{"id":14649,"date":"2020-12-11T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=14649"},"modified":"2025-04-16T01:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:20:30","slug":"privacy-news-online-weekly-review-december-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/privacy-news-online-weekly-review-december-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: December 11, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online | Weekly News: December 11, 2020\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i40Oe1wIiNk?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 11th, 2020<\/h2>\n<h3>The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-US-government-admits-to-using-the-Patriot-Act-to-collect-web-browsing-information-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-US-government-admits-to-using-the-Patriot-Act-to-collect-web-browsing-information-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-US-government-admits-to-using-the-Patriot-Act-to-collect-web-browsing-information-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-US-government-admits-to-using-the-Patriot-Act-to-collect-web-browsing-information-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/The-US-government-admits-to-using-the-Patriot-Act-to-collect-web-browsing-information.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The Director of National Intelligence has admitted that the US government has used FISA courts to collect web browsing information. The Patriot Act is most well known for being used to justify mass surveillance of phone records, a practice that has since been ruled unconstitutional. Now, thanks to a written inquiry by Senator Ron Wyden, we now know that the Patriot Act has been used for internet surveillance, as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-us-government-admits-to-using-the-patriot-act-to-collect-web-browsing-information\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-us-government-admits-to-using-the-patriot-act-to-collect-web-browsing-information\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Amazon Sidewalk shares your home WiFi network with other Amazon devices unless you opt out<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Amazon-Sidewalk-shares-your-home-WiFi-network-with-other-Amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out-300x158.png\" alt=\"Amazon Sidewalk shares your home WiFi network with other Amazon devices unless you opt out\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Amazon-Sidewalk-shares-your-home-WiFi-network-with-other-Amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Amazon-Sidewalk-shares-your-home-WiFi-network-with-other-Amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Amazon-Sidewalk-shares-your-home-WiFi-network-with-other-Amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Amazon-Sidewalk-shares-your-home-WiFi-network-with-other-Amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>This past month, Amazon rolled out a controversial new bridge feature for Alexa owners that lets Amazon devices within range of your WiFi to connect. The feature is only available in the United States for now, and has been turned on by default \u2013 meaning anyone that doesn\u2019t want to share their home WiFi network needs to go into their Amazon settings to opt out of Amazon Sidewalk. While this feature does extend the usability of connected Amazon products in the real world, it does so at the potential expense of security and privacy. On Amazon\u2019s end, they have released a whitepaper on how Amazon Sidewalk Privacy to address this concern.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/amazon-sidewalk-shares-your-home-wifi-network-with-other-amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/amazon-sidewalk-shares-your-home-wifi-network-with-other-amazon-devices-unless-you-opt-out\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>CBP wants to create a facial recognition database of every non-US citizen traveler to the United States<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CBP-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-US-citizen-traveler-to-the-United-States-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"CBP wants to create a facial recognition database of every non-US citizen traveler to the United States\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CBP-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-US-citizen-traveler-to-the-United-States-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CBP-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-US-citizen-traveler-to-the-United-States-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CBP-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-US-citizen-traveler-to-the-United-States-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CBP-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-US-citizen-traveler-to-the-United-States.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The new proposal by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency would see facial recognition cameras installed at even more airports and border crossings. Indiscriminately gathering this biometric information is unconstitutional for the CBP to do, and that\u2019s why they\u2019ve outsourced it to the travel hubs themselves. We know about the CBP\u2019s plans thanks to Papers Please \u2013 the media arm of the Identity Project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/cbp-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-us-citizen-traveler-to-the-united-states\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/cbp-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-us-citizen-traveler-to-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/pages\/privacy-news-online\/PNO22\"><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>France rocked again by demonstrations against the new \u201cGlobal Security Law\u201d, which includes mass surveillance by police drones<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/french-police.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The new Global Security Law being proposed in France continues to face opposition. Previous demonstrations have drawn over 100,000 participants. Demonstrators are most upset about Article 24 of the new law, which would make it illegal to publish images of French police officers. Other sections of the law would allow police to stream bodycam footage back to base for additional facial recognition analysis. The Global Security Law has passed the French Assembly and is now with the French Senate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/france-rocked-again-by-demonstrations-against-the-new-global-security-law-which-includes-mass-surveillance-by-police-drones\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/france-rocked-again-by-demonstrations-against-the-new-global-security-law-which-includes-mass-surveillance-by-police-drones\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Only a Small Fraction of The Dark Web Is Being Used For Hidden Activity, Study Finds<\/h3>\n<p>A study led by a cybersecurity researcher from Virginia Tech has revealed that only 6.7% of Tor traffic is used to access hidden services \u2013 commonly referred to as the \u201cdark web.\u201d Instead, the vast majority of Tor network traffic is used to access the \u201cclear web.\u201d Furthermore, Tor users from countries with low internet freedom scores were shown to be more likely to use Tor to access the regular internet. The new research highlights that most Tor users just use the browser as a hyper private version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/only-a-small-fraction-of-the-dark-web-is-being-used-for-hidden-activity-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/only-a-small-fraction-of-the-dark-web-is-being-used-for-hidden-activity-study-finds<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Unpatched iPhones can be hacked by anyone within WiFi range<\/h3>\n<p>Ian Beer, a Google Project Zero bug hunter found a serious flaw in an Apple protocol used by AirPlay and AirDrop. Beer calls the flaw a radio proximity exploit to gain complete control of any nearby iPhone and says it can be used to steal emails, photos, and even encrypted messages. To protect your iPhone, make sure that you\u2019ve got the latest version of iOS14 installed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/googleprojectzero.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/an-ios-zero-click-radio-proximity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/googleprojectzero.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/an-ios-zero-click-radio-proximity.html<\/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 3 years for just $79!!!<\/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 11th, 2020 The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information The Director of National Intelligence has admitted that the US government has used FISA courts to collect web browsing information. 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