Aaron Holmes reports that a new privacy study found that “many major browsers allow the companies that own them to track users’ location and identity while leaking details of users’ browsing history to those companies.” The study was authored by Douglas Leith of Trinity College Dublin and tracked the information-sharing practices of commonly-used browsers Google Chrome,…
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Facial-Recognition Company That Works With Law Enforcement Says Entire Client List Was Stolen
Betsy Swan reports: A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the company sent to its customers. In the notification, which The Daily Beast reviewed, the startup Clearview AI disclosed to its customers that an intruder “gained unauthorized access” to its list…
School STI Services Raise Complications of HIPAA Confidentiality
Grant M. Gallagher reports: Increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have health officials warning of a public health crisis in the United States. There is evidence that some pediatricians are reserved in talking to at-risk teenagers about STIs and testing. Additionally, when adolescents are diagnosed with STIs in the emergency room, research has found that more than 40% do…
N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads
Charlie Savage reports: A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I….