Opposition warns of new attack on digital civil rights Representatives of all opposition factions have sharply criticized the bill with which the grand coalition wants to adapt the provisions on the provision of inventory data to the requirements of the Federal Constitutional Court. The FDP network expert Manuel Höferlin fears that this threatens the “next crack in the foundation of digital civil rights”. Left MP Niema Movassat described it as highly problematic that network operators would have to report suspicious content and related data to the BKA. The anti-hate law was supposed to be “the reaction to the attack in Halle,” said the Green Konstantin von Notz. However, the coalition “screwed up” it by installing the requirements for inventory data information.

Together against “massive attacks” such as SolarWinds Microsoft President Brad Smith has called on the tech industry to work together to secure critical infrastructures against cyber attacks. The recent Solar Winds attacks against Microsoft and numerous other companies are “an indiscriminate, massive attack on the global supply chain that we must protect together,” said Smith in his recorded keynote at the digital CES. The Microsoft President wants a global agreement that outlaws attacks on certain infrastructure such as the healthcare system.

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Google fixes errors in the Exposure Notification Framework Google has eliminated the error in the technical interface of the Corona warning app for Android smartphones. The error had led to a number of users not having received the current result of the risk assessment since Tuesday evening. However, the problem did not result in the loss of data or information about potential threats, emphasizes Google.

TikTok adjusts privacy settings for young people to The social network TikTok, which is particularly popular with young people, is making changes to the privacy settings. The profiles of all users between 13 and 15 Years are now set to “private” by default. Thus the content is not shared publicly. In addition, videos of this age group cannot be commented on unless they have activated the comment function for their own friends list. The changes are intended to bring young people closer to the benefits of privacy settings, explains TikTok.

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