Mint reports: Apple announced on Wednesday that it will now provide full end-to-end encryption for almost all of the data users its users stores in its global cloud-based storage system, as part of an ongoing privacy effort. As a result, it will be more challenging for hackers, spies, and law enforcement organisations to access senstitive…
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TSA to expand facial recognition across America
Katyanna Quach reports: America’s Transport Security Administration, better known as the TSA, has been testing facial recognition software to automatically screen passengers flying across the country in 16 airports. And now it’s looking into rolling it out nationwide next year. Flyers will be able to pass through security checkpoints by scanning a copy of a…
The Right to Intimate Privacy: An Interview with Danielle Citron
Julia Angwin’s newsletter has a great interview with Danielle Citron, privacy law scholar and advocate for privacy rights. She starts by providing a brief recap of some of Citron’s credentials and accomplishments in the field: In her new book, “The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age,” Danielle Citron calls…
Your Data Is Up for Sale on Cyber Monday
Oops. I’m late posting this one, but it’s still important to consider. Molly Collett writes: It’s hard to find the most shocking detail about FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that imploded in such spectacular fashion. From borrowing billions of dollars from customer deposits to meet debt obligations, to using corporate funds to purchase employee homes and “personal items”—the story…