Here we go again. Another attempt by law enforcement to get a backdoor so they can protect us. We’ve have this argument too many times by now. A backdoor to help law enforcement protect us also weakens us and puts us at GREATER risk of compromise. Alexander Martin reports: Law enforcement agencies risk losing the…
Category: Surveillance
Judge Denies Kochava’s Motion to Dismiss FTC’s Suit Over Selling Geolocation Data
There’s an update to the FTC case against Kochava for selling geolocation data. Kochava had previously tried to fight the FTC’s enforcement action, but was told in July, 2023 that the FTC’s suit would go forward. Now Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 3, 2025, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the District of…
UK orders Apple to open up users’ encrypted cloud data, report says
Reuters reports: Britain has ordered Apple (AAPL.O), to give it unprecedentedly broad access to encrypted user data stored on Apple’s data cloud, the Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday. The UK government’s “technical capability notice” requires blanket access rather than merely assistance to access a specific account, the paper reported, citing unnamed sources. Governments routinely ask technology…
Lawsuit against automatic license plate reader cameras can move forward, judge says (1)
Suzanne Smalley reports: A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that a lawsuit challenging a Virginia city’s use of automatic license plate readers can move forward. … In October, the Institute for Justice — a nonprofit public interest law firm — filed a lawsuit on behalf of two area residents arguing the cameras amount to “warrantless surveillance…