Biden’s SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, enacted in 2018, provides far-from-perfect data privacy protection, but it stands in stark ...
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The Biggest US Surveillance Program You Didn’t Know About
“Ordinary people’s private financial records are being siphoned indiscriminately into a massive database, with access given to virtually any cop ...
Apple Kills Its Plan to Scan Your Photos for CSAM. Here’s What’s Next
In August 2021, Apple announced a plan to scan photos that users stored in iCloud for child sexual abuse material ...
Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats
Amid rising concerns about China’s growing international data collection apparatus, a newly divided US Congress is applying fresh scrutiny to ...
Here’s How Bad a Twitter Mega-Breach Would Be
“Twitter has seemingly neglected security for a very long time, and with all the changes, there is risk for sure,” ...
How to Buy and Use a Burner Phone
Even if surveillance overreach (abortion bounty-hunting, police use of face recognition) doesn't make you want to ditch your smartphone for ...
The FTC May (Finally) Protect Americans From Data Brokers
On August 29, the Federal Trade Commission announced it had filed a landmark lawsuit against data broker Kochava for “selling ...
Scans of Students’ Homes During Tests Are Deemed Unconstitutional
As the pandemic unfolded in spring 2020, an Educause survey found that an increasing number of students—who had very little ...
Nothing Is Protecting Child Influencers From Exploitation
Jackie Coogan, America’s first major child star, shot to fame in 1921 as Charlie Chaplin’s adopted son in The Kid. ...
The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi
Indian law enforcement is starting to place huge importance on facial recognition technology. Delhi police, looking into identifying people involved ...