Suzanne Smalley reports: Sen. Ron Wyden on Thursday asserted that National Security Agency’s (NSA) purchase of Americans’ internet records from data brokers is illegal based on a recent Federal Trade Commission ruling, The Oregon Democrat released documents showing senior defense officials acknowledging they buy commercial data, including internet metadata and information associated with phones located…
Category: Surveillance
Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users
Matthew Guariglia of EFF writes: Amazon’s Ring has announced that it will no longer facilitate police’s warrantless requests for footage from Ring users. This is a victory in a long fight, not just against blanket police surveillance, but also against a culture in which private, for-profit companies build special tools to allow law enforcement to more easily…
Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks
App vulnerability exposed real-time school bus location and other sensitive info to anyone with a free account, cybersecurity co. probe reveals By Mark Keierleber This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Louisville father…
UK: Police secretly conducting facial recognition searches of passport database
Revelation sparks concern among MPs and watchdogs over implications for data protection and relationship between the citizen and the state Mark Wilding and Charles Hymas report: Police forces have been secretly conducting hundreds of facial recognition searches using the UK’s database of 46 million British passport holders, it can be revealed. Chris Philp, the policing minister, raised…