encryption, internetofthings, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance
In “The House that Spied on Me,” Kashmir Hill outfits her home to be as “smart” as possible and writes about the results. Powered by WPeMatico
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courts, edwardsnowden, essays, lawenforcement, loopholes, nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
For over a decade, civil libertarians have been fighting government mass surveillance of innocent Americans over the Internet. We’ve just lost an important battle. On January 18, President Trump signed the renewal of Section 702, domestic mass surveillance became effectively a permanent part of US law. Section 702 was initially passed in 2008, as an … Read More “After Section 702 Reauthorization” »
academicpapers, drones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, trafficanalysis, video
This is clever: Researchers at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel have built a proof-of-concept system for counter-surveillance against spy drones that demonstrates a clever, if not exactly simple, way to determine whether a certain person or object is under aerial surveillance. They first generate a recognizable pattern on whatever subject — a window, … Read More “Detecting Drone Surveillance with Traffic Analysis” »
apple, books, cryptography, cybersecurity, fbi, lawenforcement, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Susan Landau has written a terrific book on cybersecurity threats and why we need strong crypto. Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age. It’s based in part on her 2016 Congressional testimony in the Apple/FBI case; it examines how the Digital Revolution has transformed society, and how law enforcement needs to — and can — … Read More “Susan Landau’s New Book: Listening In” »
cameras, children, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
Reka makes a “decorative Santa cam,” meaning that it’s not a real camera. Instead, it just gets children used to being under constant surveillance. Our Santa Cam has a cute Father Christmas and mistletoe design, and a red, flashing LED light which will make the most logical kids suspend their disbelief and start to believe! … Read More “Fake Santa Surveillance Camera” »
humor, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
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medicine, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
The FDA has approved a pill with an embedded sensor that can report when it is swallowed. The pill transmits information to a wearable patch, which in turn transmits information to a smartphone. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, datacollection, email, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, tracking
Interesting survey paper: on the privacy implications of e-mail tracking: Abstract: We show that the simple act of viewing emails contains privacy pitfalls for the unwary. We assembled a corpus of commercial mailing-list emails, and find a network of hundreds of third parties that track email recipients via methods such as embedded pixels. About 30% … Read More “E-Mail Tracking” »
adware, datacollection, privacy, Security technology, socialmedia, surveillance
Under European law, service providers like Tinder are required to show users what information they have on them when requested. This author requested, and this is what she received: Some 800 pages came back containing information such as my Facebook “likes,” my photos from Instagram (even after I deleted the associated account), my education, the … Read More “The Data Tinder Collects, Saves, and Uses” »
courts, datacollection, foia, nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance
New York Times reporter Charlie Savage writes about some bad statistics we’re all using: Among surveillance legal policy specialists, it is common to cite a set of statistics from an October 2011 opinion by Judge John Bates, then of the FISA Court, about the volume of internet communications the National Security Agency was collecting under … Read More “What the NSA Collects via 702” »