Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: June 26th, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MVUWVvJls Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of JUNE 26th, 2020 Internet freedom under attack by Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritan’s Act A new bill called The Limiting…
TikTok seems to be copying and pasting your clipboard with every keystroke
A new privacy feature in iOS 14 has revealed that TikTok is copying the contents of your clipboard with every keystroke. The new feature - called paste notifications - shows…
Top suppliers halt sales of facial recognition technology to the police – how much of a win is that really?
As this blog has noted, police forces around the world have been pushing for the routine deployment of real-time facial recognition technologies. It's an attractive option for politicians. It offers…
Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information
Andrew Yang is making headlines again with a new endeavor called the Data Dividend Project that would make tech companies pay users for the personal information given up while using…
The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act shows that politicians still don’t understand encryption
Three Senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced a new anti-encryption bill called the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act. The bill was introduced by Senate…
Private Internet Access to temporarily remove Mexico VPN exit gateway
Private Internet Access is removing its Mexico VPN server from our VPN network. We are leaving the Mexico region temporarily as we seek a new data center partner to work…
Billions of internet activity records tracked by Oracle’s BlueKai leaked online
BlueKai, a company bought by Oracle in 2014, has leaked. The database of internet activity records was left on the open web in an unsecured server. The leaked data was…
Internet freedom under attack by Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritan’s Act
The “Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritan’s Act” has been introduced to the US Senate and would do away with legislation that has become a cornerstone of internet freedom…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: June 19th, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJZpQmLZ5Y Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of JUNE 19th, 2020 35 Members of Congress sign letter asking federal agencies to stop surveillance on Black Lives Matter protests A group…
Private Internet Access Next Generation Network comes out of beta
Private Internet Access users will soon be able to access our Next Generation network of hardened VPN servers - which will be exiting a recently announced beta. These new VPN…
When the home is no data protection haven: addressing privacy threats from intimate relationships
Privacy is one of the key concerns of people using digital technology. Of course, this blog has been warning about threats in this area for years, but it's common now…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: June 12th, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skLFxb5m76U Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of JUNE 12th, 2020 To work together with law enforcement, Zoom won’t provide end-to-end encryption for free users Video conferencing company Zoom will…
The coming Pakistan VPN ban: PTA sets deadline for VPN users to register by June 30th
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has issued a reminder that all VPN users need to register their VPN tunnel with their internet service provider (ISP) by June 30th, 2020. This…
35 Members of Congress sign letter asking federal agencies to stop surveillance on Black Lives Matter protests
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) have published a letter which was sent to multiple federal agencies demanding that the federal agencies stop spying on Black Lives…
Government drones and aircraft are being used to surveil the ongoing protests in American cities
The government is flying predator drones and other military aircraft, well known for their use in foreign combat zones, over US cities to surveil the ongoing protests against police brutality.…