Now that so many people are working from home, they are using conferencing platforms like Zoom. There’s been some talk about Zoom actually collecting what seems an invasive amount of information about people while they are connected to Zoom. EFF recently noted about Zoom: The host of a Zoom call has the capacity to monitor the…
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EFF and COVID-19: Protecting Openness, Security, and Civil Liberties
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: EFF and its members work to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has made obvious how important the Internet and digital tools are to our lives and how vital it is that we maintain an open and secure…
COVID-19 Guidance from French and Danish supervisory authorities
Last week, I published information from both Singapore and the U.S. to compare how they are handling disclosure and privacy issues in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, let’s look at France and Denmark. France Kristof Van Quathem and Dan Cooper of Covington and Burling write: On March 6, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”)…
Use these 11 critical iPhone privacy and security settings right now
Michael Grothaus writes: If one object you own encapsulates who you are, how you think, and what you do, it’s your smartphone. Our phones not only contain our contacts and messages, but capture and store countless other metrics about our lives, from financial records to health data to myriad communications with everyone we know. Smartphones…