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Major Tech Companies Finally Endorse Federal Privacy Regulation

Posted on By infossl
laws, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology

The major tech companies, scared that states like California might impose actual privacy regulations, have now decided that they can better lobby the federal government for much weaker national legislation that will preempt any stricter state measures. I’m sure they’ll still do all they can to weaken the California law, but they know they’ll do … Read More “Major Tech Companies Finally Endorse Federal Privacy Regulation” »

Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security

Posted on By infossl
backdoors, eavesdropping, intelligence, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, securitypolicies, surveillance

The Five Eyes — the intelligence consortium of the rich English-speaking countries (the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand) — have issued a “Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption” where they claim their needs for surveillance outweigh everyone’s needs for security and privacy. …the increasing use and sophistication of certain … Read More “Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security” »

Hacking Police Bodycams

Posted on By infossl
computersecurity, hacking, police, privacy, Security technology, vulnerabilities

Suprising no one, the security of police bodycams is terrible. Mitchell even realized that because he can remotely access device storage on models like the Fire Cam OnCall, an attacker could potentially plant malware on some of the cameras. Then, when the camera connects to a PC for syncing, it could deliver all sorts of … Read More “Hacking Police Bodycams” »

Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking

Posted on By infossl
android, google, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, tracking

Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you’ve been. Google’s support page on the subject states: “You can turn off Location History at any time. With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.” That isn’t true. Even with … Read More “Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking” »

Identifying Programmers by their Coding Style

Posted on By infossl
deanonymization, machinelearning, plagiarism, privacy, Security technology

Fascinating research de-anonymizing code — from either source code or compiled code: Rachel Greenstadt, an associate professor of computer science at Drexel University, and Aylin Caliskan, Greenstadt’s former PhD student and now an assistant professor at George Washington University, have found that code, like other forms of stylistic expression, are not anonymous. At the DefCon … Read More “Identifying Programmers by their Coding Style” »

California Passes New Privacy Law

Posted on By infossl
datacollection, dataprotection, laws, privacy, Security technology

The California legislature unanimously passed the strongest data privacy law in the nation. This is great news, but I have a lot of reservations. The Internet tech companies pressed to get this law passed out of self-defense. A ballot initiative was already going to be voted on in November, one with even stronger data privacy … Read More “California Passes New Privacy Law” »