Surveillance of Your Car
August 2 2022TheMarkup has an extensive analysis of connected vehicle data and the companies that are collecting it. The Markup has identified 37 companies that are part of the rapidly growing connected...
Read more7 cybersecurity tips for your summer vacation!
July 15 2022Here you go - seven thoughtful cybersecurity tips to help you travel safely...
Read moreSurely no one could have predicted this:
The new proposal—championed by Mayor London Breed after November’s wild weekend of orchestrated burglaries and theft in the San Francisco Bay...
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Post-Roe Privacy
July 13 2022This is an excellent essay outlining the post-Roe privacy threat model. (Summary: period tracking apps are largely a red herring.)
Taken together, this means the primary digital threat for...
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Ubiquitous Surveillance by ICE
July 7 2022Report by Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology published a comprehensive report on the surprising amount of mass surveillance conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Our two-year investigation,...
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O! What a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.
Read moreTwitter was fined $150 million for using phone numbers and email addresses collected for two-factor authentication for ad targeting.
Read moreThe Onion on Google Map Surveillance
May 20 2022“Google Maps Adds Shortcuts through Houses of People Google Knows Aren’t Home Right Now.” Excellent satire.
Read moreSurveillance by Driverless Car
May 12 2022San Francisco police are using autonomous vehicles as mobile surveillance cameras.
Privacy advocates say the revelation that police are actively using AV footage is cause for alarm.
“This is...
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