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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 26, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 26th, 2021 Clubhouse users are teaching each other how to stay private from Instagram Users on the audio only social media app have been sharing instructions on how to unlink the two apps so that Instagram doesn’t get any information about your Clubhouse usage. Some even think … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 26, 2021”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 12, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of February 12th, 2021 Police served warrant on Google to identify George Floyd protestors Police used a type of warrant known as a geofence warrant to ask Google for information on all accounts that were close to a particular store in a twenty minute window around when the store … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 12, 2021”

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Users have privacy concerns about Microsoft’s inclusion in Raspberry Pi OS

An unannounced update to Raspberry Pi OS has added Microsoft’s GPG key and apt repository for VSCode to the popular operating system previously known as Raspbian which is used on millions of Raspberry Pi devices around the world. What this means is that every time a Raspberry Pi OS user types “apt-get update,” they’ll be … Continue reading “Users have privacy concerns about Microsoft’s inclusion in Raspberry Pi OS”

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  • Dec 24, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever

The SolarWinds hack is the most serious breach of governmental and corporate security in years, perhaps the most serious breach ever – at least among those that we know about. The first news of the attack appeared on the FireEye blog at the beginning of this month. From the start, it was clear that this … Continue reading “The widening SolarWinds debacle shows why the reckless idea of backdooring encryption must be dropped forever”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 20, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of November 20th, 2020 Proposed FTC settlement is a disservice to Zoom customers, says Commissioner The  FTC has released its proposed settlement with Zoom over the video conferencing company’s false claims of offering end-to-end encrypted services. The settlement doesn’t require Zoom to pay any recompense to customers, and has … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: November 20, 2020”

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  • Oct 15, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

French data protection authority says it can’t trust top US Internet companies with EU personal data – even if they keep it in the EU

Last month, this blog looked at the continuing repercussions of the decision by the EU’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), to strike down the Privacy Shield framework that legalizes most flows of personal information from the EU to the US. The privacy activist who brought the original case against … Continue reading “French data protection authority says it can’t trust top US Internet companies with EU personal data – even if they keep it in the EU”

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  • Oct 2, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

US official alleges big tech has started giving Hong Kong user data to China under new national security law

A senior US state official has alleged that big tech companies are already handing over Hong Kong user data to Chinese officials, The Guardian reports. Hong Kong has been drastically changed this year by a new national security law which firmly put Hong Kong in China’s vice grip. The official, whose anonymity The Guardian has … Continue reading “US official alleges big tech has started giving Hong Kong user data to China under new national security law”

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  • Jun 25, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

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 the hope that more criminals will be arrested and convicted, and for a price that is constantly falling. As a result, it’s hard to win … Continue reading “Top suppliers halt sales of facial recognition technology to the police – how much of a win is that really?”

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  • Aug 3, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Facial recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies bring in bans

Recently, FaceApp was much in the headlines. It allows users to submit photos of faces and modify them in interesting ways – making peple look older, or younger, or changing their expression. It was undoubtedly a cool use of AI technology. But what was most interesting about the episode is how quickly people realized that … Continue reading “Facial recognition concerns go mainstream in the US, as cities and companies bring in bans”

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  • Dec 22, 2018 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

As facial recognition systems continue to spread, so do concerns about their deployment

Facial recognition is hardly new – Privacy News Online has been writing about the topic for years now. But it is becoming more and more the norm, as some recent news shows. For example, the following story from Rolling Stone: Taylor Swift fans mesmerized by rehearsal clips on a kiosk at her May 18th Rose … Continue reading “As facial recognition systems continue to spread, so do concerns about their deployment”

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