Vaccine Exemption Data Leak Publicizes Students’ Private Information
By Kate Anderson Students who had applied for vaccine exemptions at CSU Chico had their personal information leaked online. The university has launched an investigation…
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The Internet of Bodies Ends Bodily Autonomy
By Matt Our interconnected globalized world runs on the Internet. Not that long ago, connecting to the Internet required accessing a computer that was physically…
TSA Controls Public Transit: Orders Americans To Wear Masks On Buses And Trains
By MassPrivateI For years, Edward Hasbrouck of “Papers Please” has been sounding the alarm over the TSA and DHS. And yours truly has published numerous…
Webcams, Baby Monitors, and More: Flaw on 83 Million Devices Allows Hackers to Eavesdrop and Take Over Devices
By B.N. Frank Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been described as the “Internet of Vulnerable Things” for good reason. So far its vulnerability has…
Vietnam Issuing 50 Million Chip-based Digital ID Cards with Embedded Biometrics in 2021
By Chris Burt Vietnam began to issue 50 million chip-based digital ID cards with embedded biometrics to eligible citizens beginning in February of this year,…
Jewel v. NSA: Americans (Still) Deserve Their Day in Court
By David Greene With little explanation, the Ninth Circuit today affirmed the district court’s decision dismissing our landmark challenge to the US government’s mass communications…
Another 5G Service Woe: “You’re potentially susceptible to tracking, eavesdropping, and so-called “downgrade attacks”
By B.N. Frank Even if you aren’t opposed to 5G deployment due to concerns about reduced property value (see 1, 2, 3, 4), public safety…
Security Flaw Allowed Attackers to Take over Amazon Kindles, Turn Them Into Bots, Steal Personal Info, and More
By B.N. Frank Even if you aren’t concerned about biologically harmful blue light or wireless radiation exposure (see 1, 2) from your Amazon Kindle, you…
Apple’s Plan to “Think Different” About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life
By India McKinney and Erica Portnoy Apple has announced impending changes to its operating systems that include new “protections for children” features in iCloud and…
16 Civil Society Organizations Call on Congress to Fix the Cryptocurrency Provision of the Infrastructure Bill
By Rainey Reitman and Hayley Tsukayama The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, Defending Rights and Dissent and 13 other organizations sent a letter…
Zoom Settles Lawsuit: Users to Receive Up to $25 for Security Breaches and Data Shared Without Their Permission
By B.N. Frank You may not have heard yet of the saying “Data is the new oil”. It seems to apply to how Zoom and…
The Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Buried in the Infrastructure Bill is a Disaster for Digital Privacy
By Rainey Reitman The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden’s infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains…
DHS’s Flawed Plan for Mobile Driver’s Licenses
By Adam Schwartz and Alexis Hancock Digital identification can invade our privacy and aggravate existing social inequities. Designed wrong, it might be a big step…
Fighting the Urban Surveillance Infrastructure
By Amanda Bowers The government uses a vast multi-layered system of surveillance to keep tabs on people. From cell phones to traffic cameras – big…