Fingerprints to be tested as 'currency'
• http://www.prisonplanet.comStarting this summer, the government will test a system in which foreign tourists will be able to verify their identities and buy things at stores using only their fingerprints.
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Transparency International Plots to Strip Global Privacy With Public Registry of Ownership
• The Daily BellThe so-called Panama Papers stolen from the Mossack Fonseca law firm specializing in shell companies has caused Transparency International to issue a press release listing three steps "to stop secret companies."
Beauty Secrets of the Spies
• theintercept.comCIA's Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA
Fingerprints to be tested as 'currency'
• the-japan-news.comStarting this summer, the government will test a system in which foreign tourists will be able to verify their identities and buy things at stores using only their fingerprints.
In appeal, Feds keep pushing Apple to unlock phones in Brooklyn, Boston cases
• cnbc.comWhile the FBI has moved on from a case to unlock an alleged terrorist's iPhone, ongoing cases in New York in Boston are far from resolved.
Countries that Use Tor Most Are Either Highly Repressive or Highly Liberal
• motherboard.vice.comYou might assume that people in the most oppressive regimes wouldn't use the Tor anonymity network because of severe restrictions on technology or communication.
Rise of Ad Blocking Is the Ad Industry's Fault, Says Outgoing FTC Commissioner
• motherboard.vice.comA commissioner at the US Federal Trade Commission who is leaving the agency after six years of working on consumer privacy issues has some critical words for the ad industry.
Reddit's Warrant Canary just died
• https://boingboing.net, Cory DoctorowIn early 2015, Reddit published a transparency report that contained heading for National Security Requests, noting, "As of January 29, 2015, reddit has never received a National Security Letter, an order under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance A
FBI agrees to help Arkansas prosecutors open iPhone after hack of San Bernardino device
• latimes.comThe FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod that might hold evidence in an Arkansas murder trial, just days after the agency managed to hack an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino terror attacks, a local prosecutor s
The Apple-FBI Battle Is Over, But the New Crypto Wars Have Just Begun
• WiredApple's standoff with the FBI unfolded over the course of several weeks, but ended in a matter of days.
Google to Begin Alerting Users If Gmail Account Is Targeted by Government
• thedailysheeple.comAs privacy advocates celebrate the FBI's decision to stop harassing Apple over the San Bernardino shooter's encrypted iPhone, other tech giants seem to have finally noticed that what consumers want is privacy.
How San Bernardino changes the FBI's war on encryption
• theverge.comApple won its encryption fight. Now what?
Turning Live Surveillance Feeds Into Unsettling Works of Art
• WiredIn the small town of Fredericton, Canada, a woman crosses a quiet intersection in front of a church cathedral. Unbeknownst to her, a nearby webcam catches her in the street, along with the red light behind her--evidence of her crime.
Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report
• ReutersIsrael's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on Wednesda
DarkMail
• DarkMail.infoLavabit is developing a new way to do email with end-to-end encryption. We welcome like-minded organizations to join our alliance.
ProtonMail - Secure Email Based in Switzerland
• ProtonMail.ComIntroducing Encrypted Email for Your Mobile Device
FBI MOVES TO POSTPONE APPLE COURT HEARING
• PopsciTHE AGENCY HAS REPORTEDLY FOUND ANOTHER APPROACH
Snowden Warns World Against Trusting Privacy to Tech Giants Like Microsoft
• SputnikNews.ComThe whistleblower who exposed the totality of the America's mass domestic surveillance program suggested that users should look to free and open source software to preserve their privacy.
Lavabit's Forgotten Encryption Fight Looms Over the Apple Case
• motherboard.vice.com? ? ? ? Copy This URL On June 9, 2013, a then-unknown intelligence contractor named Edward Snowden revealed himself to be the source behind a series of explosive scoops based on top secret National Security
SNOWDEN CALLS OUT FBI OVER APPLE IPHONE
• http://nextnewsnetwork.comSamuel Gibbs for the Guardian reports, Edward Snowden, the whistleblower whose NSA revelations sparked a debate on mass surveillance, has waded into the arguments over the FBI's attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the S
Germany is taking on Facebook's data industrial complex
• globalpost.comIt may be the world's leading social network, but Facebook isn't getting much love these days in Germany, where a series of legal troubles are forcing it to play ball with the country's strict privacy legislation.
NSA Data Will Soon Be Used Routinely For Domestic Policing That Is Completely Unrelated To Terrorism
• https://www.technocracy.news, Radley BalkoTechnocracy is not hiding anymore. The massive dragnet for citizen data will be used to spy on those very citizens.
Wis. Gov. Scott Walker Signs Law Granting Authorities Broader Strip Search Powers
• http://truthinmedia.comThe new Wisconsin law expands the circumstances under which law enforcement authorities are allowed to strip search detainees and inmates suspected of misdemeanors and other minor crimes.
FBI Quietly Changes Privacy Rules For Accessing NSA Data Collected On Americans
• https://www.technocracy.newsThe FBI has quietly revised its privacy rules for searching data involving Americans' international communications that was collected by the National Security Agency, US officials have confirmed to the Guardian.
Snowden: FBI's claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is 'bullshit'
• TheGuardianNSA whistleblower rubbishes claims that only Apple can unlock killer's iPhone 5C, indicating FBI has the means itself
Senators close to finishing encryption penalties legislation: sources
• https://ca.news.yahoo.comWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Technology companies could face civil penalties for refusing to comply with court orders to help investigators access encrypted data under draft legislation nearing completion in the U.S. Senate, sources familiar with continuin
FBI vs. Apple: Why You Should Care
• https://www.youtube.comThe more we hear of the US government case for its demand that Apple hack its iPhone, the more the government story looks like a mix of lies and obfuscations. Should we care about this even if we don't use iPhones? You bet! Former State Department of
The FBI vs. Apple Debate Just Got Less White
• theintercept.comThe court fight between Apple and the FBI prompted a slew of letters and legal briefs last week from outside parties, including many tech companies and privacy groups.
Verizon Settles With FCC for $1.35 Million Over Use of Supercookies
• http://motherboard.vice.comVerizon settled with the Federal Communications Commission for $1.35 million on Monday over its use of "supercookies" technology, which secretly tracks user browsing habits on its network for ad targeting.
A Federal Judge Got It Right For A Change
Chuck Baldwin"Apple scored a major legal victory in its ongoing battle against the FBI on Monday when a federal magistrate judge in New York rejected the U.S. government's request as part of a drug case to force the company to help it extract data from a lock
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