So it seems the government was able to get into San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook’s iPhone without Apple’s assistance, and has now moved to vacate the order compelling Apple’s assistance. So now what happens to all the District Attorneys around the country who have iPhones they can’t crack? Will DOJ share the method with them? Or will they…
Category: Govt
Article: Hoofnagle on Assessing the FTC’s Privacy Assessments
Public Citizen helpfully noted a recent article by Chris Hoofnagle: Assessing the Federal Trade Commission’s Privacy Assessments, 14(2) IEEE Security & Privacy 58–64 (Mar/Apr. 2016). Here is the abstract: Consumer protection regulators worldwide share basic problems: the companies that regulators police are so powerful and rich that fines do not matter. Consider the French with their €150,000…
Law enforcement seeks out private DNA databases
From the is-anyone-really-shocked-by-this dept. Paul Elias reports: Investigators are broadening their DNA searches beyond government databases and demanding genetic information from companies that do ancestry research for customers. Two major companies that research family lineage for fees around $200 say that over the last two years, they have received law enforcement demands for genetic information…
Appeals Court Sends Smith v. Obama NSA Lawsuit Back to the Trial Court
David Greene writes: The fallout from the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act continues. One of EFF’s three cases against the NSA, Smith v. Obama, has been sent back to the trial court by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The lawsuit was brought by an Idaho neonatal nurse, Anna Smith, who was outraged to discover that the…