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The failed sale of NSO Group to L3Harris raises concerns about who will own its surveillance technology, while Apple takes steps to hold surveillance firms accountable.

In April 2022 The New Yorker posted an article titled “How Democracies Spy on their Citizens” detailing how an iPhone 8 Plus phone owned by Jordi Solé, a pro-independence member of the European Parliament, was hacked by an attacker using NSO’s Pegasus spyware. Other similar cases were published in 2021 and 2022 and today, Apple introduced Lockdown Mode coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac Operating Systems to address high-level spyware.

Apple’s Lockdown Mode offers an extreme level of security for users who might be personally targeted by some of the most sophisticated digital threats for being who they are or for what they do.

The company is introducing Lockdown Mode to protect high-risk individuals against corrosive surveillance and attacks, and investing millions to improve protection on its devices.

Firm says function is intended for users who face ‘grave, targeted threats to their digital security’

Apple today detailed two initiatives to help protect users who may be personally targeted by sophisticated digital threats.

The United States' push for a global infrastructure program with Europe is misguided because it is a political response to China's Belt and Road Initiative, observers said.

The U.S. has promised to contribute US$200B and the EU will put in 300 million euros, but it’s unknown how much — if anything — Canada will chip in

After a month at the University of Toronto, Kateryna Luchka wants to know what to expect upon returning to her hometown of Pryluky, Ukraine – a region she described as “very dangerous” given the ongoing Russian invasion of her country.So, she put the

Aminute to ask a single question, and a lifetime to recall the experience.For University of Calgary student Faith Moghaddami, it was a memory-making moment on Wednesday morning, as one of a handful of Canadian students chosen to ask Ukraine President