ICYMI, here are some interesting privacy new items, courtesy of Joe Cadillic: The Global Law Enforcement Convention Weakens Privacy & Human Rights: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/global-law-enforcement-convention-weakens-privacy-human-rights The EU has introduced a new ‘digital’ ID. Here’s what it means for you: If approved, the plan would allow people to use a facial recognition app to prove their identity online,…
Category: Misc
‘Believer’ Staffers Claim University Used Public Records Law To Access Their Personal Texts After Zoom Exposure Incident
Justice Namaste writes: Staffers at Believer magazine—the prestigious literary magazine that has been in the news over the past month or two after their former editor-in-chief Joshua Wolf Shenk resigned after exposing his genitals during a work call—are claiming that a public record request put in by Motherboard was used to intimidate them and gain access to their personal correspondence. […] The…
The Not-So-Hidden FTC Guidance on Organizational Use of Artificial Intelligence, and European Commission’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation
James A. Sherer, Nichole Sterling, and Stanton Burke of BakerHostetler write: Our last AI post on this blog, the New (if Decidedly Not ‘Final’) Frontier of Artificial Intelligence Regulation, touched on both the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) April 19, 2021, AI guidance and the European Commission’s proposed AI Regulation. The FTC’s 2021 guidance referenced, in large part, the FTC’s…
How often do ransomware attacks lead to suicide?
It started as a simple statement on Twitter: “What’s upsetting is there’s been many suicides as a result of ransomware. ” The assertion surprised me, and I asked, “Where are you seeing/reading reports of suicides as a result of ransomware attack(s)? Can you point me to some specific reports/links/whatever? Thanks.” After an exchange of tweets,…