hopefully this catches things up. have a great Fourth and emphasize FREEDOM – it’s what the 4th *means*…..!
Featured:
7/2: Springfield hospital among hundreds with multiple privacy complaints
6/30: Uber is going to start tracking how people drive through its app
6/30: Document spells out FBI rules to get journalists’ phone records -article
6/30: US Courts wiretap report: Smartphones impact, encryption confounds
6/29: How to see everything Google knows about you
6/28: Hillary Clinton backs controversial encryption commission in new tech-policy agenda
6/27: Google beats children’s web privacy appeal, Viacom to face one claim
6/26: Transit Agency Ends Audio Recording on Light Rail Vehicles
6/26: Browse Free or Die? New Hampshire Library Is at Privacy Fore
6/22: Mark Zuckerberg covers his webcam with tape, and so should you
6/21: With facial recognition tech on the rise, is it time to delete all your selfies?
6/21: Internet-rights groups launch protest over expanded FBI hacking powers
6/18: How Apple plans on making features smarter while balancing privacy
6/17: Foggy on Police Transparency
6/16: What the FBI isn’t saying about its facial recognition capabilities
6/16 There Is No Such Thing as Private Data
6/16: Fed watchdog raises questions about FBI facial recognition accuracy, privacy
6/14: 1 in 3 shoppers will never use beacons in stores
6/11: Amazon Will Sell You a Super Cheap Phone (At the Cost of Your Soul)
6/10: Your password is definitely going to get stolen so please do this to protect yourself
6/10: How to Fix Your Privacy on Android
6/6: This is how Silicon Valley’s most secretive startup makes money
6/6: Tesla may be sharing data with the government to help advance regulation on autopilot vehicles
6/5: Edward Snowden responds to NSA correspondences released to the public
6/3: FTC Warns of Security and Privacy Risks in IoT Devices
6/3: How to Lock Down Your Privacy Settings on iOS
6/2: Your Data Is Forever
6/1: Stung By Yelp Reviews, Health Providers Spill Patient Secrets
6/1: Security researchers stop disclosing vulnerabilities after FBI raid on fellow researcher
6/1: Facebook reportedly plans to make it impossible for the police to read your messages
5/27: FBI raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server
5/24: FTC commissioner: Mandating encryption backdoors ‘is a terrible idea’
5/17: It’s trivially easy to identify you based on records of your calls and texts
5/16: New batch of Snowden’s leaked NSA docs are now available to the public
5/16: If You Clicked Anything Online, Google Probably Knows About It
4/27: Thank Snowden, As NSA Estimates He Singlehandedly Sped Up Encryption Adoption By 7 Years
Local:
6/30: Portland Redditors Rally Around “Drone Man,” Who Plans to Monitor More Homeless People From the Sky
6/29: Hobo Pirates Fire Gunshot at Drone Filming Their Willamette River Boat Camp
6/14: Seattle, cloudy with a chance of technology upgrades
6/13: Judge blocks Seattle from disclosing FBI surveillance info
5/6: Unmanned drone smashes into Seattle home
Govt:
7/1: US Customs Wants Foreigners to Provide Social Media Details When Entering the US
6/29: Should Border Agents Scroll Through Foreigners’ Facebook Profiles?
6/30: House Committee Report Slams Proposed Encryption Legislation
6/28: U.S. senator, opposing FBI email data grabs, places hold on spy bill
6/28: States Offer Privacy Protection For Young Adults On Parents’ Health Plan
6/26: Gun owners to have special place in FBI biometric database
6/24: Judge Says FBI Can Hack Computers Without A Warrant Because Computer Users Get Hacked All The Time
6/23: High Court Limits Drunk Driving Test Laws
6/22: Senate votes down proposal to expand FBI surveillance powers
6/22: FTC Settles With Mobile Ad Firm InMobi Over Tracking
6/19: Few Utah Police Report Drone Use, Cite Tough FAA Regulations
6/3: Will the Constitution Protect Your Next Smartphone?
6/9: Cops can now seize people’s cash by scanning their prepaid cards
6/1: Tech companies are banding together to fight the FBI’s biometric program
6/1: 4th Circuit Appeals Court Rolls Back Its Warrant Requirement For Cell Site Location Info
5/25: Congrats, FBI, You’ve Now Convinced Silicon Valley To Encrypt And Dump Log Files
5/24: Apple, Facebook, other major tech players push Senate to pass email privacy reform
5/5: When A Fingerprint IS The Password, Where Does The Fifth Amendment Come Into Play?
Policy:
7/1: Sports Authority’s sale of customer data raises privacy questions
7/1: When Should Hacking Be Legal?
6/29: New Rules for Drones
6/28: The 24 ways we’re tracked on a regular basis reveal something disturbing about the future
6/18: Workers May Soon Have To Share Health Data — Or Pay A Penalty
6/10: After Trump’s Proposed Boycott of Apple, GOP Says Encryption Is The Bedrock of Security
5/27: The imperfect surveillance state
5/13: Why a staggering number of Americans have stopped using the Internet the way they used to
5/4: Encryption, Privacy & Free Speech: An April Recap
Overseas:
7/2: Encryption creating a barrier for police, documents suggest
6/30: Japan’s top court has approved blanket surveillance of the country’s Muslims
6/30: Facebook wins privacy case against Belgian data protection authority
6/29: Is Edward Snowden Trying To Get Vladimir Putin’s Attention?
6/27: China moves closer to adopting controversial cybersecurity law
6/24: The Latest: UK Exit Could Weaken Privacy Protections
6/24: EU, United States agree on changes to strengthen data transfer pact
6/23: Russia’s Problem (According To Russian Politicians): Not Enough Mass Surveillance
6/23: Russia Wants Encryption Backdoors in Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber, Allo, Others
6/22: This Russian technology can identify you with just a picture of your face
6/17: Poland To Massively Expand Surveillance, Reduce Civil Liberties
6/16: Scottish Law Enforcement Also Apparently Hooked Up To NSA/GCHQ’s Data Firehose
6/10: Wikipedia warns against French attempt to extend EU privacy law globally
6/10: Communications Show GCHQ’s ‘Oversight’ Talking Itself Out Of Performing Any Sort Of Oversight
6/8: SECRET REPORT: UK spies have more data than they know what to do with
6/8: UK Parliament Ignores Concerns; Moves Snooper’s Charter Forward
6/7: German privacy regulator fines three firms over U.S. data transfers
6/7: The Home Office Is Accessing Thousands Of People’s NHS Data To Trace Illegal Immigrants
6/7: British parliament’s lower house passes controversial surveillance law
6/6: Here’s why people are so worked up about the ‘Snooper’s Charter’
6/3: Investigation Shows GCHQ Using US Companies, NSA To Route Around Domestic Surveillance Restrictions
6/1: This police camera can spot drivers texting from nearly a mile away
5/31: Top European privacy official says E.U.–U.S. data-transfer deal still needs work
5/23: Indian leader frames encryption as cybercrime concern in meeting with Apple CEO
4/26: Constitutional Court Throws Out Surveillance Law In Georgia (The Country)
Tech:
6/30: How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings
6/30: Any links shared on Facebook Messenger can be viewed publicly—and Facebook says it’s not a bug
6/29: Facebook made a huge U-turn and says it doesn’t use location data to suggest friends after all
6/28: Google Offers New Way for Users to Manage Ads, Personal Data
6/28: Can smartphones help improve heart attack treatment?
6/27: The hidden security features in buildings that you never noticed
6/21: Workers Find Safe Spaces In Private Slack Channels, But How Safe Are They?
6/10: This startup will scrape your Facebook data and then sell its reports to landlords
6/9: National Intelligence office wants to perfect the art of security deception
6/8: The trick that let hackers keep tracking Waze users after it was ‘fixed’
6/4: 6 simple WhatsApp tricks for beginners
6/2: This $17,000 Android smartphone claims to be the ultimate in personal security
5/26: Despite anger from privacy advocates, Netflix shows no sign of ending geo-blocking and VPN ban
5/18: The future of biometrics is coming–but not without risks
5/10: This browser is offering iPhone users a free, unlimited virtual private network
3/30: Announcing: the Inaugural Class of PitchFestNW 2016!
Books/Media/Misc:
6/30: Edward Snowden Will Join Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Privacy,’ via Video
6/24: Illuminating the ‘Dark’ Web and Content Monitoring
6/15: On the Wire Podcast: Rich Mogull on Apple Differential Privacy
6/15: Review: In ‘Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet,’ Moral Vision and a True Believer’s Zeal