Government Surveillance
We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point | The New York Times [Bruce Schneier]
DHS Global Entry Facial Recognition Program to Expand Nationwide | BiometricUpdate.com
CBP Expands Facial Recognition for Global Entry Travelers | Nextgov
One Small Fix Would Curb Stingray Surveillance | Wired
Facial Recognition Company Just Turned on a Massive, Multimillion-Dollar Moscow Surveillance System | Forbes
Everyday Surveillance
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for your Web Browsing Data [from Avast and AVG] | Vice
The Rise of Smart Camera Networks and why we Should Ban Them | The Intercept
The Apps on my Phone are Stalking Me | The New York Times
Biometric Privacy
San Diego’s Massive, 7-Year Experiment with Facial Recognition Technology Appears to be a Flop | Fast Company
Facial Recognition Firm Sued for Scraping 3 Billion Faceprints | Naked Security
Clearview’s Face Surveillance Shows why we Need a Strong Federal Consumer Privacy Law | EFF
Encryption
Reuters: Apple Cut Backup End-to-End Encryption Plans after FBI Complained | Ars Technica
Russia Blocks Encrypted Email Service ProtonMail | Reuters
Weakening Encryption Could Impact Election Security, Coalition Says | Nextgov
Laws, Legislation, and Regulations
Lawmakers Seek to Permanently Curtail NSA Surveillance Program | Forbes
This Week in Data Breaches and Leaks
Big Microsoft Data Breach — 250 Million Records Exposed | Naked Security
Columbus Library Data Breach may have been Caused by Phishing Link | The Columbus Dispatch
Wawa Breach may have Compromised More than 30 Million Payment Cards | Krebs on Security
Privacy Tools and Techniques
How to get the Most out of your Smartphone’s Encryption | Wired
Cryptography Basics: Symmetric Key Encryption Algorithms [primer] | SearchSecurity
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