Key Senators Have Voted For The Anti-Encryption EARN IT Act
By Joe Mullin Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the dangerous EARN IT bill. We’re disappointed to see the committee advance this…
Privacy
EFF Joins Activists And Human Rights Groups To Reject Attacks on Encryption
By Joe Mullin Encryption is under attack. In liberal democracies, elected leaders are giving lip service to our right to privacy—while seeking to create a…
If EARN IT Passes, What Happens On Your iPhone Won’t Stay On Your iPhone
By Jason Kelley Last year, Apple announced a controversial plan to install photo scanning software in every device. Apple has long been seen as a…
Health and Genetic-Testing Websites Allowed Ads to Track Visitors w/o Telling Them; Could Have Exposed Personal Info
By B.N. Frank Data collection for the purpose of marketing more products and services to customers as well as selling customer data to third parties…
CDC Expands COVID Wastewater Testing and Creates Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard
By B.N. Frank In 2020, scientists in the U.S. started collecting and analyzing sewage to track COVID-19 infections (see 1, 2, 3). In December 2021,…
It’s Back: Senators Want EARN IT Bill to Scan All Online Messages
By Joe Mullin People don’t want outsiders reading their private messages—not their physical mail, not their texts, not their DMs, nothing. It’s a clear and…
Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Limit Warrantless Use of Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Feb 2, 2022) – Yesterday, the Alabama Senate unanimously passed a bill that would place limits on law enforcement use…
Waymo Won’t Share Robotaxi Safety Data Including “secret descriptions of crashes involving its driverless cars”
By B.N. Frank Autonomous personal vehicles, delivery vehicles, and taxis are already being operated and/or tested in some U.S. cities (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…
FBI Issues Warning on Malicious QR Codes and Tips on How to Avoid Them
By B.N. Frank If you have a smartphone, you may be tempted on a regular basis to use it to access QR codes. The FBI…
The U.K. Paid $724,000 For A Creepy Campaign To Convince People That Encryption is Bad. It Won’t Work.
By Joe Mullin This week, the U.K. government launched an unprecedented and deceptive effort to kill off end-to-end encryption. They’ve hired a fancy ad agency…
Students Describe Life on Campus Under “Health Surveillance”
By Peter Cordi Campus Reform spoke with students in California and New York who detailed their experiences on campus during the pandemic. The students criticized…
Apple AirTags: “especially powerful for stalking in a way that goes beyond what we have seen in previously existing physical trackers”
By B.N. Frank Tracking technology existed before Apple introduced its AirTags. Of course tracking technology is often used in ways that are legal and responsible…
Hidden in $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill is a Law Requiring “Kill Switches” in All New Cars
By Matt Agorist In November, the federal government passed a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and, like all bills drafted by the federal government, politicians…
Biden Admin Compiling Database Of Religious Objectors To Vaccine Within Obscure Agency
By Tyler Durden An obscure agency within the Biden administration, the Pretrial Services Agency, announced an Orwellian tracking scheme on Tuesday that could serve as…