The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is probably the best-known organization that’s fighting for digital rights. It’s just released a new report with a title that’s certain to interest the readers of this blog. Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms offers a wide-ranging look at some of the key problems in the online … Continue reading “EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems”
It was three years ago that we blog wrote about the privacy problems raised by “smartphones on wheels” – the fact that today’s vehicles contain powerful computer systems and a wide range of sensors that are constantly sending back data to manufacturers. The politicians are finally starting to wake up to the threat. Elizabeth Warren, … Continue reading “Politicians Still Underestimate Smart Cars’ Threat to Privacy”
According to court records from an arson case in Florida, Google regularly provides information to law enforcement about people that search a particular term or physical location using a Google service like Google Search or Google Maps. Information such as the the IP address. Typically, if police have an interest in requesting the search history … Continue reading “Google gives IP addresses to police of people who have searched particular keywords or addresses”
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has admitted that he won’t provide end-to-end encryption to free users in favor of being able to work with law enforcement. It has previously been discussed in Zoom’s announced move towards privacy and security that true end-to-end encryption would only be available for paid customers; however, at the time tech pundits … Continue reading “To work together with law enforcement, Zoom won’t provide end-to-end encryption for free users”
The name “Palantir” bespeaks mystery. Its original meaning is the powerful artifact in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” that allows direct communications with distant lands. It is now also the name of a secretive company, Palantir Technologies, founded in 2004 by a number of Silicon Valley luminaries, chief among them Peter Thiel. At heart, Palantir … Continue reading “Privacy issues with Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them”
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