Tag: Internet
Privacy News Update, Dec 2018
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Featured:
12/29: Google Wins Dismissal of Suit Over Facial Recognition Software
12/28: How Data Collected in Warrantless Surveillance Ends Up Everywhere
12/28: We’re all Just Starting to Realize the Power of Personal Data
12/27: Get Ready for a Privacy Law Showdown in 2019
12/26: The Future of Crime-Fighting Is Family Tree Forensics
12/25: Why the FTC is taking a new look at Facebook privacy
12/25: ACLU suit seeks info from NSA
12/23: Why It’s Hard to Escape Amazon’s Long Reach
12/21: Inside the Pentagon’s Plan to Win Over Silicon Valley’s AI Experts
12/21: As Facial Recognition Technology Booms, So Do Privacy Concerns
12/21: North Carolina State Bar Launches Privacy Certification Amid Growing Cyber Focus
12/20: You Should Return the Amazon Echo You Bought and Get a Better Gift
12/20: 2018 ain’t done yet… Amazon sent Alexa recordings of man and girlfriend to stranger
12/20: Facebook Grapples With Another Privacy Scandal
12/19: The Datafication of Employment
12/19: Google Play Store Privacy Concerns
12/19: Facebook had a secret data deal with Amazon which flouted its own privacy rules
12/19: Facebook reportedly gathering personal data from Tinder, Pregnancy+, other apps
12/19: Even after you turn off Facebook location tracking, Facebook tracks your location
12/19: Facebook admits that it allowed Netflix and Spotify to access your private messages
12/18: Start a online post, then delete it? Many websites save it anyway.
12/18: The Coming Commodification of Life at Home
12/17: Who’s watching you from an unmarked van while you shop in London? Cops with facial recog tech
12/17: Yes, Big Platforms Could Change Their Business Models
12/15: 6 ways to delete yourself from the internet
12/14: It’s Time for a Bill of Data Rights
12/14: Microsoft Says Windows 10 Isn’t Tracking Your Activity Without Permission
12/14: Forget your deepest, darkest secrets, smart speakers will soon listen for sniffles and farts too
12/13: At a New York Privacy Pop-Up, Facebook Sells Itself
12/12: How to Completely Block the “Secret” Activity History Tracking in Windows 10
12/12: Problems with facial recognition easy to see, hard to manage
12/12: All the Ways in Which Your Smartphone Can Track You and How to Put an End to It
12/12: Bulk surveillance is always bad, say human rights orgs appealing against top Euro court
12/11: The internet is going to hell and its creators want your help fixing it
12/10: How to plan your smart home – and weigh privacy risks
12/7: Tech’s invasion of our privacy made us more paranoid in 2018
12/7: A former spy boss said Facebook could threaten democracy if it isn’t ‘controlled’
12/6: The Technology 202: More than 200 companies call for a national privacy law
12/6: NYPD to deploy 14 drones across city
12/6: Rule the holidays using Alexa smart home technology (actually: DON’T)
12/5: Facebook Was Fully Aware That Tracking Who People Call and Text Is Creepy But Did It Anyway
12/5: Facebook’s UK Document Dump Suggests User Privacy Was Sacrificed for Growth
12/4: Your face is your boarding pass at Atlanta airport
12/4: Microsoft, Mastercard propose universal digital identity program
12/4: A tip to keep your home address off the internet
12/4: Secret Service to test facial recognition tech around White House
12/4: An Eye-Scanning Lie Detector Is Forging a Dystopian Future
Local (PNW):
12/19: Vulcan plans to test AI security system on Seattle plaza, capable of scanning passersby for threats
12/7: Interview: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on privacy, regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions
12/2018: Oregonians among first in nation to sue Marriott for data breach
Govt (Fed):
12/30: Federal judge gives green light to patient privacy lawsuit
12/21: TSA Will No Longer Engage In Suspicionless, Cross-Country Surveillance Of Airplane Passengers
12/21: ACLU to feds: Your “hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy”
12/18: The Cybersecurity 202: Senate Democrats launch new privacy effort to protect consumer data
12/18: Google Targeted by Consumer Groups Over Children’s Apps
12/13: FBI plans ‘Rapid DNA’ network for quick database checks on arrestees
12/12: Federal data privacy bill introduced by 15 US senators
Govt (States & Cities):
12/28: Ohio lawmakers OK bill to clarify release of police video
12/27: Editorial: New York’s new suspects
12/19: Facebook Sued by DC Attorney General for Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations
12/12: Schenectady cops to begin wearing body cameras next month
12/8: Data privacy and Connecticut voters
12/6: NYPD to deploy 14 drones across city
12/5: NYPD powers up drone squad and promises not to spy on people
Policy & Opinion:
12/29: Sounding the alarm on tech’s creeping dystopia
12/29: Malkin: Beware Silicon Valley Santas in the Schools NOTE: MM is generally beyond just being an idiot, but I have to agree with her on this one for the most part – #6
12/26: The Internet Became Less Free in 2018. Can We Fight Back?
12/23: Why Are We So Surprised by Facebook’s Data Scandals?
12/20: Violating our privacy is in Facebook’s DNA
12/19: MSNBC Analyst Compares Facebook to ‘Soylent Green’: ‘You Are the Consumable’
12/17: “Owning your data” will not save you from data capitalism
12/12: Modern privacy, beyond social media: Congress must think big
12/12: Google Glass Wasn’t a Failure. It Raised Crucial Concerns
12/8: We can’t own information
12/6: Facebook’s Dirty Tricks Are Nothing New for Tech
12/6: Commentary: Smart cities revolution is near
12/3: Why Amazon is a ‘bully’ and Facebook and Google are ‘the enemies of independent thought’
12/1: The Marriott data breach is a reminder that privacy concerns extend beyond tech
Overseas:
12/31: The Chinese government is putting tracking chips into school uniforms to watch every move kids make
12/19: US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action
12/17: Australia’s encryption laws are ‘highly unlikely’ to dragoon employees in secret
12/13: Supreme Court affirms privacy rights for Canadians who share a computer
12/13: China is now the greatest threat to Americans’ privacy
12/11: How Bike-Sharing Services And Electric Vehicles Are Sending Personal Data To The Chinese Government
12/10: The Guardian view on surveillance: Australia is giving too much power to the state
12/10: Privacy, security fears about ID cards? UK.gov’s digital bod has one simple solution: ‘Get over it’
12/8: GCHQ boosts powers to launch mass data hacking (UK)
12/7: Australia’s Encryption-Busting Law Could Impact Global Privacy
12/7: UK Supreme Court considers whether spy court should be immune to legal probes
12/6: Be careful what you type in Australia. A new law will give authorities access to encrypted chats.
12/5: Israel is selling spy software to dictators – and betraying its own ideals
12/4: The Cybersecurity 202: British intelligence officials propose way to access encrypted group chats
12/2: Trump disarms his own country while enabling China
Tech:
12/28: How to plan your smart home — and weigh privacy risks
12/13: Taylor’s gonna spy, spy, spy, spy, spy… fans can’t shake cam off, shake cam off
12/13: Windows 10 can carry on slurping even when you’re sure you yelled STOP!
Books/Media/Podcasts/Misc:
12/6: Always Watching
Privacy News Update, October 2018
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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”
Privacy News Update, June-July 2018
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Featured:
7/31: The way you swipe your phone could be used to track you
7/31: How one senator wants the US to crack down on Big Tech
7/29: For Sale: Survey Data on Millions of High School Students
7/29: Air marshals secretly monitored US passengers for years
7/28: Calgary malls caught secretly using facial recognition to characterise shoppers’ age and gender
7/28: Amazon facial recognition mistakenly confused 28 Congressmen with known criminals
7/25: Venmo Is the Best Place to Stalk Your Children
7/25: Private messaging apps increasingly used for public business
7/24: How to stop friends from seeing when you last used Instagram
7/22: How to Secure Your Accounts With Better Two-Factor Authentication
7/20: Facebook Confirms It’s Working on a New Internet Satellite
7/18: Welcome to the airport of the future, where your face is your passport
7/17: RealNetworks gives away facial recognition software to make schools safer
7/16: How a ‘Sentiment Meter’ Helps Cops Understand Their Precincts
7/13: Walmart gains patent to eavesdrop on shoppers and employees in stores
7/13: Microsoft asks Congress to regulate facial recognition before it’s too late
7/12: Tim? Larry? We need to talk about smartphones and privacy
7/12: What Walmart’s patent for audio surveillance could mean for its workers
7/11: How a Startup Is Using the Blockchain to Protect Your Privacy
7/10: Beer label uses facial recognition to talk with consumers
7/9: Fitness app Polar even better at revealing secrets than Strava
7/5: Taser-maker Axon partners with DJI on police drone program
7/5: How to See Everything Your Apps Are Allowed to Do
7/4: ‘Plane Hacker’ Roberts: I put a network sniffer on my truck to see what it was sharing. Holy crap!
7/3: Google’s Gmail controversy is everything people hate about Silicon Valley
7/3: Google explains Gmail privacy after controversy
7/2: Samsung’s texting app apparently sent pictures to people’s contacts without permission
7/2: How facial recognition ID’d the Capital Gazette shooter
7/1: Facebook acknowledges it shared user data with dozens of companies
6/30: Security News This Week: Mapping the NSA’s Secret Spy Hubs
6/29: The ACLU’s Biggest Roadblock to Fighting Mass Surveillance
6/29: Google weeps as its home state of California passes its own GDPR
6/28: California Unanimously Passes Historic Privacy Bill
6/28: Facebook, Google, Microsoft use ‘dark patterns’ to trick people to give up data, report says
6/27: How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense
6/27: Secret NSA spying network alleged in San Francisco skyscraper, Seattle, other U.S. cities
6/25: AT&T lets NSA hide and surveil in plain sight, The Intercept reports
6/24: China launches high-tech bird drones to watch over its citizens
6/23: Smart-home technology becomes the newest tool of domestic abusers
6/22: Amazon staffers protest giant’s ‘support of the surveillance state’
6/22: Facebook app analytics mistakenly leaked to outsiders
6/22: In huge privacy win, US Supreme Court rules warrant needed to slurp folks’ location data
6/21: Google’s update makes privacy easier
6/21: ACLU wants to keep your phone safe from sneaky government malware
6/19: Verizon promises to stop selling its subscribers’ location data… for now
6/19: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint cut off location-data sharing contracts
6/18: ACLU wants Amazon to stop offering surveillance technology
6/13: Apple to close iPhone security hole used by police, criminals
6/12: Apple can’t protect you from data trackers forever. No one can
6/11: Facebook releases 500 pages of damage control in response to senators’ questions
6/9: Some Signal messages aren’t disappearing, due to a bug, says a report
6/8: 6 ways to make your iPhone more secure
6/7: How to increase your privacy online
6/6: RoboCop-ter: Boffins build drone to pinpoint brutal thugs in crowds
6/5: A New Privacy Problem Could Deepen Facebook’s Legal Trouble
6/5: New Homeland Security system will bring facial recognition to land borders this summer
6/5: Amazon will stop selling connected toy filled with security issues
6/4: Clock blocker: Woman sues bosses over fingerprint clock-in tech
6/4: All Apple WWDC’s privacy features in one place
6/4: Facebook accused of giving over 60 device makers inappropriate access to user data
6/2: Hands off my data! 15 default privacy settings you should change right now
6/2: Researchers Use Ridesharing Cars to Sniff Out a Secret Spying Tool
Local (PNW):
7/16: Safety over privacy? RealNetworks to offer free facial recognition technology to K-12 schools
7/5: Startup Spotlight: LifeID uses blockchain technology to build secure digital identities
6/27: City Light’s ‘smart meters’ are $17.4M over budget
6/19: Data privacy startup Prifender raises $5M to help companies stay compliant
Govt (Fed):
7/31: New EPA rule would force people to choose between privacy and health
7/30: Amazon quietly invited Congress to ‘weigh in’ on facial recognition
7/27: Congressmen demand answers after Amazon facial recognition matches them to mugshots
7/27: Trump admin reportedly meeting with Facebook, Google to craft web privacy rights
7/13: Senators call on FTC to investigate smart TVs tracking viewers’ data
7/11: The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy advocates blast Kavanaugh for government surveillance support
7/11: Google’s Gmail privacy policy has Congress asking questions
7/9: Congress presses Apple, Alphabet on privacy issues
7/5: Senators demand answers from Zuckerberg over Facebook data access
7/3: Four US govt agencies poke probe in Facebook following more ‘oops, we spilled your data’ shocks
6/28: Congress Grills Cambridge Analytica Alum on New Firm’s Data Use
6/26: Senator asks FCC if police phone tracking devices disrupt 911 calls
6/25: What the Supreme Court’s landmark phone privacy ruling means for you (The 3:59, Ep. 419)
6/25: The Supreme Court decided on a major win for privacy
6/22: Supreme Court cracks down on government snooping through cellphone location records
6/22: Supreme Court says warrant necessary for phone location data in win for privacy
6/21: Project Maven wasn’t alone: Googlers reportedly boycotted another military tool
6/14: Senators Demand Answers From Amazon on Echo’s Snooping Habits
6/8: Hmmm, we can already seize your stuff, so why can’t we shoot down your drone, officials mull
6/8: Why Facebook’s secret data-sharing deal with Huawei has the US concerned
6/7: Google pledges not to develop AI weapons, but says it will still work with the military
6/6: The FBI wants you to factory reset your router. Here’s how to do it
Govt (States & Cities):
7/22: Malloy’s $10 million toll study facing opposition, concerns
7/18: Sioux Falls police prepare to launch 30 body cameras
7/10: Amazon, Orlando Police Department reinitiate facial recognition pilot
6/26: Orlando stops using Amazon’s controversial facial recognition tech
6/12: Forget probable cause: New bill could let cops pull your prescription history without a warrant
Policy & Opinion:
7/30: Real ID will divide us all into documented and undocumented
7/27: Commentary: When government hits ‘zone of privacy’
7/26: Lawmakers Can’t Ignore Facial Recognition’s Bias Anymore
7/19: Facial recognition and travel: Moving too fast?
7/19: To Earn Customer Trust on Data Privacy, You Need to Change the Narrative
7/18: Regulate facial recognition
7/17: Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They?
7/14: The #PlaneBae furor proves privacy and the Golden Rule are in short supply
7/14: Is your private online content really private? Not if you do something stupid
7/2: Mark Zuckerberg and his empire of oily rags
6/29: Can Sacrificing Privacy Stomp Out Disinformation Online?
6/14: Encrypted Messaging Isn’t Magic
Overseas:
7/31: India mulls ban on probes into anonymized data use – with GDPR-style privacy laws
7/31: Fiat Chief’s Death Raises Privacy Questions
7/31: Think tank calls for post-Brexit national ID cards: The kids have phones so what’s the difference?
7/31: UK Group Threatens to Sue Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica
7/26: Facebook, Twitter Say Europe’s Privacy Law Causing User Drop
7/23: UK spies broke law for 15 years, but what can you do? shrugs judge
7/19: Facial recognition helped identify suspects in Novichok poisoning case
7/18: Don’t Expect Big Changes From Europe’s Record Google Fine
7/11: Brit privacy watchdog reports on political data harvests: We’ve read the lot so you don’t have to
7/6: ICANN’t get no respect: Europe throws Whois privacy plan in the trash
7/5: United States, you have 2 months to sort Privacy Shield … or data deal is for the bin – Eurocrats
7/5: Facial recognition trial takes off at Sydney Airport
7/5: London police commissioner: Don’t expect lots of arrests from facial recognition tech
7/4: Euro privacy watchdog raises eyebrows at mulled EU copyright law
6/19: Wasn’t too hard, was it? UK has made ‘significant progress’ in spy control
6/28: No more slurping of kids’ nationalities, Brit schools told
6/26: Venezuela blocks Tor browser
6/26: Japan’s AI-powered CCTV cameras catch shoplifters in the act
6/13: Cardiff chap chucks challenge at chops*-checking cops
6/11: A Single Drone Helped Mexican Police Drop Crime 10 Percent
6/7: Australia will force tech companies to help cops view encrypted data
6/4: ‘Tesco probably knows more about me than GCHQ’: Infosec boffins on surveillance capitalism
Tech:
7/31: BurnBox Makes Hidden Files Look Like You’ve Deleted Them
7/25: Google Glass Is Back—Now with Artificial Intelligence
7/24: Chrome’s HTTP warning seeks to cut web surveillance, tampering
7/20: Today I learned: Duck.com redirects to Google, much to DuckDuckGo’s annoyance
7/18: Microsoft to pay new bounties for identity services holes
7/11: Put WhatsApp, Slack, admin privileges in a blender and what do you get? Wickr
7/8: All the Ways iOS 12 Will Make Your iPhone More Secure
7/1: Mozilla’s Firefox tries closing more privacy holes with new network tech
6/30: Best laptops for maintaining your privacy
6/28: IEEE joins the ranks of non-backdoored strong cryptography defenders
6/22: Don’t panic, but your baby monitor can be hacked into a spycam
6/18: Google to patch Home and Chromecast bug that leaked your location
6/15: Meet the Frenchman masterminding a Google-free Android
6/14: Here’s how to get your data from Apple
6/13: MIT’s AI can now ‘see’ and track people through walls using wireless signals
6/6: NetMotion launches an IT platform to keep tabs on corporate smartphones
6/4: Apple Just Made Safari the Good Privacy Browser
Books/Media/Podcasts/Misc:
7/24: Google Chrome pushes the web toward HTTPS (3:59 podcast)
7/21: Week In Geek Podcast: Facial recognition enters grade schools and Bird scooters landing in Seattle
6/29: Talk to the Bot (WIRED Gadget Lab podcast)
That last pic is truly creepy (and likely accurate)
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Privacy News Update, 9-10-17
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Featured:
9/7: The DNC’s Technology Chief is Phishing His Staff. Good.
9/3: Early stage: This surveillance startup wants to put cameras in your neighborhood
8/29: Uber says it will no longer track you once the ride ends
8/28: CVS app sends your location to outside servers, researchers say
8/26: Security News This Week: When Facebook’s Friend Suggestions Get Creepy
8/23: Google’s $8.5m class-action privacy payout goes to: Lawyers’ alma maters, web giant’s pals
8/23: AccuWeather: Our app slurped your phone’s location via Wi-Fi but we like totally didn’t use it
8/19: Security News This Week: iOS 11 Will Do More To Keep Cops Out of Your iPhone
8/18: A Hidden Trick in the iOS 11 Beta Lets You Disable Touch ID to Keep Cops Out
8/17: US cops point at cell towers and say: Give us every phone number that’s touched that mast
8/16: Verizon—Yes, Verizon—Just Stood Up For Your Privacy
8/15: HiQ wins court round against LinkedIn
8/15: Tech companies urge Supreme Court to protect cell phone privacy
8/14: Tech company resists federal demand for info on visitors to anti-Trump website
8/14: It’s not hard to think of ways to outsmart Stingray-detector apps
8/9: ACLU: Absent warrant standard, police could monitor anyone via location data
8/7: These 42 Disney apps are spying on your kids, lawsuit claims
8/7: Hotspot Shield VPN accused of violating users’ privacy
8/5: Blu phones back on sale at Amazon after suspension over privacy
8/2: Congress to smart device makers: Your security sucks
8/1: Google asked to explain how it tracks what you buy in stores
8/1: Company hopes to launch microchip-reader business
8/1: Privacy Watchdog Asks FTC To Look Into Google’s Offline Shopping Tracker
7/31: Amazon suspends sales of Blu phones due to privacy concerns
7/26: Travelers’ Electronics At US Airports To Get Enhanced Screening, TSA Says
7/26: These cheap phones come at a price — your privacy
7/26: Feds Crack Trump Protesters’ Phones To Charge Them With Felony Rioting
7/25: While it’s vacuuming your dirt, Roomba also collects data on you: Next, it could be sold
7/24: Concerned about connected car privacy? Bluetooth sensors used to track traffic
7/21: Alexa, what happens if the Echo has a screen? You get a review like this
Local (PNW):
9/6: Washington state to test pay-by-the-mile as a way to fund highways
8/24: Why Seattle is poised to be a leader in ‘smart city’ technology and regulations
8/6: A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days
7/26: Amid gun violence, promises not kept are nothing new to Rainier Valley
7/26: New meters mean Seattle City Light won’t visit homes anymore
Govt (Fed):
8/22: Feds pare back demands for data from anti-Trump protest site
8/18: No, the cops can’t get a search warrant to just seize all devices in sight – US appeals court
8/18: Trump OKs plan for independent Cyber Command
8/15: Building America’s Trust Act would amp up privacy concerns at the border
8/15: Uber to bend over, take privacy probe every two years for next 20 years
8/14: Feds demand data on visitors to anti-Trump protest site
8/14: Those Free Stingray-Detector Apps? Yeah, Spies Could Outsmart Them
8/11: Immigration bill would ramp up mass surveillance at the border
Govt (States & Cities):
9/5: One State’s Bail Reform Exposes the Promise and Pitfalls of Tech-Driven Justice
9/1: State bill requiring California police to disclose surveillance equipment stalls in fiscal committee
8/31: California Supreme Court decision could end secrecy over police capture of license plate images
8/16: Cuomo signs backyard surveillance bill
8/1: Kentucky governor says news station drone invaded privacy
7/26: ‘Textalyzer’ would let police quickly see if motorist was using cellphone while driving
Policy & Opinion:
9/1: Stop cyberattacks. Just add robots
8/24: All the Ways US Government Cybersecurity Falls Flat
8/8: Warrantless US Spying Is Set to Expire Soon. Let It Die
7/30: Will ‘Smart Cities’ Violate Our Privacy?
7/26: Most Americans think the government is snooping on them
Overseas:
9/4: The Privacy Battle Over the World’s Largest Biometric Database
8/18: China’s dystopian push to revolutionize surveillance
8/17: UK govt steams ahead with £5m facial recog system amid furore over innocents’ mugshots
8/17: London cops urged to scrap use of ‘biased’ facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival
8/14: What the United States can do to protect Internet freedom around the world
8/10: Will Artificial Intelligence Be Illegal in Europe Next Year?
8/9: These smart cities in Italy put Silicon Valley to shame
8/2: Holes close in China’s ‘Great Firewall’ as Apple, Amazon snub apps to bypass censors
7/29: Apple removes VPN apps from China App Store
7/25: China Forces Muslim Minority To Install Spyware On Their Phones
7/23: UK Government Says Almost All Drones Will Now Need to Be Registered
7/20: Apple Flies Top Privacy Executives Into Australia To Lobby Against Proposed Encryption Laws
Tech:
9/4: Above Devastated Houston, Armies of Drones Prove Their Worth
9/3: Here’s what the smartphone’s future looks like, and it’s all about the camera
9/1: Inside Android Oreo’s Quest to Protect Your Phone
8/30: Amazon wants to make Alexa a ‘fabric in the home’ (Q&A)
8/30: New Playa Vista development is making the smart-home standard
8/22: Boffins blast beats to bury secret sonar in your ‘smart’ home
8/19: Hackers Show How Smart Devices Could Use Sonar to Spy On You
8/18: New NIST draft embeds privacy into US govt security for the first time
8/17: What Is a Planned Community? A Place With Perks, From Zip Lines to Velodromes
8/16: A Deep Flaw in Your Car Lets Hackers Shut Down Safety Features
8/15: The Army abandoned DJI drones. Now they’re getting stealth mode
8/11: Was that an intruder or a pet? The security cams that can tell
8/6: Browser Extensions Are Undermining Privacy
8/3: Apple files patent for screen with privacy-viewing options
8/3: Need a new password? Here are 306 million to avoid
7/27: Chip vulnerability could crash your outdated phone via Wi-Fi
7/26: The Best (and Worst) Anti-Drone Weapons, From Shotguns to Superdrones
7/20: Google Glass Is Back (And It’s Good Now), And Other Facts
Books/Media/Misc:
Privacy News Update, 4-2-17
Featured:
4/2: Verizon Insists That It Isn’t Going to Install Spyware on All of Its Android Phones
3/31: How Not to Protect Your Privacy Online
3/30: Can Amazon’s Alexa Be Your Friend?
3/30: The Founding Fathers Encrypted Secret Messages, Too
3/29: What the repeal of online privacy protections means for you
3/29: How to Hide Your Browsing History From Your Snooping ISP
3/28: How I Let Disney Track My Every Move
3/24: Who Owns Your Face?
3/24: How Do Google, Apple and More Stack Up When it Comes to Protecting Your Privacy?
3/24: How to Log Off of Facebook Forever, With All Its Perks and Pitfalls
3/24: Instagram adds two-factor authentication, security features
3/24: Google wants to reassure you about government-backed hackers
3/23: Shielding MAC addresses from stalkers is hard and Android fails miserably at it
3/23: Molecules on your cellphone can be used to invade your privacy
3/22: 11 Amazing — and Surprising — Uses of Facial Recognition Technology
3/22: Real-Time Face Recognition Threatens to Turn Cops’ Body Cameras Into Surveillance Machines
3/22: Google Maps will now let you share your location, creating a whole new set of privacy concerns
3/22: Good News: Android’s Huge Security Problem Is Getting Less Huge
3/21: Encryption Won’t Stop Your Internet Provider From Spying on You
3/21: Crossing the Border? Here’s How to Safeguard Your Data From Searches
3/21: DNS lookups can reveal every web page you visit, says German boffin
3/20: What creepy stuff will your ISP do once the FCC allows them to spy on your internet usage?
3/20: Creating Technology by the People, for the People
3/17: An under-appreciated threat to your privacy: Security software
3/16: How smart cities are leading the charge for transportation and tech infrastructure
3/15: Federal privacy laws won’t necessarily protect you from spying drones
3/14: Scott McNealy: Your data is safer with marketers than governments
3/14: 18 Ways to Make Your Online Accounts More Secure
3/13: Google’s Allo app can reveal to your friends what you’ve searched
3/13: Government Snooping: In Real Life, It’s A Problem. On TV, It’s A Solution.
3/13: Facebook Pinky Swears It Won’t Let Anyone (Other Than Facebook) Surveil You
3/11: The World Wide Web’s inventor warns it’s in peril on 28th anniversary
3/9: EFF presents: a guide to protecting your data privacy when crossing the US border
3/9: Your Hot Hands Can Give Away Your Smartphone PIN
3/1: How to Delete Your Online Existence, But Save All Your Data
2/28: After 3 Years, Why Gmail’s End-to-End Encryption Is Still Vapor
2/16: Firefox Focus: The privacy browser
2/15: How to Secure Your Home From Corporate Snoopers
2/15: The Privacy Enthusiast’s Guide to Using an iPhone
2/14: The Best Encrypted Chat App Now Does Video Calls Too
2/12: How to legally cross a US (or other) border without surrendering your data and passwords
2/9: Surveillance in Silicon Valley is hard to avoid
2/5: Chrome 56 quietly added Bluetooth snitch API
2/4: The FBI Is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real-Time Updates on Employees
1/26: 14 ways to keep your data safe on Data Privacy Day
1/25: 3 Document “To Do’s” to Protect Your Data Privacy
1/20: Here’s How To Protect Your Privacy In Trump’s America
1/6: Why Bosses Can Track Their Employees 24/7
11/15: How to pick the right secure messaging app for you
Local:
3/29: Alexa and the Dawn of So-What Surveillance
3/29: Washington gets extension on complying with federal ID law
3/29: Body-camera plan for Seattle police stalls over when officers can view video
3/22: At Flights & Rights, the ACLU Delivers a Literal Bar Exam
3/22: Tacoma hit with another fine for withholding Stingray record
3/21: Big cities see early benefits from the Internet of Things, and grapple with ongoing challenges
3/20: Boy meets artificial girl: My son got an Echo Dot, and here’s what he’s saying to Amazon’s Alexa
3/19: Navigating the age of kids and smartphones
3/8: Toothy smiles prohibited on Idaho driver’s licenses
3/3: Oregon lawmakers push to protect pot users’ info from US
3/1: Pullman council hears pitch for police drones
2/25: Don’t track drivers
1/24: Sawant moves to curb federal surveillance
12/20: What every website knows about you
Govt:
3/31: Court overturns probation condition limiting use of devices that contain ‘any encryption … software’
3/24: Amid Trump Inquiry, a Primer on Surveillance Practices and Privacy
3/24: Tech Roundup: A Senate Vote Is Not the Final Word on Internet Privacy
3/24: Police officer accused of tracking ex with GPS
3/24: Maine ID bill gets key committee vote
3/24 Judge rejects challenge to Massachusetts wiretapping law
3/23: Senate Republicans voted today to kill federal privacy rules
3/23: C.I.A. Developed Tools to Spy on Mac Computers, WikiLeaks Disclosure Shows
3/23: Feds: We’re Pulling Data From 100 Phones Seized During Trump Inauguration
3/22: Congress To Get More Money To Scrutinize Government Surveillance and Spies
3/22: Bevin signs law allowing new drivers’ licenses
3/21: Top NSA Official Says Telephone Surveillance Should Have Been Disclosed
3/21: Legal Aid argues in court over release of NYPD data
3/21: State bill requiring California police to disclose surveillance equipment clears its first hurdle
3/20: Trump’s Russian Imbroglio Prompts Republican Rethink on Surveillance Law
3/17: Police in Minn. got search warrant for everyone who Googled person’s name
3/16: We’ve Brought These Stupid ‘Internet of Things’ Hacks Upon Ourselves
3/16: Legislators Want Trump to Repeal ‘Draconian’ ID Standards
3/15: CBP conducted more device searches at the border in Feb than in all of 2015
3/14: Secret Police Possible at Arkansas Capitol, Perhaps Colleges
3/12: A lesson from the CIA WikiLeaks dump: Encryption works
3/12: How The FBI Used Geek Squad To Increase Secret Public Surveillance
3/11: Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties under proposed bill
3/9: Bill would strip privacy protections from California students and teachers
3/9: FBI’s James Comey: ‘There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America’
3/8: TSA warns police agencies about its new airport pat-downs
3/8: WikiLeaks: Here’s how the CIA hacks your phones, TVs and PCs
3/8: Bill offering new drivers’ licenses clears Kentucky House
3/8: GOP senators’ new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data
3/7: Why the CIA is using your TVs, smartphones and cars for spying
3/7: I spy with an iPhone: What tech’s open to the CIA?
3/7: Amazon hands over Alexa data in Arkansas hot tub murder case, but 1st Amendment questions remain
3/6: Microsoft Azure adds new data analytics, voice and facial recognition to its government cloud
2/15: Bipartisan bill seeks warrants for police use of ‘stingray’ cell trackers
2/9: Microsoft Is Winning a Battle Against Government Surveillance
2/8: US Customs Won’t Tell Me Why It Seized Some Poetry Books
1/28: Twitter Releases FBI’s Potentially Unconstitutional Requests
1/24: New Mexico Legislators Looking To Add Warrants To The Stingray Mix, Curb Electronic Surveillance
1/18: Obama’s most enduring legacy may be the establishment of the modern US surveillance state
Policy:
3/27: The Coming Battle Over Surveillance
3/25: Perks, pitfalls of removing yourself from social media
3/24: Republicans Are Hellbent on Killing Off Internet Privacy Protections. Why?
3/24: Online privacy rights going, going …
3/17: Aboard the Genetic-Testing Freakout Bandwagon
3/17: How To Fight for Your Rights and Privacy Online
3/15: The Guardian view on a trustworthy web: it’s up to us
3/15: If vendors cannot keep a phone updated, why trust them with your household items?
3/14: UK public faces mass invasion of privacy as big data and surveillance merge
3/12: We have too many passwords. We only need one trusted, strong online identity.
3/9: TVs spying on us is just the tip of the iceberg. Is Congress ready to act?
2/5: Why the ‘smart’ employee trend should worry us
Overseas:
3/22: Coppers ‘persistently’ breach data protection laws with police tech (UK)
3/21: Home Office admits it’s preparing to accept EU ruling on surveillance (UK)
3/21: No ID, no benefits: thousands could lose lifeline under India’s biometric scheme
3/21: UK Testing Out Drone Army to Beef Up Its Already Insane Surveillance State
3/19: Chinese Learn the Value of Privacy
3/16: Canada’s privacy watchdog probes US border phone seizures
3/16: Canada passed new laws making it even harder to fly drones for fun
3/15: India ID Program Wins World Bank Praise Despite ‘Big Brother’ Fears
3/14: New strategy to curb officials’ drone, phone and CCTV snoop jollies- (UK)
3/9: When will MPs do their jobs and protect our privacy? (UK)
2/24: Police told to delete on request millions of images of innocent people (UK)
2/9: Canadian Privacy in the Age of Trump
2/7: Did a Canadian Court Just Establish a New Right to be Forgotten?
Tech:
3/24: When Fingerprints Are as Easy to Steal as Passwords
3/22: Starbucks teams up with Ford and Amazon to allow in-car orders via Alexa
3/21: New Technology Combines Lip Motion and Passwords For User Authentication
3/21: Microsoft’s Edge Was Most Hacked Browser At Pwn2Own 2017, While Chrome Remained Unhackable
3/17: Can a high-tech ski cap read my mind or tell me when I’m sick?
3/14: Recode Daily: Why Intel is spending $15 billion to get inside self-driving tech
3/7: What’s really in that Dropbox? Onehub enters data loss prevention market with Marshal scanning tool
2/7: AI Without the Costly GPU Chips? Seattle Startup Xnor.ai Sees a Way
Books/Media/Misc:
3/11: Charming animated short on The Power of Privacy
1/28/16: The Power of Privacy – film
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