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Surveillance through Push Notifications

Posted on By infossl
fbi, identification, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

The Washington Post is reporting on the FBI’s increasing use of push notification data—”push tokens”—to identify people. The police can request this data from companies like Apple and Google without a warrant. The investigative technique goes back years. Court orders that were issued in 2019 to Apple and Google demanded that the companies hand over … Read More “Surveillance through Push Notifications” »

Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network

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data privacy, facebook, Meta, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, tracking, Uncategorized

Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook … Read More “Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network” »

CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules

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banking, data privacy, privacy, regulation, Security technology, Uncategorized

In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a set of rules that if implemented would transform how financial institutions handle personal data about their customers. The rules put control of that data back in the hands of ordinary Americans, while at the same time undermining the data broker economy and increasing customer choice … Read More “CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules” »

Facial Recognition Systems in the US

Posted on By infossl
face recognition, identification, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. (This, of course, can all change without notice.) Three years ago, I wrote that campaigns to ban facial recognition are too narrow. The problem here is identification, correlation, and then discrimination. There’s … Read More “Facial Recognition Systems in the US” »

AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos

Posted on By infossl
artificial intelligence, data privacy, geolocation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Wow: To test PIGEON’s performance, I gave it five personal photos from a trip I took across America years ago, none of which have been published online. Some photos were snapped in cities, but a few were taken in places nowhere near roads or other easily recognizable landmarks. That didn’t seem to matter much. It … Read More “AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos” »

Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant

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healthcare, medicine, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

More unconstrained surveillance: Lawmakers noted the pharmacies’ policies for releasing medical records in a letter dated Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. The letter—signed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.)—said their investigation pulled information from briefings with eight big prescription … Read More “Police Get Medical Records without a Warrant” »