TechLetters #157 Data Protection of Privacy Sandbox PAA; Fake security reviews using ChatGPT; Satellite internet access cut in Ukraine during military operations; China criticises U.S. tech sanctions

Data Protection analysis of Privacy Sandbox’s Protected Audience API, my LL.M. dissertation.

Security

Security bug reports gone awry. Someone used ChatGPT to generate nonsensical content and the poor handlers were forced to interact as if it was serious. Perhaps some words should be blacklisted/greylisted to flag submissions as suspicious. For example, the use of "certainly!".

Russian cyber operators were inside Ukrainian telecoms Kyivstar's systems from at least May last year. It reportedly caused "destruction”, and was a component of a prepared psychological operation (no details), and to collect intelligence.

Cutting Starling access from Ukraine drones. "Ukraine tried to use surface drones in Sevastopol Bay, but the Starlink connection was lost 70 kilometers from the target. It was not possible to convince Musk to turn it on." My previous analysis.

Privacy

Google phasing out "3rd-party cookies" from the Chrome browser. Below is my analysis of the consequences of the new system for data protection. We are talking about a market worth $600 billion. Chrome advertises it as "tracking protection". More blocking of other content (too) to come?

My data protection assessment of Privacy Sandbox's Protected Audience API. I analyse it through the lens of GDPR and ePrivacy. It can be used in line with EU Data Protection, and may even help solving the cookie-consent fatigue. My LL.M. dissertation.

Technology Policy

Competition aspects of Privacy Sandbox's Protected Audience API. Here. We lack technology standards for competition but such technology changes naturally must respect competition law. Privacy can be a parameter of competition investigations.

Chinese government criticises sanctions. The Netherlands and the US. After U.S. sanctions, the Netherlands can't export important processor components to China, meaning it can't honor contracts. China says this is interference with free trade.

Other

Cost of defending trade in the Red Sea. Where Houthis shoot at ships with cheap drones costing $20k. On one side, 15% of world trade. On the other hand, the costs of fuel and rockets (e.g. a French missile for €1M). Ultimately it pays off, but there is a cost.

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