Privacy News Update, 4-1-18
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Featured:
3/31: How you’re tracked online — and what you can do about it
3/29: Facebook’s limits on using data brokers won’t stop tracking
3/28: Facebook makes its privacy controls simpler as company faces data reckoning
3/26: Americans Less Likely To Trust Facebook than Rivals on Personal Data
3/26; Cops Are Now Opening iPhones With Dead People’s Fingerprints
3/26: What Facebook’s privacy policy allows may surprise you
3/26: Delta using fingerprint scanner for Sky Club admission
3/26: Facebook’s data privacy scandal has stirred an exodus
3/26: Cambridge Analytica again says no Facebook data used in US election
3/26: Android should share the blame with Facebook for tracking calls and texts (GOOG, FB)
3/25: Welcome to Zucktown: Facebook shows off its plans to build a city
3/25: Steve Jobs Tried To Warn Mark Zuckerberg About Privacy In 2010
3/24: Can Facebook restore public trust?
3/24: Fed up with Facebook? Here’s how to break it off
3/23: Covert gun detection looks to prevent mass shootings
3/23: My Cow Game Extracted Your Facebook Data
3/23: Mozilla pulls ads from Facebook after spat over privacy controls
3/23: Apple’s Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy
3/22: Starbucks wants your email address to get Wi-Fi access
3/22: The Latest: Facebook takes baby steps on privacy
3/22: Facebook privacy settings make you work to stop the data sharing
3/20: Facebook Has a Long History of Resolving Privacy Claims on the Cheap
3/20: Facebook tracks a scary number of details about you — here’s how to find out everything it knows
3/19: 6 ways to delete yourself from the internet
3/19: US cops go all Minority Report: Google told to cough up info on anyone near a crime scene
3/19: BOOM! Cambridge Analytica explodes following extraordinary TV expose
3/19: Here is how Google handles Right To Be Forgotten requests
3/18: Are Google and Facebook Surveilling Their Own Employees?
3/13: Privacy-Busting Bugs Found in Popular VPN Services Hotspot Shield, Zenmate and PureVPN
3/13: Privacy folk raise alarm over schools snooping on kids’ online habits
3/12: Dial P for Privacy: The Phone Booth Is Back
3/7: MoviePass: How to disable location tracking
3/7: Facebook Onavo Protect doesn’t protect against Facebook
3/6: FBI Paid Geek Squad Repair Staff As Informant
3/5: Emirates dinged for slipshod online data privacy practices
3/1: How to turn off Facebook’s new facial recognition feature
2/27: Google Releases Info On 2.4 Million ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Requests
2/27: Amazon acquires Ring in a bid to own your doorway
2/18: 7 ways to use Alexa around the office
2/16: Alexa in Toyland: How Amazon’s assistant is changing playtime
2/14: We already give up our privacy to use phones, why not with cars too?
2/8: Identity Hygiene 101
2/7: Boffins crack smartphone location tracking – even if you’ve turned off the GPS
2/5; How to use guest mode on your Android phone
2/2: You can find me in da club, database full of faces… but this ain’t privacy watchers’ jam
2/1: Facebook’s Future Rests on Knowing You Even Better
2/1: A wristband to track workers’ hand movements? (Amazon has patents for it)
1/30: How to Manage Your Privacy on Fitness Apps
1/29: Facebook publishes privacy principles for the first time
1/27: DuckDuckGo App and Extension Upgrades Offer Privacy ‘Beyond the Search Box’
1/25: Microsoft whips out tool so you can measure Windows 10’s data-slurping creepiness
1/25: Former Employees Say Lyft Staffers Spied On Passengers
1/23: 5 privacy tips for iPhone texting
Local (PNW):
3/26: Now are you ready to safeguard your personal data?
3/25: Oregon attorney general considers investigating Facebook
3/22: Tougher regulations needed for Facebook
2/12: Seattle to Remove Controversial City Spying Network After Public Backlash
Govt (Fed):
3/30: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Microsoft email case
3/26: State Department Seemingly Buys $15,000 iPhone Cracking Tech GrayKey
3/26: You’ll like this: Facebook probed by US watchdog amid privacy storm
3/26: Senate summons Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs over data privacy
3/26: FTC Confirms Facebook Probe Over Privacy Practices
3/25: Justice Department Revives Push To Mandate a Way To Unlock Phones
3/23: Lawmakers hope to use Facebook’s ‘oil spill’ privacy mishap to usher in sweeping new laws
3/23: CLOUD Act becomes law, increases government access to online info
3/22: Tech Companies Applaud Measure to Clarify U.S. Access to Data
3/20: The NSA Worked To ‘Track Down’ Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal
3/16: Facial Scanning Now Arriving At US Airports
3/14: New Bill In Congress Would Bypass the Fourth Amendment, Hand Your Data To Police (CLOUD Act)
3/14: ACL-Sue: Rights group takes on TSA over device searches
3/13: US government privacy watchdog stumbles back to its feet with new hires
2/28: US Supremes take a look at Microsoft’s Irish email slurp battle, and yeah, not a great start
2/27: Supreme Court Wrestles With Microsoft Data Privacy Fight
2/16: Two Years After FBI vs Apple, Encryption Debate Remains
2/16: Techno-senator tells Tinder to hook up its app with better security
2/14: Don’t use phones from Huawei or ZTE, FBI director says
2/7: CLOUD Act hits Senate to lube up US access to data stored abroad
1/29: Proposal for Federal Wireless Network Shows Fear of China
1/26: ICE Is About To Start Tracking License Plates Across the US
1/25: Senator Asks FBI Director To Justify His ‘Ill-Informed’ Policy Proposal For Encryption
1/24: NSA Deletes ‘Honesty’ and ‘Openness’ From Core Values
Govt (States & Cities):
3/26: Some patients’ private info shared by Health Department
3/26: Massachusetts Senate bill aims to protect net neutrality
3/24: Towns scramble to keep sensitive data from online records
3/17: North Carolina Police Obtained Warrants Demanding All Google Users Near Four Crime Scenes
3/14: Roses are red, Facebook is blue. Think private means private? More fool you
3/9: Documents Prove Local Cops Have Bought Cheap iPhone Cracking Tech
2/15: Department of Public Safety launches new drone program
2/12: Lincoln police to encrypt primary police dispatch channels
2/11; Police turn to drones in tough situations
2/8: New Mexico Lawmakers Seek Privacy Rules for Police Video
2/7: Alameda approves $500K for license plate scanners, but looks to beef up privacy
1/30: Police speeding up plan to equip officers with body cameras
1/27: Madison police say drone program has been successful
Policy & Opinion:
3/26: Only a tech revolution will restore privacy
3/26: Users Built Facebook’s Empire, and They Can Crumble It
3/25: Protect Your Data. Then Hope for a Tech Revolution.
3/25: Fleeing Facebook app users realise what they agreed to in apps years ago – total slurpage
3/24: Tim Berners-Lee Urges Web Users: ‘Care About Your Data’
3/24: How calls for privacy may upend Google and Facebook
3/23: Zuckerberg’s outsize influence must end
3/23: Don’t quit Facebook, but don’t trust it, either
3/23: Go ahead and #DeleteFacebook. But here’s the change we really need.
3/21: Would You Pay Facebook Not to Sell Your Data?
3/21: Under Fire and Losing Trust, Facebook Plays the Victim
3/21: Silicon Valley Has Failed to Protect Our Data. Here’s How to Fix It
3/20: It’s time to quit mommy blogging, for the sake of my children
3/20: Americans’ privacy threatened with bill in Congress
2/26; Voice assistants are always listening. So why won’t they call police if they hear a crime?
2/14: Facebook’s latest privacy debacle points to larger problem: Trust
2/7: 5 little things that would make Alexa a lot better
1/31: Google and Facebook are watching our every move online. It’s time to make them stop
Overseas:
3/26: Researcher alleges Indian leader’s app ships data abroad
3/25: India’s biometric ID program was supposed to end welfare corruption, but neediest may be hit hardest
3/23: Germany Raises Pressure on Facebook on Data Privacy Rules
3/22: Facing Privacy Concerns, India Cites 13-Foot Wall in Database Center
3/22: Israel Opens Probe Into Facebook on Possible Privacy Breach
3/21: Telegram still won’t hand over crypto keys it says it does not store (Russia)
3/21: This Austrian Activist Took on Facebook in Europe. He’s Ready to Do It Again
3/20: Gartner’s top tip to data crunchers on the eve of GDPR? Don’t be creepy (Europe)
3/19: How I went dark in Australia’s surveillance state for 2 years
3/16: Whois? More like WHOWAS: Domain database on verge of collapse over EU privacy
3/15: ProtonMail posts workaround for Turkish government block
3/14: WhatsApp agrees not to share user info with the Zuckerborg… for now (Europe)
3/13: Transport for New South Wales told to stop tracking oldies, students (Oz)
3/10: Chinese Police Begin Tracking Citizens With Face-Recognizing Smart Glasses
3/9: Brit spy wrangler details sign-off process for snooping warrants (UK)
3/9: UK police want you to report crimes to Alexa
3/9: Citizen Lab says Sandvine network gear aids government spyware (Middle East)
2/28: Brit spooks slammed over ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with telcos to get mass comms data (UK)
2/16: Facebook Must Stop Tracking Belgian Users, Court Rules
2/13: Let’s get to know each other first: Joe Public won’t share their data with just anyone (UK)
2/13: Google’s Guinea-Pig City (Toronto)
2/12: Yorkshire cops have begun using on-the-spot fingerprint scanners (UK)
2/1: Info Commish offers privacy addicts a 12-step GDPR programme (UK)
1/30: UK.gov mass data slurping ruled illegal – AGAIN
1/29: Dodgy parking firms to be denied access to Brit driver database (UK)
1/23: Ecuador is Fighting Crime Using Chinese Surveillance Technology
1/11: Apple hands Chinese iCloud to Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry
Tech:
3/26: Slap visibility beacons on bikes so they can chat to auto autos, says trade body
3/24: More ad-versarial tech: Mozilla to pop limited ad blocker into Firefox
3/23: The new technology that aspires to #deletefacebook for good
3/22: Vivaldi browser taps privacy-first DuckDuckGo search
3/20: Mozilla’s opt-out Firefox DNS privacy test sparks, er, privacy outcry
3/20: Jeff Bezos takes a robot dog for a walk in California
3/15: VPN tests reveal privacy-leaking bugs
3/13: Mozilla sends more snooping Web APIs to smartphone Siberia
3/9: Your smart camera may have been spying on you
3/8: Ghostery tool for web privacy goes open source
3/2: Knock, knock. Whois there? Get ready for anonymized email addresses after domain privacy shake-up
2/15: Ubuntu Wants To Collect Data About Your System — Starting With 18.04 LTS
2/12: Signal app for private chats gets $50M boost from WhatsApp VIP
2/10: In the global game of hide and seek, the drones are winning
2/9: An AI That Reads Privacy Policies So That You Don’t Have To
2/8: New strife for Strava: Location privacy feature can be made transparent
1/29: The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets
1/26: Let’s Talk About Cars
9/2017: Microsoft pitches encrypted Azure to keep cloud data secret
Books/Media/Podcasts/Misc:
3/21: Facebook Crux Is Intersection Of Privacy And Sharing: Anderson