Privacy
Rumors of Jared Kushner’s proposed “surveillance” network faces backlash
Many already believe that the pandemic is causing people to lose their civil liberties and aren’t happy about it happening more.
Naborly asks landlords to report if tenants are “delinquent” on April rent, to build a profile on them
During times of the pandemic’s unprecedented economic loss, should tenants’ inability to pay rent be secretly recorded to be used against them at a later date?
Researchers shocked some Zoom encryption keys generated by servers in China
As more people are forced to use Zoom, the more people are finding out about it.
Senator Blumenthal blasts Zoom for privacy issues while co-sponsoring anti-privacy bill
Genuinely misguided or intentionally deceptive?
New Zealand police website for snitching on people breaking coronavirus lockdown crashes due to popularity
There’s growing concern about digital tools being used to invade people’s civil liberties.
Opera browser begins showing Disney Plus overlay ads on Netflix.com for some users
Users reported the ads to us over the last few days.
Zoom soars, despite privacy concerns and direct ties to China
Zoom is increasingly popular as more people work from home.
Wisconsin launches website for residents to snitch on people that violate coronavirus mass gathering rules
There has been growing concern that the pandemic is opening the door to invade people’s civil liberties.
Google considers sharing location of user movements with governments to provide social distancing data
Google says it will anonymize the data first.
Houseparty says it’s free to use any user communications, including “ideas, inventions, concepts”
A lack of end-to-end encryption means conversations aren’t as private as they are in some other apps.
ProtonMail outlines plans to bypass government censorship
ProtonMail has, in the past, been blocked in some countries. They’re working to prevent that.
Virgin Media ISP leak reveals some customers who requested porn to be unblocked
Privacy campaigners that said a porn ID system would lead to leaks have perhaps been vindicated.