The new facial recognition technology could be the next frontier for surveillance. Currently it’s all done locally on the iPhone, but that could all change some day. Source: Apple’s FaceID Could Be … Continue reading Apple’s FaceID Could Be a Powerful Tool for Mass Spying
The spy agency didn’t care about copyright violations; it was trying to determine if it could find valuable intelligence. The NSA has a file on all of us and our bad music … Continue reading NSA Broke the Encryption on File-Sharing Apps Kazaa and eDonkey
One of the core principles enshrined in the Fourth Amendment is a prohibition on general searches — meaning, the government cannot simply go fishing for a wide range of information in the … Continue reading A Sweeping Search Warrant Targets Anti-Trump Website in Clear Threat to the Constitution
If you live in California, follow the simple instructions in the post below to stop your cable company from selling your browsing history to advertisers. Source: Californians: Demand a Vote on Your … Continue reading Californians: Demand a Vote on Your Broadband Privacy Before the Telecom Lobby Runs Out the Clock
“In the Facebook generation when people put more and more of their own personal data out there…” This is from the U.K., in light of the recent terrorist acts over there and … Continue reading Attorney General Says Young People Don’t Care As Much About Privacy As Previous Generations
As a second wave of the WannaCry Ransomware attack is infecting more systems in more countries, the White House has ordered emergency meetings to deal with a threat that is, in part, … Continue reading U.S. Government Fears a Monday Explosion of the Ransomware Plague It Helped Create
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/4/15545266/congress-privacy-vote-isp-billboards Continue reading Billboards expose lawmakers who voted to sell your personal internet data to corporations
The true extent of the government’s intrusion into your data. This is bad. The UK Gov’t just passed a law called the Snooper’s Charter that will allow it to force companies to … Continue reading How the government can force WhatsApp to break its encryption
Echo Look will use machine learning to decide if you look fat in that shirt. Ah, no thanks. Source: Amazon Wants to Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom – Motherboard Continue reading Amazon Wants to Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom
It’s not just about your data, it’s about the security of the country. The most common initial phase of a hacking episode relies on spear phishing, a term used to describe a … Continue reading National security is at risk because Congress wants to make it easier to buy and sell your internet data
This latest congressional corruption highlights who owns and controls the U.S. Congress, and at whose expense. Indeed, there’s no minimally persuasive rationale that can be concocted for this vote. It manifestly has … Continue reading To Serve AT&T and Comcast, Congressional GOP Votes to Destroy Online Privacy
Uh, no. If they have no plans to sell your data, then why did they lobby so hard to be able to sell your data? Source: Major ISPs now say they won’t … Continue reading Major ISPs now say they won’t sell your browsing history. Yeah. Right.
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