The EARN IT Bill Is Back, Seeking To Scan Our Messages and Photos
By Joe Mullin In a free society, people should not have their private correspondence constantly examined. U.S. lawmakers, we would hope, understand that individuals have…
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The Discord Leaks: Justification to Quash Encrypted Messaging?
By Marie Hawthorne On April 13, the FBI took 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jake Teixeira into custody for posting top-secret military documents on a private…
Stakeholders Examine Benefits of Digital Public Infrastructure at IMF Meeting
By Ayang Macdonald Speakers at a seminar during the recent spring meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions (IMF and World Bank) shared thoughts on how…
Got Facebook? You Can Submit a Claim to Receive $ from Class Action Lawsuit
By B.N. Frank It’s not been a good year for Meta (formerly Facebook). In February it was reported that the company has lost billions on…
Online Security Concerns Shouldn’t Enable a Surveillance State
By Kimberlee Josephson At the 2012 London Olympics, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, crafted the message “This Is For Everyone.” And…
Biometrics Growth Draws Investment in Online ID, Credentials and Law Enforcement
By Chris Burt Huge investments in biometrics for identity verification and ID documents dominated the headlines on Biometric Update this week, with ID.me claiming the…
Biden Looking at Expanding Internet Surveillance After Discord Leaks
By Dave DeCamp The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted…
Utah Mandates Blockchain Pilot for Digital ID Issuance
By Chris Burt Utah’s Division of Technology Services has been tasked with piloting a blockchain system for Verifiable Credentials that can be used to issue…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Tesla due to Allegations that Employees Shared Videos and Images of Customers Taken by Car Cameras
By B.N. Frank Earlier this month it was reported that since 2019, Tesla employees had been sharing videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras. …
Students and Staff Concerned about 300+ “Mites” with “microphone, infrared sensor, thermometer, and six other sensors” in University Building
By B.N. Frank For those trying to keep up with all the tech being invented to spy on us while wirelessly frying us, here’s an…
FTC Plans to Sue Amazon for Illegally Collecting and Using Kids’ Data through Smart Speakers and Possibly Other Bad Behavior
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart” technology. In regard to “smart” home devices,…
Drive or Ride in a Tesla? Employees Shared “sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras”
By B.N. Frank There’s a saying “Any publicity is good publicity”. That hasn’t been the case for Tesla or company owner Elon Musk. It’s not…
Signed as Law: Idaho Prohibits Requiring Credit Card Tracking Codes on Firearms Purchases
By T.J. Martinell Yesterday, Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law prohibiting financial institutions from using Merchant Category Codes (MCC) to identify or…
Clearview AI Copied 30B Images Without Users’ Permission from Social Media Sites; Customers Include “more than 3,100 US agencies”
By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased, inaccurate, and privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…