Privacy News Update: Oct 2016
Featured:
10/31: Silently Tracking Users With Ultrasonic Beacons
10/31: The paranoid user’s guide to Windows 10 privacy
10/31: 17 essential tools to protect your online identity, privacy
10/30: Sneaky ultrasonic adware makes homes vulnerable to ultrasonic hacking
10/29: License plate readers a great tool for cops; concern for privacy advocates
10/28: Security apps you need on your new Pixel
10/28: The limits of encryption
10/27: How hackable are your smart home gadgets?
10/25: Does privacy exist anymore? Just barely.
10/25: ‘AT&T is Spying’ report gets social media up in arms
10/24: Cell-site simulator policy approved by Oakland Privacy Commission
10/24: 5 apps for encrypting and shredding files
10/21: Anonymous’ Most Notorious Hacker Is Back, and He’s Gone Legit
10/20: NSA, GCHQ and even Donald Trump are all after your data
10/20: 6 ways to delete yourself from the internet
10/19: ACLU takes on Fisa court over secret decisions on surveillance laws
10/19: Digital Defenders: a free open-licensed booklet for kids about privacy and crypto
10/19: Imagine if Donald Trump Controlled the NSA
10/15: Police Searches Of Social Media Face Privacy Pushback
10/15: Eye in the sky: the billionaires funding a surveillance project above Baltimore
10/15: The best privacy and security iPhone apps
10/13: Top Verizon lawyer says it’s too easy to give your location information to cops
10/12: Amazon Wants to Scan Your License Plate
10/12: Signal Adds Expiring Messages to Encrypted Chats
10/11: Encrypted communications could have an undetectable backdoor
10/11: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram sent feeds that helped police track minority protesters, report says
10/11: Twitter yanks data feeding tube out of police surveillance biz
10/10: Massive report details the surveillance powers of 12 Central and South American nations
10/7: Yahoo didn’t install an NSA email scanner, it was a “buggy” NSA “rootkit”
10/6: Former NSA employee: This hack gains access to your Mac’s webcam
10/4: Open Whisper Systems Makes the Case Against Data Retention
10/4: Google’s AI Plans Are A Privacy Nightmare
10/4: Signal chat app’s creator: US government demanded our user data
10/4: FBI demands Signal user data, but there’s not much to hand over
10/4: You Can All Finally Encrypt Facebook Messenger, So Do It
Local:
10/20: Lawyers concerned about collection of mental health data
10/20: Portland police collection of mental health data raises privacy concerns, lawyers say
10/12: Defense rights trump privacy rights in rape case, appeals court rules
10/6: Police pulling packages from mail fails ‘sniff test’ of Oregon Supreme Court
Govt:
10/31: The FCC’s new privacy rules are toothless
10/27: Internet providers must now get your OK to share your personal data
10/26: La Cañada considers advanced licence plate cameras but question of privacy arises
10/25: US transport agency guidance on vehicle cybersecurity irks lawmakers
10/25: Say goodbye to the fingerprint. It’s your digital footprint the FBI wants.
10/20: Incessant Consumer Surveillance Is Leaking Into Physical Stores
10/19: Yahoo to US government: Clarify email surveillance reports
10/19: Half of American Adults Are in Police Facial-Recognition Databases
10/17: The FBI demands a key to your backdoor
10/16: Feds Claim They Can Enter a House and Demand Fingerprints to Unlock Everyone’s Phones
10/14: US lawmakers want answers on Yahoo email surveillance
10/6: FCC’s internet privacy proposal just got a little weaker
10/4: Yahoo scanned all of its users’ incoming emails on behalf of US Intelligence officials
Policy:
10/30: The IoT security doomsday is lurking, but we cannot talk about it properly
10/28: Do Parents Invade Children’s Privacy When They Post Photos Online?
10/28: Amy Goodman: AT&T/Time Warner merger means death of privacy
10/26: Data ethics in IoT? Pff, you and your silly notions of privacy
10/26: Cyber after Snowden
10/25: Can anyone keep us safe from a weaponized ‘Internet of Things?’
10/24: The Short Dumb Life Of the Internet of Things
10/24: Op-Ed Lawmakers need to curb face recognition searches by police
10/23: Privacy is creating a new digital divide between the rich and poor
10/23: THOMAS TASCHINGER: WikiLeaks smashes concept of email privacy
10/21: Duck Google’s data grab
10/18: There’s still time to stop the surveillance society
10/18: Personal data, privacy and the totalitarian state
10/16: The Guardian view on data sharing: the privacy of citizens is being eroded
10/13: Are you worried about your online privacy?
10/11: The privacy perils of rocks and hard places
10/6: Security vs. privacy: The endless fiery debate continues
10/5: Editorial Make a deal to bring Edward Snowden home
10/5: Money, Safety and Privacy Keep Us Awake at Night
10/3: Don’t Pardon Snowden
Overseas:
10/27: Privacy group shoots legal arrow at Privacy Shield (Ireland)
10/25: Surveillance by consent: Commissioner launches CCTV strategy for England and Wales
10/24: French surveillance law is unconstitutional after all, highest court says
10/20: Greens are fighting for civil liberties too (UK)
10/18: Labour peers under fire for backing expansion of surveillance powers (UK)
10/17: London cops strap on new body cams
10/17: UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal says GHCQ illegally spied for 17 years
10/14: US renews fight for the right to seize content from the world’s servers
10/13: Euro politicians are hyping the terror threat to steal your privacy
10/13: Oz gummint’s de-anonymisation crime is as mind-bendingly stupid as we feared
10/10: Massive report details the surveillance powers of 12 Central and South American nations
10/10: Confirmed: UK police forces own IMSI grabbers, but keeping schtum on use
10/10: Controversial snooping technology ‘used by at least seven police forces’ (UK)
10/7: Facebook wins ‘Big Brother’ award in Belgium
10/5: Lawful Access is Back: How the Government Quietly Revived Canada’s Most Controversial Privacy Issue
Tech:
10/27: No need to shoot down drones! Many of them can now be hijacked
10/26: ACLU takes social giants to task over Geofeedia privacy gaffe
10/26: Rise of the photon clones: New method could lead to ‘impenetrable’ comms
10/25: BlackBerry DTEK60: An elegant flagship for grown-ups
10/25: It Ain’t Me, Babe: Researchers Find Flaws In Police Facial Recognition Technology
10/19: Your robot doctor overlords will see you now
10/17: Yelp reviews, privacy laws hamstring doctors
10/13: On the Wire Podcast: Cindy Cohn
10/13: 5 privacy settings to change in Windows 10
10/3: Medical scribes track doctors’ examinations from thousands of miles away
Books/Media/Misc:
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