Privacy News for August 13

Privacy During the Pandemic

• Privacy and efficacy concerns remain for New York’s vaccine passport apps | NBC News
• Restaurants and bars have new COVID protocols: ‘Show us proof of vaccination or a negative test’ | Los Angeles Times

Government Surveillance

• Richmond [VA] license plate camera surveillance raises concerns | Huron Daily Tribune
• The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools | WIRED

Laws, Regulations, and Legislation

• 16 Civil Society Organizations Call on Congress to Fix the Cryptocurrency Provision of the Infrastructure Bill | EFF

Biometric Privacy

• What if Facial Recognition Technology Was in Everyone’s Hands? | Slate
• CBP and Cruise Lines Partner to Implement Biometric Arrivals | Homeland Security Today
• Canadian regulator finds biometric data privacy compliance gaps in Telus’ health app | BiometricUpdate.com
• KCI adds facial biometric ‘Simplified Arrival’ for international arrivals | KSHB
• Scope of remote biometrics and identity verification deployments continues to widen | BiometricUpdate.com

Surveillance Capitalism

• Apple’s Decision to Scan Your Photo Library for Exploitative Content Isn’t a Privacy Problem. It’s Much worse. | Inc.

Slouching Towards Dystopia

• Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance | NBC News
• York City Police receive big boost for free surveillance camera program | York Dispatch
• Uber asked contractor to allow video surveillance in employee homes, bedrooms | ArsTechnica

Encryption

• Apple’s Plan to “Think Different” About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Private Life | EFF
• Black Hat USA: Downgrade attack against Let’s Encrypt lowers the bar for printing fraudulent SSL certificates | The Daily Swig
• Canberra asks big tech to introduce detection capabilities in encrypted communication | ZDNet

Vulnerabilities and Threats

• Black Hat: Scaling Automated Disinformation for Misery and Profit | Threatpost

This Week in Data Breaches and Leaks

• StarHub suffers data breach, but says no system was compromised | ZDNet
• Morgan Stanley Discloses Data Breach | Dark Reading
• Data breach at US waste management firm exposes employees’ healthcare details | The Daily Swig