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Read moreApple Adds a Backdoor to iMessage and iCloud Storage
August 10 2021
Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I...
Read moreParagon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
August 3 2021
Forbes has the story:
Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted...
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De-anonymization Story
July 28 2021
This is important:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop,...
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Commercial Location Data Used to Out Priest
July 23 2021
A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. Vice has a good analysis:
The news starkly demonstrates not only the inherent power of location data, but how...
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Colorado Passes Consumer Privacy Law
July 15 2021First California. Then Virginia. Now Colorado. Here’s a good comparison of the three states’ laws.
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Read moreBanning Surveillance-Based Advertising
June 24 2021
The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: “Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising.” From the Introduction:
The challenges caused and entrenched by surveillance-based advertising include, but are...
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