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How Musicians and Sex Workers Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans

How Musicians and Sex Workers Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans

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Last December, the city of New Orleans voted to ban facial recognition, joining Oakland, Somerville, Portland, San Francisco, and other cities that have successfully pushed back against the widely-criticized surveillance…

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SolarWinds hack: the mystery of one of the biggest cyberattacks ever

SolarWinds hack: the mystery of one of the biggest cyberattacks ever

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Back in December, the SolarWinds  attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates for SolarWinds' Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to…

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This Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car in Real-Time

This Surveillance Company Claims It Can Track Nearly Any Car in Real-Time

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A surveillance company (defense contractor) that claims to have access to motor vehicle location data on a global scale says it wants to use that data to help U.S. federal…

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Firefox 85 Cracks Down on Supercookies

Firefox 85 Cracks Down on Supercookies

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  • Post category:News/Privacy

In short, supercookies can be used in place of ordinary cookies to store user identifiers, but  they are much more difficult to delete and block. This makes it nearly impossible…

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Face Surveillance and the Capitol Attack

Face Surveillance and the Capitol Attack

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After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many,…

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Many iOS Encryption Measures ‘Unused,’ Say Cryptographers

Many iOS Encryption Measures ‘Unused,’ Say Cryptographers

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iOS does not utilize built-in encryption measures as much as it could do, allowing for potentially unnecessary security vulnerabilities, according to cryptographers at Johns Hopkins University (via Wired). Using publicly…

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EFF: Stop Pushing For More Cryptocurrency Surveillance

EFF: Stop Pushing For More Cryptocurrency Surveillance

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  • Post category:Privacy

EFF submitted comments to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) opposing the agency’s proposal for new regulations of cryptocurrency transactions. As we explain in our comments,…

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Turkey implements YouTube censorship

Turkey implements YouTube censorship

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  • Post category:Privacy

YouTube announced on December 16, 2020, that it will appoint a local representative in Turkey to comply with the country’s recently amended internet law, making it much more susceptible to…

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The year we gave up on digital privacy

The year we gave up on digital privacy

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  • Post category:Privacy

As a digital privacy reporter, I try to avoid sites and services that invade my privacy, collect my data, and track my actions. Then the pandemic came, and I threw…

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The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities

The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities

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Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. In each of these cities, The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that…

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