• Feb 25, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images appeared. Its main market is currently law enforcement, with which it has already had considerable success in the US. But two years is a long time in digital technology, and … Continue reading “Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million”

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  • Oct 4, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data

Privacy News Online has just written about a troubling proposal by Apple to carry out surveillance directly on iPhones. In Australia, the situation is even worse. There, the government has just rushed through the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020, which gives the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission … Continue reading “Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 23, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of April 23, 2021 Privacy organizations call for facial recognition to be regulated or even banned, as police turn to Clearview AI Privacy concerns with facial recognition technology have increased greatly with the appearance of Clearview AI and privacy and human rights organizations have taken notice. In January of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 23, 2021”

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  • Dec 5, 2019
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Roll-out of facial recognition by governments around the world accelerates as privacy experts sound the alarm

A year ago, this blog wrote about the spread of facial recognition systems, and the danger they represent to privacy. Since then, the roll-out has accelerated, as the technology becomes more accurate, and the products on offer become cheaper. Governments in particular see facial recognition as an easy way to check and control their populations. … Continue reading “Roll-out of facial recognition by governments around the world accelerates as privacy experts sound the alarm”

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  • Nov 4, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Australia proposed using facial recognition technology for online gambling and pornography age verification

The Australian government’s Department of Home Affairs has proposed using facial recognition for online age verification for pornography and gambling websites visited by Australians as an update to Australia’s National Identity Security Strategy. The full not-so-detailed plan is titled: “Submission to the Inquiry into Age Verification for Online Wagering and Online Pornography.” In it, the … Continue reading “Australia proposed using facial recognition technology for online gambling and pornography age verification”

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  • Mar 27, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News,

Privacy News Daily | March 27, 2019

Here is the Online Privacy News Update for March 27th, 2018. Today, the world is still coming to grips with the EU Parliament’s passing of Article 13 and Article 11 (now known as Article 15 and Article 17). Read below for other privacy news from today. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/03/predictive-policing-algorithms-widely-used-in-us-and-uk-despite-deep-flaws-in-the-approach/ Bill That Would Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward … Continue reading “Privacy News Daily | March 27, 2019”

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  • Mar 18, 2019
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News,

ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent

Several websites including Voat, ZeroHedge, Archive.is, LiveLeak, and others have been blocked in Australia and New Zealand in direct contravention to civil liberties that citizens are supposed to have. The biggest of these internet providers, Telstra, has published a blog post defending their censorship action – even acknowledging that free speech has been sacrificed by … Continue reading “ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent”

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  • Feb 23, 2019
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments,

The latest twist on adding backdoors to encryption is spooky – and dangerous

Authorities around the world have been calling for backdoors to be added to strong encryption for years – part of an even older battle. The view among all top security experts is that this is a very bad idea, since it is likely to add extra vulnerabilities to systems, which weakens the security for everyone. … Continue reading “The latest twist on adding backdoors to encryption is spooky – and dangerous”

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Coalition calls on Australia’s government to reject plans to undermine encryption

Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption. The letter calls on government officials to become proponents of digital security and work collaboratively to help law enforcement adapt to the digital era. In … Continue reading “Coalition calls on Australia’s government to reject plans to undermine encryption”

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  • Jul 15, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Australian Prime Minister Turnbull: The laws of mathematics don’t apply in Australia

Australia’s Prime Minister Michael Turnbull doesn’t believe in the laws of mathematics – a troubling sign for a world leader to say the least. Australia’s leader spoke the infamous words at a press conference yesterday in Sydney, Australia. When asked by a journalist if the laws of mathematics would trump the laws of Australia (as … Continue reading “Australian Prime Minister Turnbull: The laws of mathematics don’t apply in Australia”

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