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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” »

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” »

Surveillance by the US Postal Service

Posted on By infossl
privacy, Security technology, surveillance, theft, Uncategorized, usps

This is not about mass surveillance of mail, this is about the sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves: To track down an alleged mail thief, a US postal inspector used license plate reader technology, GPS data collected by a rental car company, and, most damning of all, … Read More “Surveillance by the US Postal Service” »

Spying through Push Notifications

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metadata, national security policy, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance, transparency, Uncategorized

When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy on them—either for their own reasons or in response to government demands. Sen. Wyden is trying to get to the bottom of this: In a statement, Apple said … Read More “Spying through Push Notifications” »

Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program

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att, law enforcement, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

There seems to be no end to warrantless surveillance: According to the letter, a surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone records of countless people who are not suspected … Read More “Secret White House Warrantless Surveillance Program” »

Spyware in India

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apple, privacy, Security technology, spyware, surveillance, Uncategorized

Apple has warned leaders of the opposition government in India that their phones are being spied on: Multiple top leaders of India’s opposition parties and several journalists have received a notification from Apple, saying that “Apple believes you are being targeted by state-sponsored attackers who are trying to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your … Read More “Spyware in India” »

Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert

Posted on By infossl
certificates, man-in-the-middle attacks, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, tls, Uncategorized

Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate: The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian XMPP service, received a notification that one of the servers’ certificates had expired. However, jabber.ru found no expired certificates on the server, ­ as explained in … Read More “Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert” »