Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:53:14 +0000
More than 60 groups advocating for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are pushing the US Congress to reform the Section 702 surveillance program as Senate leaders move to renew it.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:12:16 +0000
An effort to reauthorize a controversial US surveillance program by attaching it to a must-pass spending bill has civil liberties advocates calling foul.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:54:40 +0000
Top senate officials are planning to save the Section 702 surveillance program by attaching it to a crucial piece of legislation. Critics worry a chance to pass privacy reforms will be missed.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000
Face recognition technology has been controversial for years. Cops in the UK are drastically increasing the amount they use it.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:44:02 +0000
The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans’ data and communications.
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Credit to Author: K.G. Orphanides| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:52:58 +0000
A complaint filed with the EU’s independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Smiley| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: SolarWinds is charged with fraud, New Orleans police face recognition has flaws, and new details about Okta’s October data breach emerge.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000
The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Details emerge of a US government social media-scanning tool that flags “derogatory” speech, and researchers find vulnerabilities in the global mobile communications network.
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