Byron Tau reports: In a new document made public Friday, the nation’s top military intelligence agency acknowledged monitoring the location of U.S.-based mobile devices without a warrant through location data drawn from ordinary smartphone apps. The Defense Intelligence Agency told congressional investigators that the agency has access to “commercially available geolocation metadata aggregated from smartphones”…
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Facebook Gives FBI Private Messages Of Users Discussing Capitol Hill Riot
Don’t be confused by the headline. There is no implication here that Facebook has done anything wrong. When served with a warrant, they complied. Thomas Brewster reports: Despite attempts to play down the use of Facebook amongst Capitol Hill rioters, the social media giant is furnishing the feds with data on users who took part…
Portland Becomes First Jurisdiction to Ban Certain Uses of Facial Recognition by Private Businesses
Brent Hamilton and Kate Berry of Davis Wright Tremaine write: In an effort to ameliorate the potential discriminatory impact of facial recognition technologies on people of color, women, and other groups, Portland, Ore., recently joined a growing number of jurisdictions limiting the use of facial recognition technology. The ordinance, which went into effect on January…
“Put them on the no-fly list!”
From Papers, Please! In the aftermath of the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week, there’s been a confused cacophony of calls to “put the rioters on the no-fly list“. At the same time, there have been equally confusing claims and denials that some people found out that they had already been “put on the no-fly list” when they were denied…