Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider (JD Supra Germany)
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WhatsApp security flaw, lawsuit in Germany
Tobias Boelter, a University of California Berkeley cryptography researcher claims that last year he found a security flaw in WhatsApp’s encrypted smart phone messaging application. The flaw, which relates to the unique security keys exchanged between WhatsApp users, is reported to allow third parties, including governments, to intercept messages in transit.
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Volkswagen refuses to share emails with the U.S. Investigators, citing privacy concerns
German auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) is reportedly using German privacy laws to resist turning over its top executives’ internal corporate emails and other communication materials to United States attorneys general and U.S. Justice Department officials investigating the company’s excess emissions scandal.