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San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters

Posted on By infossl
courts, eff, EPIC, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The EFF is suing the police: This surveillance invaded the privacy of protesters, targeted people of color, and chills and deters participation and organizing for future protests. The SFPD also violated San Francisco’s new Surveillance Technology Ordinance. It prohibits city … Read More “San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters” »

Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis

Posted on By infossl
china, covid19, datacollection, eff, epidemiology, iran, israel, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Israel is using emergency surveillance powers to track people who may have COVID-19, joining China and Iran in using mass surveillance in this way. I believe pressure will increase to leverage existing corporate surveillance infrastructure for these purposes in the US and other countries. With that in mind, the EFF has some good thinking on … Read More “Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis” »

Reforming CDA 230

Posted on By infossl
businessofsecurity, censorship, eff, facebook, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology

There’s a serous debate on reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. I am in the process of figuring out what I believe, and this is more a place to put resources and listen to people’s comments. The EFF has written extensively on why it is so important and dismantling it will ben catastrophic … Read More “Reforming CDA 230” »

E-Mail Vulnerabilities and Disclosure

Posted on By infossl
disclosure, eff, email, encryption, patching, pgp, Security technology, vulnerabilities

Last week, researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in a large number of encrypted e-mail clients: specifically, those that use OpenPGP and S/MIME, including Thunderbird and AppleMail. These are serious vulnerabilities: An attacker who can alter mail sent to a vulnerable client can trick that client into sending a copy of the plaintext to a web server controlled … Read More “E-Mail Vulnerabilities and Disclosure” »

Passwords at the Border

Posted on By infossl
borders, eff, encryption, passwords, passwordsafe, Security technology, socialmedia

The password-manager 1Password has just implemented a travel mode that tries to protect users while crossing borders. It doesn’t make much sense. To enable it, you have to create a list of passwords you feel safe traveling with, and then you can turn on the mode that only gives you access to those passwords. But … Read More “Passwords at the Border” »