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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Google’s Health Record Storage Controversy, US Border Search Ruling, Zelle Scams
You’re listening to the Shared Security Podcast, exploring the trust you put in people, apps, and technology…with your host, Tom Eston. In episode 95 for November 18th 2019: Google’s access to the ...
