2021-02-04
“Clearview AI...allowed law enforcement and commercial organizations to match photographs...against...more than 3 billion images...this creates the risk of significant harm to individuals, the vast majority of whom...will never be implicated in a crime” https://www.priv.gc.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Canada's privacy authority says what Clearview AI does is mass surveillance, calls it illegal and unacceptable, and tells it to delete citizens' facial images
Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens' consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database.
2020-12-03
“Google and Facebook seemed glitchy or inaccessible for people worldwide for more than an hour... It was the latest mishap to stem from design weaknesses in the “Border Gateway Protocol,” the internet's foundational, universal routing system” https://twitter.com/...
Wired
A look at MANRS, a group of ~600 participants including Google, which aims to add safeguards to the Border Gateway Protocol, improving internet routing security
Efforts to secure the Border Gateway Protocol have picked up critical momentum, including a big assist from Google.
2020-08-04
Using 2FA phone numbers/emails for targeting ads erodes trust in security and in your company. Don't do it. Lawyers - double check that your clients are not doing it. It ends badly. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Twitter says FTC may soon fine it between $150M-$250M for using users' email addresses and phone numbers for ad targeting; practice was disclosed in Oct. 2019
Twitter said the identifiers were ‘inadvertently’ used for advertising — Twitter said that the Federal Trade Commission …
2020-04-12
“The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Facebook users could pursue several claims under federal and California privacy and wiretapping laws.” https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Appeals court allows a proposed class action, which claims Facebook violates users' privacy rights by tracking them even when they are logged out, to proceed
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc (FB.O) of violating users' privacy rights … Tweets: @amatwyshyn Tweets: Andrea M...