Isaiah Poritz reports: Google LLC is unlawfully using its products—ubiquitous in K-12 education—to secretly gather information about school age children, substituting the consent of the school for that of parents, a proposed class action filed in California federal court said Monday. The tech giant collects not only traditional education records “but thousands of data points that…
Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal…
Protecting your data from cops and robbers: A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists
From Ed Hasbrouck of Papers, Please! and The Practical Nomad A cyber-security primer for travellers, immigrants, emigrants, dissidents, and activists Threats Introduction to threat modeling Threats to travellers’ digital devices and data Data at risk Backups Data minimization and curation Apps to watch out for Leave fewer traces. Passwords Overview and summary Device encryption Passwords…
NYCLU warns police are using ‘highly invasive’ drones to surveil New Yorkers
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: STATEWIDE — POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE “flooding the skies” with highly invasive surveillance drones without regulation or oversight, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) warned Tuesday in its report, “Prying Eyes: Government Drone Data Across New York.” NYPD has quadrupled its drone arsenal since 2022, from 19 to 99, a 421% increase, according…