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• Gopher: When Adversarial Interoperability Burrowed Under the Gatekeepers' Fortresses

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  When Apple’s App Store launched in 2008, it was widely hailed as a breakthrough in computing, a “curated experience” that would transform the chaos of locating and assessing software and replace it with a reliable one-stop-shop where every app would… Read More ›

• Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases

  By theintercept on February 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A police investigator in Spain is trying to solve a crime, but she only has an image of a suspect’s face, caught by a nearby security camera. European police have long had access to fingerprint and DNA databases throughout the… Read More ›

• Homeland Security Algorithm Revokes U.S. Visa of War Crimes Investigator Eyal Weizman

  By theintercept on February 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Eyal Weizman, an Israeli-born British architect who uses visual analysis to investigate war crimes and other forms of state violence, was barred from traveling to the United States this week for an exhibition of his work after being identified as… Read More ›

• Bernie Sanders’s Secret to Attracting Latino Support: Talking to Them

  By theintercept on February 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Just before noon on Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stood on the sidelines of a soccer tournament eating elote. De Blasio, who dropped out of the presidential race in September, had endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president… Read More ›

• EFF to Ninth Circuit: Border Searches of Electronic Devices Require a Warrant

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Although the Ninth Circuit issued a strong opinion last year in favor of digital privacy rights at the border, EFF filed an amicus brief [PDF] in a new case urging the court to go a step further. The Ninth Circuit… Read More ›

• California’s Broadband Fund Ignores Fiber and Favors Slow DSL

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The California Advanced Services Fund (CASF), a program launched in 2008 to connect all Californians to high-speed Internet, was an early success. It helped build middle mile open access fiber to hard-to-serve communities and delivered high-speed access to areas that… Read More ›

• Tor Village at IFF: Call for Proposals

  By torblog on February 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Tor Village at IFF: Call for Proposals Gus February 19, 2020 During this year’s Internet Freedom Festival (IFF), we’re organizing a village with activities on privacy, anonymity, and anti-censorship based around Tor. IFF will take place from April 20 –… Read More ›

• Mike Bloomberg Ran Stasi-Style Police and Surveillance Operations Against Muslim Americans

  By theintercept on February 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Subscribe to the Intercepted podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. As mayor of New York, Mike Bloomberg ran a sweeping surveillance operation against Muslim Americans. This week on Intercepted:… Read More ›

• Ring Updates Device Security and Privacy—But Ignores Larger Concerns

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has announced extra layers of security and control for users after a wave of backlash from civil liberties and cyber security organizations like EFF and Mozilla. Organizations raised major concerns over Ring’s lack of effort… Read More ›

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