Brandi Buchman reports: Back for Day 2 of an oversight hearing on the government’s use of facial-recognition software, lawmakers were left momentarily and uncharacteristically speechless Tuesday as an auditor at Homeland Security detailed the FBI’s database of 640 million faces, a number that is twice the population of the United States. Gretta Goodwin, director of…
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New York’s Privacy Bill Is Even Bolder Than California’s
Issie Lapowsky reports: As tech giants and lobbying groups race to defang California’s landmark consumer privacy law before it takes effect next year, lawmakers on the other side of the country are considering a bill that’s even more drastic. The New York Privacy Act, introduced last month by state senator Kevin Thomas, would give residents…
Russia demands Tinder give user data to secret services
Nataliya Vasilyeva reports: Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users — including messages — to the national intelligence agencies, part of the country’s widening crackdown on internet freedoms. The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder was included on a list of online services operating in Russia that are required…
Is EFF defending corporations from people whose lives have been RUINED, like attorney Carrie Goldberg claims? Part 3
Attorney Carrie Goldberg recently tweet-ranted (if that’s a verb) about EFF. I blogged about her tweet thread here, and asked EFF to respond, which they did, here. When I informed Ms Goldberg that I was going to blog about her thread and EFF’s response, Ms Goldberg asked for an opportunity to explain her views more…