gather data ranging from the user’s device type and Android version to whether the user is on a free plan and has enabled biometric protection. Mike Kuketz, a German researcher who disclosed the issue, finds it completely unacceptable for apps that process extremely sensitive data to have advertising and analytics modules integrated into them: “Or to put it in general terms: no proprietary and non-transparent external code may be integrated into apps in which sensitive data is processed. Which data these modules collect and transmit to the third-party providers are sometimes not even known to the app developers themselves, who integrate t ....
MixPixel Segment Trackers have come to be expected in certain apps namely social media and online shopping outlets. The researchers note that something about including trackers in a password vault app seems insidious. Kuketz points out that immediately after launching LastPass on Android, six of the seven tracking apps activate before the user even interacts with the app. He also points out that at no point is the user asked whether or not they agree to have their data transmitted to the third-party providers. During his test, Kuketz uncovered that the app tracks what device the user is using, whether the app is being used for free or under a subscription, and if the user prefers to utilize a biometric lock. ....