Huawei Vodafone backdoor renews demand for better privacy rules
CONTACT:Luca BertolettiEuropean Affairs ManagerConsumer Choice Centerluca@consumerchoicecenter.org39 3451694519 Huawei Vodafone backdoor renews demand for better privacy rules ROME – Today it was revealed that hidden backdoors were discovered in Huawei Equipment by the mobile provider Vodafone back in 2011. Vodafone identified hidden backdoors in the software that could have given Huawei unauthorized access to the carrier’s fixed-line network in […]
La 5G nous rappelle l’importance de la vie privée des consommateurs
Renforcer la responsabilité des opérateurs de réseaux pour les vulnérabilités technologiques et créer un cadre de certification souple permettront de garantir à la fois le choix du consommateur et le respect de sa vie privée. Par Mikołaj Barczentewicz, chercheur associé au Consumer Choice Center, et Bill Wirtz, analyste de politiques publiques au Consumer Choice Center. […]
La 5G nous rappelle l’importance de la vie privée des consommateurs
Renforcer la responsabilité des opérateurs de réseaux pour les vulnérabilités technologiques et créer un cadre de certification souple permettront de garantir à la fois le choix du consommateur et le respect de sa vie privée. Par Mikołaj Barczentewicz, chercheur associé au Consumer Choice Center, et Bill Wirtz, analyste de politiques publiques au Consumer Choice Center. […]
Report released on Cybersecurity, Consumer Privacy, and 5G Technology
The Consumer Choice Center announces the release of a policy note on consumer privacy and cybersecurity in Europe. The policy note discusses current privacy threats for European consumers in the light of the emergence of the Internet of Things and the rollout of 5G networks. The authors Mikolaj Barczentewicz and Fred Roeder suggest a multifactorial […]
Studie zu Netzsicherheit und Datenschutz »DSGVO greift im Zeitalter von 5G zu kurz«
Die Autoren der Studie schlagen einen multifaktoriellen Ansatz vor, um Verbraucher und deren Daten in Zeiten massiv erhöhter Vernetzung zu schützen. Das Consumer Choice Center hat eine Studie zum Thema Datenschutz und Netzsicherheit in Europa veröffentlicht. Speziellen Fokus legen die Autoren auf den Kontext IoT und den Ausbau von 5G-Netzen. Die Autoren, Mikołaj Barczentewicz and […]
Studie: “DSGVO greift zu kurz im Zeitalter von 5G”
Das Consumer Choice Center gibt die Veröffentlichung einer neuen Studie zum Thema Datenschutz und Netzsicherheit in Europa bekannt. Die Studie befasst sich mit aktuellen Gefahren für Datenschutz von europäischen Verbrauchern. Dies geschieht besonders im Rahmen der aktuellen Diskussion um das Internet of Things und den Ausbau von 5G Netzen. Die Autoren, Mikolaj Barczentewicz und Fred […]
Connected cars: EU Commission must embrace technology neutrality
While the EU Commission Delegated Act C-ITS favours Wifi as the baseline technology for connected cars, there is reason to worry that the Commission is playing favorites with technology. So says Fred Roeder, managing director of the Consumer Choice Center who expresses consumers’ concerns at the Commission’s behaviour: “The Commission ought to provide a framework in which […]
Intel Visa tech can be used by hackers to read data from memory
Consumer Choice Center’s senior privacy fellow Mikolaj Barczentewicz said the defects in Huawei software publicised today “are significant and stem from Huawei giving insufficient weight to the security of their products by delivering good and safe code”. “Consumers cannot know if European and American manufacturers are doing better than Huawei in that respect, because manufacturers […]
Time to get serious about protecting 5G networks
The British Huawei oversight body published today a scathing report documenting vulnerabilities in Huawei’s equipment. Here, the Consumer Choice Center’s Senior Privacy Fellow Mikołaj Barczentewicz has commented on policy conclusions to draw from the report. “The defects in Huawei software publicised today are significant and stem from Huawei giving insufficient weight to the security of […]
Huawei oversight body slates Chinese manufacturer’s equipment
The Consumer Choice Center’s Senior Privacy Fellow Mikołaj Barczentewicz commented on policy conclusions to draw from the report. “The defects in Huawei software publicised today are significant and stem from Huawei giving insufficient weight to the security of their products by delivering good and safe code,” said Barczentewicz. “Consumers cannot know if European and American […]
Engelske sikkerhedschefer finder sårbarheder i Huaweis udstyr
Sikkerhedsekspert kræver højere sikkerhed fra alle leverandører Sikkerhedsekspert ved Consumer Choice Center’, Mikołaj Barczentewicz, vurderer dog på baggrund af rapporten, at Huawei ikke tager sikkerheden seriøst nok, men siger samtidig, at offentligheden ikke kan viser, om europæiske eller amerikanske netværksleverandører klarer sig bedre end Huawei, da de ikke er underlangt samme krav og overvågenhed som […]
