Privacy and the Pandemic
Tech Firms are Spying on You. In a Pandemic, Governments Say That’s OK. | The Wall Street Journal
Coronavirus Mass Surveillance Could be Here to Stay, Experts Say | The Guardian
French Watchdog Warns Against COVID-19 Smart Surveillance | The New York Times
Bahrain, Kuwait Virus Apps Endanger Privacy, Amnesty Says | Bloomberg
Gulf States Using COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps as Mass Surveillance Tools, Report Says | The Verge
Government Surveillance
How Surveillance has Always Reinforced Racism | Wired
We Don’t Know how Protests are Being Surveilled. Here’s why That’s a Problem | CNBC
The Real Dangers of Surveillance | The New York Times
High-Tech Surveillance Amplifies Police Bias and Overreach | The Conversation
Police Ties to Ring Home Surveillance Come Under Scrutiny | Nextgov
The Business of Police Surveillance | NPR
China’s Surveillance Technology is Keeping Tabs on Populations Around the World | The Diplomat
China’s Great Firewall Looms over Hong Kong as Surveillance Grows | The Japan Times
Concerns over Cell Phone Surveillance in Mexico | Yucatan Times
Laws, Regulations, and Legislation
New York City Oversight Bill to Force Police to Detail Surveillance Tools | The New York Times
Coronavirus Privacy Bill Hit Roadblocks in Congress | The Wall Street Journal
Biometric Privacy
China is Collecting DNA from Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment | The New York Times
Amnesty Pushes for Ban on Facial Recognition use for Mass Surveillance by Police, Government | BiometricUpdate.com
Encryption
VICTORY: Zoom will Offer End-to-End Encryption to All its Users | EFF
This Week in Data Breaches and Leaks
Google Chrome Users Targeted in ‘Massive Global Surveillance Campaign’ | Newsweek
Data Breach: Bundle of Dating Apps Leaking Sensitive Information Discovered | Security Boulevard
Foodora Data Breach Impacts Customers in 14 Countries | Info Security
CIA’s ‘Woefully Lax’ Security Allowed the ‘Vault 7’ Data Breach | Apple Insider
South Africa’s PostBank is Replacing 12 Million Bank Cards after Major Security Breach | Security Boulevard
Data Trends Report Highlights Risk of Data Loss in Pandemic | Digital Guardian