Data Security / Privacy Protection
Advances in, news about, and failures in data/privacy protection and security.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
The New York Times
San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology
7 min · · It is the first ban by a major city on the use of facial recognition technology by police and all other municipal agencies. · Shared by 104, including Yvette Dubel, ACLU, Ralph Hutter, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, John Battelle, Jose Luis Calvo, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Leslie D, Liv, The Indian Express, Futurity News, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
BuzzFeed News
Popular Apps In Google's Play Store Are Abusing Permissions And Committing Ad Fraud
12+ min · · Following a BuzzFeed News investigation, Google blacklisted six apps from its advertising services and eventually removed them from the Play app store. · Shared by 102, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Charles Baldwin
Forbes
Viral App FaceApp Now Owns Access To More Than 150 Million People's Faces And Names
2 min · · Shared by 98, including Bernhard Huessy, Thomas Billeter, Jonathan Kogan, Tristan Harris, Pat Kua, Calvin Lee, Daniel Schwarz, Paolo Sinelli, Eric Seufert, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Luca Like, Filippo Boninsegna📡, Thomas Power, Gerd Leonhard, Charles Baldwin, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Yvette Dubel
Forbes
The Encryption Debate Is Over - Dead At The Hands Of Facebook
3 min · · The sad reality of the encryption debate is that after 30 years it is finally over: dead at the hands of Facebook. · Shared by 95, including Jochen Burkhard, Yvette Dubel, Elena Neira, Fern, 瑞拿頭, Gerrit Eicker, Charles Baldwin, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Miguel, Luca Like, Chris {he, they} , Gianluca Diegoli
Financial Times
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones
3 min · · Messaging app discovers vulnerability that has been open for weeks · Shared by 93, including Mathew Ingram, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Steve Faktor, Mark Little, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jan Firsching 🆒, Alex Barrera, Mark Kaigwa, Hans Bickhofe, Christopher Lauer™, Paolo Attivissimo @ildisinformatico@mastodon.uno, Martin Steiger 🦈
MIT Technology Review
Soon, satellites will be able to watch you everywhere all the time
8 min · · Can privacy survive? · Shared by 92, including Vikram Dutt, Ward Plunet, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Claudia Sommer, Jeremiah Owyang, Charles Baldwin, rudolph regter, Tom Connor, Esther Schindler, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Adrian Bührer, Mathew Ingram, René Clausen Nielsen, Stephan Woodtli, Tauno
MIT Technology Review
You’re very easy to track down, even when your data has been anonymized
2 min · · A new study shows you can be easily re-identified from almost any database, even when your personal details have been stripped out. · Shared by 89, including Josep M. Ganyet, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Thomas Wong, Vala Afshar, Angela Zutavern, Oscar MacDonald, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Charles Baldwin, Vikram Dutt, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Mike Tamir, PhD, Dr. Alec Couros, Ronald van Loon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Antonio Vieira Santos, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr
twilio
HTTP headers for the responsible developer
16+ min · · This article is a written version of the talk “HTTP headers for the responsible developer”. You can check the slides or the recording. Being online is the default state for many people these days. We… · Shared by 89, including Matthew Turland, Davy De Pauw, Balda, Troy Hunt, Ahmad Ragab, Daniel Bentes, Clemens, Michael Weibel
The New York Times
In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc
7 min · · American cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of dollars in damage overseas. The N.S.A. will say nothing. · Shared by 88, including Korben, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Antonio Vieira Santos, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Luca Like, Craig Brown, PhD, Charles Baldwin
TechCrunch
LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members to buy targeted ads on Facebook
6 min · · LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users, has been called out a number of times for how it is able to suggest uncanny connections to you, when it’s not even… · Shared by 85, including Charles Baldwin, Johannes Lenz, Bjorn Larsen, Ste Davies
TechCrunch
Apple is now the privacy-as-a-service company
3 min · · Apple shared plenty of news today at its WWDC 2019 annual developer conference, but a few of the announcements early on are potentially its biggest in terms of what they signal about the company and… · Shared by 83, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Rick Powell, Jelan Ong, Yvette Dubel, Thomas Power, Charles Baldwin
WIRED
I Opted Out of Facial Recognition at the Airport—It Wasn't Easy
4 min · · Opinion: We've been assured that facial recognition technology is secure, reliable, and accurate. That's far from certain. · Shared by 82, including Ralph Hutter, Yvette Dubel, #MuskOut (not parody), Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gerd Leonhard, Jose Luis Calvo, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Charles Baldwin, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Backchannel, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
VICE
Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users
5 min · · Multiple sources and emails also describe SnapLion, an internal tool used by various departments to access Snapchat user data. · Shared by 82, including Charles Baldwin, Antonio Vieira Santos, ACLU, Miguel, Yvette Dubel, Oliver Raduner, Matt Navarra, Mathew Ingram
ProPublica
Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools —…
5 min · · Our tool had let the public see exactly how users were being targeted by advertisers. The social media giant urged us to shut it down last year. · Shared by 82, including Luca Like, adrianoesch, Mathew Ingram, Bjorn Larsen, Jeremy Caplan, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, BrendanEich, Charles Baldwin, Stowe Boyd, Esther Schindler, Yvette Dubel
The Hacker News
New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS
3 min · · Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of Simjacker, a SIM Card vulnerability that could allow remote hackers to spy on devices just by sending SMS · Shared by 81, including Thomas Power, Niklaus Gerber, Charles Baldwin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, L. Taylor Banks, Tris Hussey, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Peter Steinberger
MIT Technology Review
It’s time for a Bill of Data Rights
14+ min · · As the US Senate debates a new bill, a data-governance expert presents a plan to protect liberty and freedom in the digital age. · Shared by 77, including René Clausen Nielsen, luis antónio santos, Christopher Allen, Gerd Leonhard, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Thomas Power, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Charles Baldwin