Barbara Leonard reports: Stealing a phone may not be a particularly serious crime, but the European Court of Justice concluded Tuesday that gathering certain telecom data about the thief likewise is not too serious a breach of privacy. The robbery at issue occurred on Feb. 16, 2015, but police believed that they could track down…
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Feds Force Suspect To Unlock An Apple iPhone X With Their Face
Thomas Brewster reports: It finally happened. The feds forced an Apple iPhone X owner to unlock their device with their face. A child abuse investigation unearthed by Forbes includes the first known case in which law enforcement used Apple Face ID facial recognition technology to open a suspect’s iPhone. That’s by any police agency anywhere…
Web inventor Berners-Lee creates a new privacy first way of dealing with the internet
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports: We live our lives on the internet. That’s because when Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, he made it easy for everyone to use it and share information. Fast forward 28-years, and your personal information is controlled largely by major companies such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Enough already. Berners-Lee wants…
In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls – sources
Joseph Menn and Dan Levine report: U.S. investigators failed in a recent courtroom effort to force Facebook to wiretap voice calls over its Messenger app in a closely watched test case, according to two people briefed on the sealed ruling. Read more on Reuters.