Major privacy win at the border thanks to EFF
The court held that the government must have reasonable suspicion of digital contraband before searching people’s electronic devices at the U.S. border. This major advance […]
Privacy
Comcast fights Google’s encrypted-DNS plan but promises not to spy on users – Ars Technica
Comcast has gone on the record to say that it does not track its broadband users’ Web browsing histories, even though the company is lobbying […]
Ring, the doorbell-camera firm, has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach – The Washington Post
The home-security firm has made it easier than ever for local police to request homeowners’ video. “If the police demanded every citizen put a camera […]
DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators – VICE
Departments of Motor Vehicles in states around the country are taking drivers’ personal information and selling it to thousands of businesses, including private investigators who […]
FBI, ICE use driver license photos without owners’ knowledge or consent – The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington • Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned state driver license databases into a facial-recognition gold mine, […]
Police can access full details of injured protesters in hospital, says medical sector lawmaker following patient arrests | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong’s medical sector lawmaker has said that he has proof that police can access the Hospital Authority’s system to check details of injured protesters […]
Opinion | Losing Our Fourth Amendment Data Protection – The New York Times
In 1967, in the landmark case United States v. Katz, the Supreme Court ruled that those protections applied to phone conversations, and not just in […]
We Built an ‘Unbelievable’ (but Legal) Facial Recognition Machine – The New York Times
Most people pass through some type of public space in their daily routine — sidewalks, roads, train stations. Thousands walk through Bryant Park every day. […]
On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post – The New York Times
The Trump administration has been quietly working on a proposal to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to help identify people who claim […]
Absher: Google refuses to remove Saudi govt app that tracks women – INSIDER
Google has declined to remove from its app store a Saudi government app which lets men track women and control where they travel, on the […]