COVID-19 apps used in mass surveillance, China collects DNA from tens of millions of males, and an interview with Simone Browne on the long racist history of surveillance technology.
Tag: COVID-19
Privacy News for June 12
Schools test wearable surveillance beacons for COVID-19 containment; investigations into predator drone, FBI, and DEA surveillance of protesters; and Signal adds face-blurring anonymization tool to messaging app.
Privacy News for June 5
Guides for mitigating surveillance while protesting during the pandemic, schools ramping up student surveillance in response to COVID-19, and Zoom won’t encrypt free calls so it can work with the FBI.
Privacy News for May 29
Surveillance creep during COVID-19 intensifies; Amazon, Microsoft, and Google provide web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms; and PUA-related data breaches spread.
Privacy News for May 22
French COVID-19 drones grounded, German mass surveillance abroad ruled unconstitutional, and states’ PUA sites are breached or leaking.