• Dec 15, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • Announcements, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance,

What’s in the New EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and What Will It Mean for Global Privacy?

The EU has reached a political agreement on its groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Act, which was first proposed back in 2021. All the main elements have been agreed, but some of the technical details still need to be filled in over the next few weeks. There’s no final text yet, but press releases from the European … Continue reading “What’s in the New EU Artificial Intelligence Act, and What Will It Mean for Global Privacy?”

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  • Nov 24, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Online Security, Social Media, Surveillance,

EFF Agrees: Protecting Privacy Is the Best Way to Address the Internet’s Biggest Problems

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”

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  • Nov 8, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Politicians Still Underestimate Smart Cars’ Threat to Privacy

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”

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  • Oct 12, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Google gives IP addresses to police of people who have searched particular keywords or addresses

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”

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  • Sep 2, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment

The Fourth Amendment has been interpreted to mean that law enforcement can’t serve a warrant on tech companies like Google to try and find out what devices were near the scene of a crime. Federal courts have started to rule that police can’t ask for information on every device near the scene of a crime, … Continue reading “Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment”

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  • Jun 3, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News,

To work together with law enforcement, Zoom won’t provide end-to-end encryption for free users

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”

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  • Aug 14, 2017
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Privacy issues with Palantir’s move into law enforcement, and how to tackle them

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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For first time, an ISP reveals why Police demand internet subscriber identities: ordinary file sharing is the most investigated “crime”

While the Police complain about shortage of resources, it turns out the most investigated “crime” on the net is ordinary people sharing music and movies with each other. This is in stark constrast to the everyday area person’s perception of justice, where the distribution monopoly laws command considerably less respect than even speed limits[1]. According … Continue reading “For first time, an ISP reveals why Police demand internet subscriber identities: ordinary file sharing is the most investigated “crime””

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