Laura Kim and Nicole Roberts of Covington and Burling write: With a new administration and a new Congress come key leadership changes and new priorities at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The change in administration paves the way for a Democratic-led Commission, though a permanent FTC Chairman and a successor to Commissioner Chopra (who has…
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CDC orders air travelers to unmask for government surveillance
Edward Hasbrouck writes: Putting government surveillance and control of travelers ahead of what is supposed to be their mission of protecting of the public against infectious diseases, the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered that, effective today, all air travelers must risk their lives by removing their face masks on demand of Transportation…
Lawmakers press NSA for answers about Juniper hack from 2015
Justin Katz reports: A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the National Security Agency to account for its part in the five-year-old breach of Juniper Networks, following a congressional investigation of the company last year. “The American people have a right to know why NSA did not act after the Juniper hack to protect…
Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos
Cade Metz and Kashmir Hill report: …. Companies, universities and government labs have used millions of images collected from a hodgepodge of online sources to develop the technology [for facial recognition systems]. Now, researchers have built an online tool, Exposing.AI, that lets people search many of these image collections for their old photos. The tool, which matches…