Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Japanese government approved a law amendment on Friday that will allow government workers to hack into people’s Internet of Things devices as part of an unprecedented survey of insecure IoT devices. The survey will be carried out by employees of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) under the…
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Tim Cook Calls for ‘Data-Broker Clearinghouse’ in Push for Privacy Rules
Alistair Barr reports: Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook called on the Federal Trade Commission to track data brokers and monitor how they use people’s digital information, the latest privacy push by the iPhone maker. Cook joined other technology company executives in calling for federal privacy legislation, but added his own specific idea in…
Proposed Bills in Oregon, Mississippi, and New York Would Ban Warrantless Stingray Spying
Mike Maharrey writes: A bill introduced in the Oregon Senate would ban the warrantless use of stingray devices for location tracking or to sweep up electronic communications in most situations. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in Oregon, but it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state. Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend) introduced…
Pressure Mounts on Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Against Selling Facial Recognition to the Government
From the ACLU: A coalition of over 85 racial justice, faith, and civil, human, and immigrants’ rights groups today sent letters to Microsoft, Amazon, and Google demanding the companies commit not to sell face surveillance technology to the government. The coalition makes it clear to each company that a decision to provide face surveillance technology…