As Digital Currency’s Popularity Rises, So Do Privacy Fears
Backers see a way to reach the unbanked. But any system could give the government a record of every dollar you spend.
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Surveillance Camera Hack Raises Legal Risk of Digital Device Use
A recent hack into a massive collection of security camera data from Verkada Inc. shows the cyber and privacy-related vulnerabilities of digital devices that could give way to lawsuits and government enforcement actions.
Advocacy Groups Again Ask CBP to Withdraw Biometrics Expansion Proposal
Technology and immigration advocacy organizations and other researchers are again calling for Customs and Border Protection to put the brakes on the planned expansion of its biometric entry-exit program.
TikTok wants to keep tracking iPhone users with state-backed workaround
They want to keep tracking iPhone users with solution created by state-backed group.
Google says it won’t track you directly in the future as it phases out cookies
Google clarified its plans for targeted advertising as it phases out the use of browser cookies from Chrome.
Swiss authorities raid home of hacker potentially responsible for breaching surveillance cameras
Swiss law enforcement raided the home of a hacker potentially responsible for breaching around 150,000 surveillance cameras, exposing sensitive footage from homes, hospitals and prisons.
Facing Off Against Employee Monitoring Requirements
Many jurisdictions have adopted legal requirements that indirectly regulate network monitoring activities, since monitoring typically requires the collection and tracking of IP addresses, device IDs and other data that can be linked to a particular employee’s communication devices.
Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices with facial recognition
Greek authorities say the technology will make police checks more efficient, but critics are sounding the alarm about potential abuses.
Hacked Surveillance Camera Firm Shows Staggering Scale of Facial Recognition
A hacked customer list shows that facial recognition company Verkada is deployed in tens of thousands of schools, bars, stores, jails, and other businesses around the country.
Internet providers tracking sites we visit in secretive trial
Campaigners complain of ‘staggering lack of transparency’ around mass data collection experiment.
Flaws in Apple Location Tracking System Could Lead to User Identification
An adversary could perform a location correlation attack and access location history, thus de-anonymizing users.
France seeks to bypass EU top court on data retention
Paris invoked a rarely used argument to ask the country’s highest administrative court not to follow the Luxembourg ruling.