EFF legal intern Rob Ferrari was the lead author of this post by Sophia Cope, Jason Kelley, and Bill Budington: A new school year has started, the second one since the pandemic began. With our education system becoming increasingly reliant on the use of technology (“edtech”), especially for remote learning during the pandemic, protecting student privacy is more…
Category: U.S.
‘Stalkerware’ apps are proliferating. Protect yourself.
Brian X. Chen reports: It looked like a calculator app. But it was actually spyware recording my every keystroke — the type of data that would give a stalker unfettered access to my private life. That’s what I concluded after downloading the free app Flash Keylogger onto an Android smartphone this week. The app described itself as…
CA: Flyer about inspecting private parts was prank, warns Moreno Valley Unified
Beau Yarbrough reports: Contrary to a flyer distributed at Moreno Valley’s Vista del Lago High School and on social media soon thereafter, the Moreno Valley Unified School District is not conducting a “penis inspection day.” “In an effort to clearly communicate with parents about safety issues, I want to let you know that we are…
FTC Surveillance App Settlement Signals Concern Over Deceptive Tracking
Liisa Thomas and Harrison Schafer of SheppardMullin write: The FTC recently settled with a surveillance app operator over allegations that the company facilitated the secret harvesting of personal information. According to the FTC, the main users of Support King, LLC’s “SpyFone” app were bad actors who used the tool to remotely monitor users’ physical and digital activities. The…