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Clearview AI, the company that’s scraped billions of images to build a facial recognition system, is getting sued again. Continue reading Clearview AI facial recogition sued again – this time by ACLU
Watchdog group said company has violated the Illinois BIPA and ‘will end privacy as we know it’ without intervention. Continue reading ACLU Sues Clearview AI Over Faceprint Collection, Sale
This is interesting: Facebook Inc. in 2018 beat back federal prosecutors seeking to wiretap its encrypted Messenger app. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to find out how. The entire proceeding was confidential, with only the result leaking to the press. Lawyers for the ACLU and the Washington Post on Tuesday asked a San Francisco-based federal court of… Continue reading How Did Facebook Beat a Federal Wiretap Demand?
Civil liberties groups on Tuesday asked an appeals court to unseal a federal judge’s ruling that rejected a U.S. government effort to force Facebook to decrypt voice calls. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation argue that the public has a right to know about how U.S. prosecutors tried to force Facebook to decrypt the calls in a 2018 investigation of the MS-13 gang, and why a judge rejected the prosecutors’ effort. The Department of Justice is urging the court to keep the ruling sealed, arguing that making it public could compromise ongoing criminal investigations. It is the latest front in a broader standoff between privacy advocates and law enforcement over access to encrypted communications. Law enforcement officials have for years lamented that strong encryption has hampered investigations into terrorists and criminals. But many technologists say any software especially designed for law enforcement access risks weakening security […]
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Puerto Rico is considered allowing for Internet voting. I have joined a group of security experts in a letter opposing the bill. Cybersecurity experts agree that under current technology, no practically proven method exists to securely, verifiably, or privately return voted materials over the internet. That means that votes could be manipulated or deleted on the voter’s computer without the… Continue reading Internet Voting in Puerto Rico
Privacy advocates advise caution when tracking the movements of patients or those infected with the new coronavirus, as an effort to minimize the pandemic’s effect. Continue reading Authorities Eye Using Mobile Phone Tracking COVID-19’s Spread
Civil-liberties group wants more transparency about who the government is partnering with and how they are using the information gathered in biometric checks. Continue reading ACLU Sues Over U.S. Airport Facial-Recognition Technology
As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says. Continue reading Homeland Security sued over secretive use of face recognition
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 95 for November 18th 2019: Google’s access to the medical records of millions of Americ… Continue reading Google’s Health Record Storage Controversy, US Border Search Ruling, Zelle Scams
The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers’ devices. Continue reading Warrantless searches of devices at US borders ruled unconstitutional