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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