Privacy
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis drafts new data privacy law bill to curb Big Tech
The draft bill will be introduced in March.
LAPD requested Amazon Ring surveillance footage of protests and riots
Increasingly common.
Members
The arbitrary application of Twitter’s “hacked materials” policy
Twitter enforces it based on who it involves.
UK government reportedly considering phone GPS tracking to enforce quarantine
A privacy-invasive move.
Members
Signal offers workarounds for Iranian users blocked from using the app
Iran has blocked the app to curb dissent.
Government demands for Amazon user data increased by 800% in 2020
Amazon is a big holder of user data.
Google reinstates decentralized chat app Element after sudden ban
A federated alternative to Google’s own Hangouts and Duo Android apps got suspended from the Play Store without explanation on Saturday. Element (previously known as Riot.im) is one of the clients, and a popular one, for Matrix, a federated open source messaging protocol. Judging by the comment
UK terror police: online privacy is “putting lives at risk”
End-to-end encryption, which tech companies implement in their products and services to keep them safe and secure for their users, are a constant target of certain segments of law enforcement apparatuses in various countries. This time it was the turn of UK’s anti-terrorist “cyber police” chief
New UK law allows police to access data of people who are self-isolating
Civil liberties are being crushed.