Collaborate Disseminate
Apple security expert Jon Callas, who helped build protection for billions of computers and smartphones against criminal hackers and government surveillance, is now taking on government and corporate spying in the policy realm. Continue reading Apple’s Security Expert Joined the ACLU to Tackle ‘Authoritarian Fever’
Profits are nice, but “We don’t believe that the world will be best served by a commercial race to the bottom,” says President Brad Smith. Continue reading Microsoft calls for laws on facial recognition, issues principles
Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice made a series of legal arguments as to why Facebook should be forced to help the government wiretap Facebook Messenger. Those arguments are still sealed. The ACLU is suing to make them public…. Continue reading The DoJ’s Secret Legal Arguments to Break Cryptography
Installed in the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, controversial facial recognition systems that scan students’ faces could be the not-too-distant future for schools across America and beyond. Continue reading Facing Tomorrow’s High-Tech School Surveillance
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for August 6, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions and Silent Pocket. This episode was hosted by Tom … Continue reading The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Quiet Skies TSA Surveillance Program, SIM Hijacking and the Reddit Data Breach, Sextortion Scams
This bill making its way through Congress would allow law enforcement to more easily uncover location data for cell phones from mobile carriers in an emergency. Continue reading Privacy Advocates Say Kelsey Smith Act Gives Police Too Much Power
The ACLU warns of the risk that malicious code planted in legitimate software updates could compromise security.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading Beware malicious software updates for legitimate apps
In the days following revelations last September that big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax had been hacked and relieved of personal data on nearly 150 million people, many Americans no doubt felt resigned and powerless to control their information. But not Jessamyn West. The 49-year-old librarian from a tiny town in Vermont took Equifax to court. And now she’s celebrating a small but symbolic victory after a small claims court awarded her $600 in damages stemming from the 2017 breach. Continue reading Librarian Sues Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach, Wins $600
There is “a glimmer of light” despite the Senate’s move to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, says the ACLU. Continue reading Opponents Vow to Continue the Fight after Trump Reauthorizes Domestic Spying Law
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to renew U.S. spy provisions, extending the powers of the NSA to collect internet communications for another six years. Continue reading House Votes to Reauthorize Controversial Spy Provision, Section 702