Facial recognition is just the tip of an iceberg. Techniques for identifying people by their walk, heartbeat, indoor movements, microbial cells, scent, and shape of their ass are all in the works or already possible. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/surveillance-technology-biometrics
Tag: privacy
The Platform Challenge: Balancing Safety, Privacy and Freedom — Alex Stamos (DataEDGE 2019)
Disconnect
"Today there are thousands of companies that track your activity and personal information. But there’s a huge disconnect between how our data is actually collected, sold, or shared, and what we may actually want. Disconnect is founded on the belief that privacy is a fundamental human right: that people should have the freedom to move … Continue reading Disconnect
Duckduckgo.com
"Virtually all internet users tend to be Google search engine users, by default. The main strategy for Google is to try to hold on to the users it has by implementing better security and privacy protection measures. This is something definitely on their agenda, but the issue still remains that user data is tracked. Therefore, … Continue reading Duckduckgo.com
Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
"We audit their practices to ensure they are complying with industry codes of conduct,” said Bowden. “No Google data is used. This extensive audit process includes regular reporting, interviews, and evaluation to ensure vendors meet specified requirements around consent, opt-out, and privacy protections." —Ava Kofman, "Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data … Continue reading Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
End of Trust
"The first all-nonfiction McSweeney’s issue is a collection of essays and interviews focusing on issues related to technology, privacy, and surveillance. The collection features writing by EFF’s team, including Executive Director Cindy Cohn, Education and Design Lead Soraya Okuda, Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass, Special Advisor Cory Doctorow, and board member Bruce Schneier. We also … Continue reading End of Trust
Why Data Privacy Based on Consent Is Impossible
This interview with Helen Nissanbaum on privacy as a social good and how managing dataflows is a better way to think about it than consent is worth a read. These ideas are explored in greater detail in her book, Privacy in Context. h/t Schneier on Security.
Which US States Best Protect Privacy Online? – Comparitech
"Laws governing online privacy in the US vary widely from state to state. To find out how each US state ranks from least to most private, we evaluated each and every one of them based on 20 key criteria." —Paul Bischoff. "Which U.S. States Best Protect Online Privacy." comparitech.com. July 20, 2018.
The Pendulum Will Swing
"If you believe in something, you have to be willing to stand for something or you don’t really believe in it at all. There’s always going to be consequences for opposing people in power and there’s no doubt that I have faced retaliation, as has every public interest whistleblower coming out of the intelligence community … Continue reading The Pendulum Will Swing
Open, Closed, and Privacy – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
"That gets at the more important way that the relationship between open/closed and encryption is relevant to data and privacy: just as encryption at scale is only possible with a closed service, so it is with privacy. That is, to the extent we as a society demand privacy, the more we are by implication demanding … Continue reading Open, Closed, and Privacy – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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