{"id":15053,"date":"2021-02-19T09:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=15053"},"modified":"2022-08-28T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T20:10:29","slug":"privacy-news-online-weekly-review-february-19-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/privacy-news-online-weekly-review-february-19-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: February 19, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Privacy News Online News: border phone searches, Spotify audio spying patent, privacy bills and more\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IKRbAm4YLLM?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 February 19th, 2021<\/h2>\n<h3>The government can search your phone at the border without a warrant<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"The government can search your phone at the border without a warrant\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>A Court of Appeals has ruled that border security can conduct basic and advanced searches on your phone without a warrant or probable cause. This most recent court decision overturned a previous 2019 decision about electronic device searches. It\u2019s official: The Fourth and First Amendment do not apply when you cross the border, even if you\u2019re a citizen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-us-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/the-us-government-can-search-your-phone-at-the-border-without-a-warrant\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>New Spotify patent would use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Spotify granted patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>The patent is titled: Identification of taste attributes from an audio signal. Spotify now has a patent on using your device\u2019s microphone to listen in on your voice and surroundings to make better song suggestions. Based on the pitch and tone of your voice, Spotify can guess your age, gender, accent and even if you\u2019re sad, angry, happy, or neutral. No word yet on when these new features will show up in the Spotify app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/spotify-granted-patent-to-use-mic-to-infer-emotional-state-age-gender-and-accent\/<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Code is law: why software openness and algorithmic transparency are vital for privacy<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glass_and_steel_roof_of_the_Great_Court_British_Museum_London_-_panoramio_16.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>An update from a case where DNA evidence swabbed from a gun was used to make an arrest is setting legal precedence. A court has ruled that TrueAllele, the company behind the software that made the DNA match, must hand over the source code for examination. TrueAllele had tried to argue that the code was a trade secret, but the court\u2019s decision establishes that code used to come up with evidence can be examined as part of that evidence \u2013 and that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/code-is-law-why-software-openness-and-algorithmic-transparency-are-vital-for-privacy\/\">https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/code-is-law-why-software-openness-and-algorithmic-transparency-are-vital-for-privacy\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/pages\/privacy-news-online\/PNO30\"><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>State Privacy Bills Reemerge as Momentum Grows Nationwide<\/h3>\n<p>New York, Washington, and Virginia are three states that are expected to pass privacy bills this coming legislative session. The first to go into law is expected to be Virginia\u2019s Consumer Data Protection Act \u2013 which has already been voted in, and experts feel that the momentum will only grow thereafter. Other hopeful states include Oklahoma and Texas and draft legislation exists in dozens of other states. A federal privacy law would still be nice, though.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/state-privacy-bills-reemerge-as-momentum-grows-nationwide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/tech-and-telecom-law\/state-privacy-bills-reemerge-as-momentum-grows-nationwide<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Singapore passes law to force all students to install spyware<\/h3>\n<p>The Singapore Education Ministry has mandated that all secondary school students download spyware on the laptops they use to attend school remotely. The software allows teachers and other school officials to go through a student\u2019s internet history and even allows remote screen viewing and remote access so the school can help students out by closing distracting tabs. Thousands of students and parents have started a petition to try and get the government to reverse the decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/02\/05\/singapore-spying-students-laptops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/02\/05\/singapore-spying-students-laptops<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Two Android spyware families have been discovered with ties to the Confucius ABT group<\/h3>\n<p>Dubbed Hornbill and Sunbird, the two malware families both contain functionality to exfiltrate sensitive info from Android phones. Including but not limited to geo-location, SMS text messages and content from encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp and BBM formerly known as Blackberry Messenger. Trojanized apps containing this malware have been found in third party Android app directories and are not known to have been distributed through the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/new-novel-android-spyware-linked-to-pro-india-confucius-threat-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/new-novel-android-spyware-linked-to-pro-india-confucius-threat-group\/<\/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 February 19th, 2021 The government can search your phone at the border without a warrant A Court of Appeals has ruled that border security can conduct basic and advanced searches on your phone without a warrant or probable cause. 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