{"id":14617,"date":"2020-12-04T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=14617"},"modified":"2024-01-26T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:55:26","slug":"privacy-news-online-weekly-review-december-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/privacy-news-online-weekly-review-december-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online | Weekly News: December 4, 2020\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8DdL4nDO1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 10px; margin: 0px 0 30px 0; background: #118011; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400;\">Featured: Privacy News Online \u2013 Week of December 4th, 2020<\/h2>\n<h3>Amazon\u2019s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14566 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-1024x678.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-1536x1017.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482-1200x795.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2020Q1_lifestyle_insitu_rvd3_satinnickel_bluedoor_plant_simple_flipped-e1606217987482.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The increased prevalence of Amazon\u2019s Ring internet connected doorbell has privacy experts worried about surveillance implications. Researchers even found that the Amazon Ring app gathers personal information on the user and sends that information to third parties. Another big concern is that law enforcement is beginning to use advanced video analysis technologies such as facial recognition on video surveillance footage shared by Amazon. Despite all this, claims that the presence of Ring doorbells reduces burglaries have yet to be proven by real data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/amazons-ring-moves-even-closer-to-becoming-the-perfect-urban-police-surveillance-system\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/amazons-ring-moves-even-closer-to-becoming-the-perfect-urban-police-surveillance-system\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Google sued for using 260mb of cellular data per month to track Android users without permission<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-Android-users-without-permission-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Google sued for using 260mb of cellular data per month to track Android users without permission\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-Android-users-without-permission-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-Android-users-without-permission-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-Android-users-without-permission-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-Android-users-without-permission.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Many people set their apps to only use WiFi \u2013 not cellular data because data caps are a real thing. It turns out that on Android phones, core system apps by Google bypass this user selection and send an average of 260mb of data back to Google per month \u2013 which works out to about $1 per month at average data rates. This information is used to help target ads, so it\u2019s a double whammy to your pockets and your privacy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-android-users-without-permission\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/google-sued-for-using-260mb-of-cellular-data-per-month-to-track-android-users-without-permission\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop the IRS from spying on Americans<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Senator-Wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-IRS-from-spying-on-Americans-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Senator Wyden to introduce legislation to stop IRS from spying on Americans\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Senator-Wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-IRS-from-spying-on-Americans-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Senator-Wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-IRS-from-spying-on-Americans-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Senator-Wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-IRS-from-spying-on-Americans-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Senator-Wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-IRS-from-spying-on-Americans.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Senator Ron Wyden plans to introduce legislation to the US Senate that will stop the Internal Revenue Service from violating the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Motherboard recently revealed a contract between the IRS and a third party company called Venntel which specializes in providing location data siphoned from mobile phones. The IRS isn\u2019t allowed to request that data from cell phone companies without a warrant, and new legislation will make sure that they can\u2019t just buy it, either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/senator-wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-the-irs-from-spying-on-americans\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/senator-wyden-to-introduce-legislation-to-stop-the-irs-from-spying-on-americans\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/pages\/privacy-news-online\/PNO21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Private Internet Access VPN\" width=\"900\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BlogAd-768x171.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding: 10px; margin: 30px 0; background: #118011; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 400;\">More Privacy News This Week:<\/h2>\n<h3>FCC Chief Who Ended Net Neutrality Says He\u2019ll Quit Jan. 20<\/h3>\n<p>The head of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, will step down from his position on inauguration day. Commissioner Pai is most well known for dismantling net neutrality in 2017 as part of his light touch regulatory approach to the internet. In the coming months, the appointment of new FCC commissioners to fill the spots left by Pai and another leaving Commissioner will undoubtedly affect FCC regulations on the internet moving forward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-11-30\/u-s-fcc-chief-who-ended-net-neutrality-says-he-ll-quit-jan-20?srnd=premium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-11-30\/u-s-fcc-chief-who-ended-net-neutrality-says-he-ll-quit-jan-20?srnd=premium<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Goodbye, Ajit Pai. The Senate should reject Nathan Simington and let the FCC get back to work.<\/h3>\n<p>While many are excited to see Pai step down, a new threat has already emerged. Nathan Simington, President Trump\u2019s nominee for FCC Commissioner, could be confirmed to the FCC before Pai steps down. This is problematic for several reasons: Simington was involved in President Trump\u2019s unconstitutional executive order targeting Section 230 and has essentially no qualifications beyond his loyalty to President Trump and his stated opposition to restoring net neutrality. Fight for the Future has called on the Senate to reject Simington\u2019s nomination and let the FCC get back to work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2020-11-30-goodbye-ajit-pai-the-senate-should-reject-nathan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.fightforthefuture.org\/news\/2020-11-30-goodbye-ajit-pai-the-senate-should-reject-nathan\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Careful! These holiday shopping \u201cdeals\u201d may be bad for your security<\/h3>\n<p>As the holiday season is in full swing, it\u2019s important to notice certain holiday shopping deals which are bad for your security. There are deals on older hardware, such as the Apple iPhone 5c, which would result in you buying a device that is insecure and vulnerable to hacking. The same issue is true for older models of Android devices, wireless routers, and any piece of hardware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/caution-black-friday-deals-may-be-bad-for-your-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/caution-black-friday-deals-may-be-bad-for-your-security\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Brought to you by Private Internet Access<\/h3>\n<p>Privacy News Online is brought to you by Private Internet Access, the world\u2019s most trusted VPN service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/buy-vpn-online\">Sign up now and get 2 months of VPN service FREE!<\/a><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 25px;\">Special thanks to Intego<\/h4>\n<p>Thank you to Josh Long, our cybersecurity correspondent from Intego, makers of award-winning security software.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/lp\/buynow?channel=privacynews\">Save on Intego\u2019s world-class protection software for Mac\/Windows<\/a><\/div>\n<style>.wp-post-image {display:none;}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured: Privacy News Online \u2013 Week of December 4th, 2020 Amazon\u2019s Ring moves even closer to becoming the perfect urban police surveillance system The increased prevalence of Amazon\u2019s Ring internet connected doorbell has privacy experts worried about surveillance implications. 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