EFF
TikTok ‘Ban’ — ByteDance CEO and EFF are BFFs
Richi Jennings | | Bytedance, china, chinese government, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Shou Zi Chew, social media, spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban
7521 momentum builds: Shou Zi Chew plays for time, while Electronic Frontier Foundation says TikTok-kill bill is DOA ...
Security Boulevard
San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters
Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The EFF is suing the police: This surveillance invaded the privacy of protesters, targeted people of color, ...
Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability
BrianKrebs | | A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Joe Martineau, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of ...
Encryption Backdoor Debate, Microsoft Exchange Attacks, Airline Supplier Data Breach
Tom Eston | | backdoors, Congress, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Digital Privacy, EFF, encryption, Episodes, FBI, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Exchange, Podcast, Privacy, security, technology, Weekly Edition
Why is federal law enforcement (still) asking Congress for encryption backdoors? Attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers seem to have gotten worse, details on an airline supplier data breach, and the real reason ...
Voter Privacy and the US Election
Tom Eston | | Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, EFF, election, Episodes, Faraday Bag, Online Tracking, Podcast, Privacy, Privacy Badger, US election, Vote, voter, VPN, Weekly Edition
In episode 144 for October 26th 2020: Voter privacy and what you need to know about protecting your private information during the upcoming US election. ** Links mentioned on the show ** ...
NSA Data Collection Ruling, Browsing History Identification, Ambulance Chasing
Tom Eston | | Ambulance Chasing, Browsing History, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Edward Snowden, EFF, Episodes, Firefox, Mozilla, nsa, Podcast, Privacy, Public Records, Weekly Edition
In episode 137 for September 7th 2020: A federal appeals court finds the NSA’s bulk collection of phone data was unlawful, new research shows that browsing histories are unique enough to reliably ...
COVID-19 Mass Surveillance, New Coronavirus Cyber-Attacks, Encryption Backdoors
Tom Eston | | android, backdoor, coronavirus, COVID-19, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, EARN IT, EFF, government, israel, Malware, Mobile, Phishing, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, Ransomware, signal, surveillance, virus, Weekly Blaze Podcast, WhatsApp
In episode 113 for March 23rd 2020: Israel passes an emergency law to use mobile data to track people infected with COVID-19, the latest coronavirus cyber-attacks to be aware of, and how ...
Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis
Bruce Schneier | | china, covid19, datacollection, EFF, epidemiology, Iran, israel, nationalsecuritypolicy, Privacy, surveillance
Israel is using emergency surveillance powers to track people who may have COVID-19, joining China and Iran in using mass surveillance in this way. I believe pressure will increase to leverage existing ...
Reforming CDA 230
There's a serious debate on reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. I am in the process of figuring out what I believe, and this is more a place to put ...
How You’re Tracked Online, New Mass Surveillance Concerns, Malicious Android App Hijack
Tom Eston | | android, Australia, china, Cybersecurity, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Exploit, google, Hackers, Podcast, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, surveillance, Weekly Blaze Podcast
In episode 98: A new report from the EFF details how we are tracked online by third-party corporations, more mass surveillance concerns in China and Australia, and a malicious app hijack attack ...