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Featured:
10/27: Your DNA Is Out There. Do You Want Law Enforcement Using It?
10/26: Apple Face ID: Everything you need to know
10/26: New Documents Show Amazon’s Face-Scanning Tech for Cops Was a Headache From the Start
10/26: Hate lines? You could speed through the stadium or airport (in return for your personal data)
10/26: California Will Pause Net Neutrality Law for Federal Suit
10/25: How a 19th-Century Teenager Sparked a Battle Over Who Owns Our Faces
10/25: A former Facebook executive called out Apple CEO Tim Cook’s hypocrisy over privacy
10/24: Apple boss decries ‘data industrial complex’ while pocketing, er, billions to hook Google into iOS
10/24: Tim Cook Takes Aim at Companies That Stockpile Private Data
10/24: Alibaba Used Shoppers’ Data to Invent a Spicy Snickers Bar
10/24: CNET Asks: Do you trust ancestry sites to keep your DNA safe?
10/24: ACLU demands DHS disclose its use of facial-recognition tech
10/24: Google Is Putting More Privacy Controls Directly in Search
10/24: Sidewalk Toronto project loses privacy expert over data anonymization policy
10/24: Google Made It Less of a Pain in the Ass to Clear Your Search History
10/23: This Thermometer Tells Your Temperature, Then Tells Firms Where to Advertise
10/23: Stepping Into an Amazon Store Helps It Get Inside Your Head
10/22: Alexa, I Feel Sick … Can Big Tech Solve the Growing Crisis in Healthcare?
10/22: Now Apps Can Track You Even After You Uninstall Them
10/19: You like HTTPS. We like HTTPS. Except when a quirk of TLS can smash someone’s web privacy
10/19: Anonymous Amazonian demands withdrawal of face-recog kit from sale
10/18: Facebook’s Portal Gets Even Creepier. 3 Things to Know Today.
10/18: How consumer technology is driving smart cities
10/17: Most people don’t want to access government services with their mobile devices
10/17: This Startup Wants You to Control Your Own Data Again
10/17: Here’s how to find out how much data Apple has about you
10/17: Apple’s privacy portal now lets US customers download their data
10/16: TSA outlines plans to expand facial recognition use on domestic flights
10/16: Facebook Finally Admits That Its New Spy Equipment Can Spy on You
10/16: Facebook has admitted that data collected by its Portal devices could be used in targeted ads
10/15: Is it legal to use surveillance equipment in a house that’s on the market?
10/15: Small privacy change for Google leads to big disruptions for startups
10/15: The Employer-Surveillance State
10/12: DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches as more people flock toward privacy
10/10: How to delete Facebook and Instagram from your life forever
10/8: Google’s Privacy Whiplash Shows Big Tech’s Inherent Contradictions
10/8: Radar speed road signs might be saving your license plate for later
10/8: Facebook Made You a Smart-Home Device, and There’s a Camera on It
10/8: IATA study reveals travelers want more automation, control and privacy
10/4: AT&T Claims It Wants Meaningful Privacy Rules…After Just Lobbying To Kill Meaningful Privacy Rules
10/2: Why you shouldn’t use Facebook to log in to other sites and apps
10/1: Why Cops Can Force You to Unlock Your Phone With Your Face
10/1: A web where the user has complete control of their data? Sounds Solid, Tim Berners-Lee
10/1: Location, location, location… technologies under the microscope
Local (PNW):
10/23: Spokane bans warrantless ICE and Border Patrol searches in private areas of city-owned property
10/17: Seattle startup vets take on Google with Helm, a new $499 personal email server
10/8: Rep. Suzan DelBene and colleagues push for U.S. data privacy regulation
10/5: Seattle invites public to comment on its surveillance technologies
10/4: Washington is now deemed fully compliant with REAL ID protocol
Govt (Fed):
10/25: Sen. Wyden Urges DHS to Adopt New Encryption Tech to Protect .Gov Websites Visitors
10/24: Ex spy bosses: Cyber-warfare needs rules of engagement for nations to promptly ignore
10/23: Amazon met with ICE officials over facial-recognition system that could identify immigrants
10/22: Amazon Lobbying Reaches Company Record Amid Pentagon Competition
10/17: Democrats Eye ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ If They Win the House
10/15: Elizabeth Warren and the Death of Genetic Privacy
10/15: Facial Recognition Is Coming to an Airport Security Lane Near You
10/10: Microsoft CEO Backs Federal Privacy Law Over State Efforts
10/10: Privacy advocates tell senators what they want in a data protection law
10/7: Bitter fight over Kavanaugh shadows a conservative court
10/5: A congressman pushes for an Internet Bill of Rights
10/1: FBI unlocked an iPhone X by forcing suspect to use Face ID
10/1: The Lie Generator: Inside the Black Mirror World of Polygraph Job Screenings
Govt (States & Cities):
10/27: Florida man won’t be compelled to reveal iPhone passcode, yet
10/27: Judge orders Memphis police to bolster surveillance policies
10/26: Ruling: Search warrant with wrong address can still be valid
10/25: ‘Autonomous Illinois’ promises economic benefit, public goods
10/24: Why does one California county sheriff have the highest rate of stingray use?
10/19: Orlando extends facial recognition pilot program
10/12: New Pennsylvania law fines people for using drones to spy
10/8: Editorial: Red light cameras should get green light, yellow should be the approach (CT)
10/8: Vote ‘no’ on San Francisco Prop. B — it weakens transparency, does little to protect privacy
10/7: Savannah police preparing to put drones on duty
10/5: How Fremont police have quietly accumulated expansive surveillance tools
10/2: Missouri gets more time to comply with REAL ID Act
Policy & Opinion:
10/26: Commentary: Online privacy protection crucial
10/18: Tech Founders’ Absolute Power Is Destroying Company Culture
10/17: In the future, not even your DNA will be sacred
10/13: With genetic-identity registries, it’s the end of anonymity as we know it
10/12: Opinion: If we’re going to regulate data, start with politicians
10/3: Tech industry is suddenly pushing for federal privacy legislation. Watch out.
Overseas:
10/24: Hong Kong Privacy Commission Expresses Serious Concern Over Cathay Data Leak
10/23: Tech Guru Bets Drones Will be `Gold Rush in the Air’ For Japan
10/23: Indie UK mobile carrier announces a Tor-only SIM that blocks unencrypted data
10/22: China’s Spy-Tech Star Needs Some Covert Help
10/19: The Cybersecurity 202: US tech firms slam Australian bill that could weaken encryption
10/19: Europe’s privacy laws are now so tough, they are taking names off doorbells in Vienna.
10/18: Police in South Korea Want People to Put Stickers on Their Phones to Curb Spycam Porn
10/18: Australia lawyers’ group: Draft cyber laws would curb rights
10/18: Exiled Vietnamese blogger: I’m not alone advocating freedom
10/17: Shanghai airport automates check-in with facial recognition
10/16: Google is trying to build a censored Chinese search engine, its CEO confirms
10/14: It looks like China just laid out how it wants Google to help it persecute its Muslim minority
10/11: Bahraini Arab spring dissidents sue UK spyware maker
10/8: Google Wins Dismissal of Privacy Case Filed by IPhone Users
10/3: New Zealand can now fine you $3,200 if you don’t hand over your phone password at the border
10/3: UK.gov asks biz for ideas on how to ‘overcome’ data privacy concerns in NHS
10/2: Google’s plans for first wired urban community raise data-privacy concerns
10/2: New Zealand’s ‘digital strip searches’: Give border agents your passwords or risk a $5,000 fine
10/2: Civil rights group Liberty walks out on British cops’ database consultation
10/1: Let’s Make Tech Companies Earn People’s Trust: Editorial
Tech:
10/24: With 5G, you won’t just be watching video. It’ll be watching you, too
10/23: Apps are using “silent notifications” to track you after you uninstall them
10/21: BP Uses Borrowed Tech to Drive Billions in Savings
10/18: Biohackers Are Implanting Everything From Magnets to Sex Toys
10/14: Apple says ‘dangerous’ Australian encryption laws put ‘everyone at risk’
10/8: Facebook Wants New Video Chatting Device to Be Un-Creepy
10/8: Facebook Taps Growing Smart Speaker Market
10/8: Facebook Launches Video Device, Says Privacy is ‘Very, Very, Very Important’
10/7: Apple, Amazon deny report that Chinese spy chips infiltrated their hardware
10/7: Salmon Farmers Are Scanning Fish Faces to Fight Killer Lice
10/1: Location, location, location… technologies under the microscope
Books/Media/Podcasts/Misc:
10/24: Apple, Facebook support more privacy laws
10/13: More and More Movies Are Reflecting Our Fear of the Internet
10/2: EFF and McSweeney’s collaborated on a publication: “The End of Trust”