The next step is to pair your phone with Windows, a process that differs between an iPhone and an Android device. iPhoneTo pair your iPhone in Windows 10, go to Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices and click Add Bluetooth or other device. Select Bluetooth, and your computer will search for nearby devices.The iPhone pairing process is basically the same in Windows 11. Go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices on your computer and click the Add device button. Select Bluetooth from the popup window.Android To pair your Android phone with Windows 10, go to Settings > Devices > Bluetooth & other devices on your PC and click Add Bluetooth or other device. Select Bluetooth, and your computer will search for nearby devices. On your Android phone, go to Settings and look for a category called Connections or Connected Devices. Tap the button for Pair new device.Also: How to link your Android phone to your Windows 11 PCThe name of your Android phone should then appear in the list. Click its name to start the pairing. A PIN pops up. Tap OK on your phone and Connect on your PC to connect the two. Your phone appears in the list of items paired with your PC.To pair your Android device with Windows 11, go to Settings > Bluetooth & devices on your PC, click Add device, and select Bluetooth. On your Android phone, go to Settings and then Connections or Connected Devices. Also: How to uninstall Windows 11 on your PC Tap the button for Pair new device. Select your Android phone in the list to pair it with your PC. After the PIN pops up, tap OK on your phone and Connect on your PC to pair the two.  More

J Studios/Getty Images ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude can now be prompted to reference past user interactions. The feature rolls out today to Max, Team, and Enterprise users. It’ll be turned on by default, but you can also switch it off. Claude just got a major memory upgrade: Anthropic’s flagship generative AI chatbot can now retrieve […] More

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw addresses media following mass raids against organised crime across Australia.
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has made public its “most significant operation in policing history”, which primarily relied on using Australia’s encryption laws to access the encrypted communications of criminals. During a press briefing on Tuesday morning, AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw said the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) gained access to an encrypted application, named Anom, and ran it without the knowledge of the criminal underworld.With that access, the AFP helped to decrypt and read encrypted communication that was sent over Anom in real time as part of the operation.”Essentially, we have been in the back pockets of organised crime and operationalised the criminal takedown like we’ve never seen. The use of encrypted communication apps presents significant challenges to law enforcement and Anom has given law enforcement a window into the level of criminality that we have never seen before on this scale,” Kershaw said.Labelled Operation Ironside, Kershaw said the FBI took the lead on a global online sting operation while Australia provided the “technical capability” to be able to decrypt those messages. Europol was also involved in the operation. Kershaw explained that access to these encrypted messages was gained lawfully through using the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018, usually referred to as the TOLA Act, in combination with legal authority from the FBI. The controversial TOLA Act allows intelligence and law enforcement agencies to request or demand assistance from communications providers to access encrypted communications.

When asked if the FBI chose to work with Australia due to the TOLA Act providing the legal capability to decrypt those messages rather than the AFP’s technical capability, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison deferred the question to the United States, touting the AFP’s efforts instead. In light of the operation being made public, Morrison also took the opportunity to flog various Bills currently being considered by Parliament. Among those Bills were the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 and the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 (IPO Bill). “There are a series of pieces of legislation that we’ve been seeking to move through the Parliament, not just over this term, but in some cases, over three terms; they need these powers to do their job. The AFP and our law enforcement agencies and other agencies that support them need the support of our Parliament to continue to do the job that they do to keep Australians safe,” Morrison said at the press briefing. The first Bill, if passed, would hand the AFP and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) new warrants for dealing with online crime. The latter Bill, meanwhile, would create a framework for Australian agencies to gain access to stored telecommunications data from further foreign designated communication providers in countries that have an agreement with Australia, and vice versa. Both Bills have received criticism and currently do not have bipartisan support, with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) having labelled the powers that would be given through the surveillance legislation amendment as “wide-ranging and coercive in nature”. “These powers may adversely impact the privacy of a large number of individuals, including individuals not suspected of involvement in criminal activity, and must therefore be subject to a careful and critical assessment of their necessity, reasonableness, and proportionality,” the OAIC said in March. The IPO Bill has received similar outcry, with the OAIC and Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security saying that the regime requires provision that address transparency and privacy concerns. In total, the sting operation led to 525 search warrants, 224 individuals being charged, 525 charges in total, six clandestine labs being taken down, and 21 threats to kill being averted. 3.7 tonnes of drugs, 104 firearms and weapons, and over AU$45 million in assets were also seized as part of the operation that commenced three years ago.Details of how the sting operation first commenced will be announced in San Diego, California tomorrow morning.Updated at 11:50am AEST, 8 June 2021: made clarification it was the FBI, not the AFP, that first gained access to Anom.Related Coverage More

The Victorian government this week decided to lock down parts of the state, introducing “stay at home” restrictions due to another wave of COVID-19 cases. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, after consultations with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Prime Minister Scott Morrison, gave the order that from Tuesday midnight, the NSW-Victoria border would be […] More

Microsoft has announced some improvements to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly Defender ATP) that should help remote workers with Androids and iPhones more securely access information from the corporate network. Microsoft has refreshed the look and feel of the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint apps for Android and iOS. It’s also enabled mobile application management for devices that aren’t enrolled in Microsoft’s Intune mobile device management (MDM) platform, and enabled jailbreak detection for iOS. Previously, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint worked on devices that were enrolled using Intune mobile device management (MDM) only.  Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a cloud-based service and distinct from Microsoft Defender antivirus. In April, Microsoft released a preview of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that supported unmanaged devices running Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android as well as network devices. Part of its functionality is aimed at helping security teams investigate and secure unmanaged PCs, mobile devices, servers, and network devices on a network.This update is about broadening mobile application support for organizations that are using Intune but might have devices that aren’t enrolled in an MDM, including popular third-party MDM solutions. “With this update Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can protect an organization’s data within a managed application for those who aren’t using an MDM but are using Intune to manage mobile applications,” Microsoft said in a blogpost. 

“It also extends support to customers who use other enterprise mobility management solutions such as AirWatch, MobileIron, MaaS360, and others, while still using Intune for mobile application management.”The other interesting feature is the product can now detect jailbreaks on iOS devices. “Jailbreaking an iOS device elevates root access that is granted to the user of the device,” Microsoft says. “Once this happens, users can easily sideload potentially malicious applications and the iPhone won’t get critical, automatic iOS updates that may fix security vulnerabilities.”The jailbreak detection feature for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has now reached general availability. It detects both unmanaged and managed devices that have been jailbroken and sends an alert when it happens to Microsoft 365 Defender. “These kinds of devices introduce additional risk and a higher probability of a breach to your organization,” Microsoft says. It should be easier now to enroll iOS devices since users no longer need to provide VPN permissions to get anti-phishing protection. Admins can now just push the VPN profile to enrolled devices. Lastly, Microsoft Tunnel VPN within the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint app for Android has reached general availability. 
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