DHS sued over social media surveillance of visa holders; France banned from using drones to enforce coronavirus rules; and a security practitioner’s guide to encrypted DNS.
Author: Eric Stroshane
Privacy News for January 15
US Army builds massive database of thermal face images, surveillance plane and National Guard deployed when white woman spots black entrepreneurs in a suburb, and expansion of DHS immigrant biometrics program clears review.
Privacy News for January 8
Plans for aerial surveillance of St. Louis advance, Microsoft and JetBrains compromised in Russia’s sweeping hacking incursion, and EFF’s “year in review” articles.
Privacy News for December 18
Huawei developed surveillance systems to identify ethnicity, DHS advisory committee issues report on biometrics, and the push to implement aerial surveillance of St. Louis.
Privacy News for December 11
Certain apps used for government surveillance banned by Apple and Google, EU develops new biometic policing tools, Dongguan city lifts biometric restrictions on toilet paper access, and how our data encodes systematic racism.