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Amazon Sidewalk, Federal IoT Security Law, Facebook Messenger Bug
In episode 149 for November 30th 2020: Police begin to pilot a program to live-stream Amazon Ring cameras, new details about Amazon Sidewalk, Congress unanimously passes a federal Internet of Things security ...
Privacy Mindset: Europe vs. United States
In episode 146 for November 9th 2020: My conversation with Kelly Finnerty, Director of Brand and Content for Startpage.com on the differences in privacy mindset between Europe and the United States. ** ...
The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products
Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer: The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for the spy agency into their products, ...
IMSI-Catchers from Canada
Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp. is no longer selling Stingray IMSI-catchers (and, presumably, its follow-on models Hailstorm and Crossbow) to local governments: L3Harris Technologies, formerly known as the Harris Corporation, notified ...
Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches
One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches based on activities and not identifiers. A normal search would be on ...
On Executive Order 12333
Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: “No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order 12,333“: Abstract: Executive Order 12,333 ...
Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls
This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield but not rejecting wholesale the use of standard contractual clauses to transfer ...
Twitter Hack Lessons Learned, TikTok Ban, Rite Aid Facial Recognition Cameras
In episode 133 for August 10th 2020: What we can learn from the big Twitter hack, why everyone is trying to ban TikTok, and pharmacy chain Rite Aid’s use of facial recognition ...
First Circuit Rejects Attempt to Extend Carpenter to Public Surveillance Cameras
In United States v. Moore-Bush, the First Circuit recently reversed a Massachusetts District Court decision finding that the Fourth Amendment prohibited sustained video surveillance conducted using a pole-mounted camera in a public ...
5 Tips to Stay Private and Secure During a Protest
In episode 125 for June 15th 2020: Our top 5 tips for staying private and secure during a protest. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Privacy And Security ...
