Ron Wyden
Digital ID companies thrived during the pandemic. Only now are their privacy claims being challenged.
One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of companies that appeared and grew exponentially to serve the needs of the government in its chosen way of handling the situation, as most of the economy was standing still – now appears to be in trouble. ID.me’s business is digital ide
Apple and Meta handed over user data to fake emergency law enforcement requests
Hackers have been selling access to data.
New bill aims to limit government communication spying
A restriction on gag orders.
DHS took part in mass surveillance of money transfers, senator says
A “troubling program.”
Senators: CIA has secret surveillance program that collects American’s private data
The senators said documents about the program “reveal serious problems associated with warrantless backdoor searches of Americans.”
Twitter drops service provider after accusations it was used to surveil people
The service was used to send text codes.
The US public isn’t fully aware of the extent of law enforcement and government surveillance
And the disclosure reports are full of false and confusing information.
“The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale” – bill gets renewed attention amidst telecoms privacy concerns
Privacy activists have raised questions about law enforcement agencies’ increased use of commercial phone data and a couple of lawmakers have drafted legislation to address these concerns. While commercial phone data can aid in investigations, it is obtained in an unregulated way and the govern
Biden administration defends provision in infrastructure bill that would make it harder for decentralized Big Tech challengers
Cementing the dominance of Big Tech.
Pentagon (unsurprisingly) accused of warrantless surveillance
The Pentagon has reportedly being buying private data on citizens.
Intelligence agencies bypass the need for warrants by buying data harvested from smartphones
Some of the most popular apps on people’s smartphones are harvesting this data.
NSA remains silent on secret backdoors in popular tech
Not surprising.