Tag: Civil Liberties
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Decrypted: iOS 13.5 jailbreak, FBI slams Apple, VCs talk cybersecurity
Members get access to how-tos and interviews on company building, IPO analysis, intelligence on disruptive opportunities for startups, and …
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ICE used ‘stingray’ cell phone snooping tech hundreds of times since 2017
A letter from Harris Corp., which builds cell-site simulators — known as “stingrays,” describing the non-disclosure terms for its …
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COVID-19 could have its own PATRIOT Act, but we need privacy guarantees
Heather Federman is a privacy lawyer and VP of Privacy and Policy at BigID, a New York-based company that uses AI to help organizations be …
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Authorities Eye Using Mobile Phone Tracking COVID-19’s Spread
Authorities in the United States and Israel are eyeing ways to use mobile-phone and other location-based data to help control the spread of …
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Israel passes emergency law to use mobile data for COVID-19 contact tracing
Israel has passed an emergency law to use mobile phone data for tracking people infected with COVID-19 including to identify and quarantine …
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UCLA Abandons Plans to Use Facial Recognition After Backlash
Ahead of a national day of action led by digital rights group Fight for the Future, UCLA has abandoned its plans to become the first …
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Students Are Campaigning To Ban Facial Recognition From College Campuses
Over the years, facial recognition technology has appeared in a growing number of places, including weed dispensaries, retails stores, and …
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ACLU asks court to release a secret order forcing Facebook to wiretap Messenger
Earlier this year, the U.S. government tried to force Facebook to secretly recode its Messenger app to allow the feds to listen into an …
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EFF and 23 Civil Liberties Organizations Demand Transparency on NSA Domestic Phone Record Surveillance
This week, 24 civil liberties organizations, including EFF and the ACLU, urged Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to …
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