FBI has a way of accessing Signal texts

Signal has become the de facto king of secure messaging apps of late, stealing users from WhatsApp and gathering millions of others looking for private forms of communication. That means the police and governments will be wanting, more than ever, to ensure they have forensic techniques to access Signal messages. Court documents obtained by Forbes not only attest to that desire, but indicate the FBI has a way of accessing Signal texts even if they’re behind the lockscreen of an iPhone. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/02/08/can-the-fbi-can-hack-into-private-signal-messages-on-a-locked-iphone-evidence-indicates-yes/
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Romance scam victims reported $304 million in fraud in 2020

FTC doesn’t monitor emotions but collect complaints from people who say they were victims of romance scams. In 2020, they're worth a record $304 million—an increase of about 50% over previous year
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UK government reportedly considering phone GPS tracking to enforce quarantine

Watchdog approves use of UK phone data to help fight coronavirus (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/watchdog-approves-use-uk-phone-data-if-helps-fight-coronavirus)

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Data supervisor for much of big tech in Europe is handling complaints using ‘last-gen’ software

The revelation that the lead data supervisor for much of big tech in Europe is handling complaints using such ‘last-gen’ software not only looks highly embarrassing for the DPC but raises questions over the effectiveness of its senior management. 

https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/09/eus-lead-data-supervisor-for-most-of-big-tech-is-still-using-lotus-notes/
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Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead

Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead, will let some employees work remotely from now on (https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22275304/salesfore-remote-work-9-to-5-workday-is-dead-flex-coronavirus) 

Making a good job of remote work: Economics professors reveal what their research tells us about avoiding pitfalls ahead (https://www.ft.com/content/b9de71d6-01c8-4de9-80ee-2c756f2f2e99)

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European Public Sector Innovation and Open Source

Convidada a participar no painel European Public Sector Innovation and Open Source, onde foi debatido o contributo que o código aberto pode representar na resolução dos desafios atuais de uma UE a caminho da Década Digital, a Secretária de Estado enfatizou a colaboração com os cidadãos e a colaboração entre organizações e países, enquanto motor essencial à inovação. «Falar de open source é falar de colaboração em todas estas dimensões e das escolhas que fomentam a colaboração», sublinhou Maria de Fátima Fonseca. «O papel da política pública é o de definir o cenário em que são feitas as escolhas coletivas, organizar o debate, clarificar os valores que acompanham essas escolhas e tomar medidas, alinhando todos os parceiros necessários». Reforçou, ainda, que aprofundar o consenso em torno dos princípios e valores éticos que guiam a sociedade digital e a transformação da Administração Pública, fomentando a segurança, a transparência e a confiança, é uma prioridade vertida, por exemplo, na discussão da identidade digital, que conjuga tecnologia e opções sociais. https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc22/comunicacao/noticia?i=secretaria-de-estado-da-inovacao-e-da-modernizacao-administrativa-participa-no-evento-eu-open-source-policy-summit-2021
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The economy is significantly benefitting from open source

The conclusion? The economy is significantly benefitting from open source. In 2018, estimates the research, there were at least 260,000 contributors in the EU, representing 8% of employees in the computer programming sector. They made a total of 30 million contributions, and produced a volume of code equivalent to the full-time work of 16,000 developers. That same year, concluded the analysts, the economic impact of open-source software stands between €65 billion ($77.8 billion) and €95 billion ($113.7 billion). https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-much-are-open-source-developers-really-worth-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-say-economists/
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A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems

A researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies' internal systems, including Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, in a novel software supply chain attack. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-hacks-microsoft-apple-more-in-novel-supply-chain-attack/ 

The attack comprised uploading malware to open source repositories including PyPI, npm, and RubyGems, which then got distributed downstream automatically into the company's internal applications.

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CTIC com GNS na avaliação de serviços Cloud da AP

É precisamente ao Conselho para as Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação da Administração Pública (CTIC) que se pede que continue este trabalho e, em coordenação com o Gabinete Nacional de Segurança, enquanto Autoridade Nacional de Segurança, produza: 

a) Uma ferramenta metodológica de apoio à decisão, que permita a avaliação de opções de serviços Cloud (framework de adoção); 

b) Um modelo de avaliação, monitorização e gestão de contratos Cloud; 

c) Uma proposta de alteração de normas e procedimentos de contratação, contabilísticos ou de outra natureza, que constituam atualmente constrangimento à contratação e gestão de serviços Cloud, incluindo à celebração de acordos quadro; 

d) Modelos de peças de procedimentos concursais e cláusulas técnicas que sirvam de referência para as entidades públicas contratarem serviços Cloud; 

e) Um plano de qualificação de recursos humanos da Administração Pública que garanta a capacidade para fazer face aos novos desafios de conceção, operação, contratação e avaliação de serviços Cloud.

https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc22/comunicacao/intervencao?i=intervencao-da-secretaria-de-estado-da-inovacao-e-da-modernizacao-administrativa-na-webmorning-estrategia-cloud-para-a-administracao-publica-em-portugal

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Female scientists and engineers were in the majority in 13 EU regions

Female scientists and engineers were in the majority in 13 EU regions: 

- five regions of Spain: the North-East (53%), North-West, Canary Islands and East (all 52%) and Centre (51%), 

- two regions of Poland: Eastern (54%) and Central (51%),

- North and South-East Bulgaria (57%), Madeira in Portugal (57%), Northern Sweden (56%), as well as Lithuania (55%), Latvia (53%) and Denmark (52%): all three single regions at this level of detail.

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/-/edn-20210210-1 

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