Yep, You Can Jailbreak an F35 Fighter Jet Just Like an iPhone: Your Weekly Security Download
Yep, You Can Jailbreak an F35 Fighter Jet Just Like an iPhone: Your Weekly Security Download
Publish Date: 2026-02-20 13:15:00
Source Domain: www.pcmag.com
It’s time once again for your weekly dose of infosec news, where I apply my experience as a PCMag managing editor to offer context on the best security-related stories we covered this week, along with some interesting outliers you might have missed.
It’s no secret that everyone wants your data, from companies looking to make money from it to governments that want to surveil their citizens. That means it’s worth paying attention when security tools come under attack. For example, encryption has long been a target for governments looking for ways to break into private data, and now VPNs, which encrypt your internet traffic and can obfuscate your physical location, are also under fire.
In the UK, the Prime Minister’s office is looking for ways to impose age requirements on VPNs, which, ironically, defeats their entire purpose of keeping who you are and what you’re doing safe from prying eyes, whoever may be watching. After all, VPN providers pride themselves on retaining as few records as possible about their customers, and the best VPNs keep virtually nothing, thereby ensuring their users’ privacy. If governments force them to keep records, like a user’s age or identity, well, you see how that could be a problem.
This isn’t the first time the UK government has taken aim at VPNs. Last year, the UK’s Children’s Commissioner floated a similar proposal. After the UK passed the Online Safety Act, users flocked to VPNs to bypass having to turn over their IDs, face scans, or other data to major platforms, so it’s natural that the government would try to do something about it.
Meanwhile, in Spain, La Liga, a Spanish football league, reportedly secured a court order against NordVPN and Proton VPN, forcing them to block access to sites that allegedly stream live games. The trouble, however, is that neither company says they were notified of the lawsuit in the first place, which casts doubt on the legitimacy of the order. Watch this…
