Nate Anderson reports: Major Internet privacy legislation was unveiled today (PDF) by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL). Under the bill, companies would be forbidden from using your cell phone’s geolocation information without your consent, and the same goes for information on your race, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. For most other…
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Lower Merion releases webcam investigation report
Richard Ilgenfritz reports: An internal investigation into the Lower Merion School District’s use of the computer tracking software confirms that tens of thousands of images were found and investigators are putting a lot of the blame on the district’s tech staff. According to the findings of the investigation that was released to the public Monday…
Draft Testimony on Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Orin Kerr writes: On Wednesday afternoon, I will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. The hearing is a response to the four proposals of the Digital Due Process coalition, a group of tech companies, privacy groups, and individuals…
Encryption Can’t Stop The Wiretapping Boom
Andy Greenberg discusses the newly report on wiretapping, with a focus on how often encryption became an issue: As encryption technologies have outpaced the mathematical methods of breaking crypto schemes, law enforcement has feared for years that scrambled messages between evildoers (or law-breaking activists) would thwart their snooping. But it seems that either lawbreakers aren’t…