“In the end, it wasn’t stakeouts or fingerprints or cell phone records that got him. It was a genealogy website.”
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/detectives-cracked-the-golden-state-killer-case-using-genetics/
“Police admitted to using a photo sent through WhatsApp to cull fingerprints for evidence that successfully led to the conviction of 11 individuals for drug crimes. The story further revealed that this was not just a special-use case.”
“The ability to combine this location data with information about who appears in those photos—and any social media contacts tied to them—would make it possible for government agencies to quickly track terrorist groups posting propaganda photos. (And, really, just about anyone else.)”
“A dangerous bill called the CLOUD Act would allow police at home and abroad to seize cross-border data without following the privacy rules where the data is stored.”
Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/new-backdoor-around-fourth-amendment-cloud-act
“In a recent Ted Talk, investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson says it all started when Obama gave the media their marching orders. She gives two main ways to tell if powerful interests are trying to manipulate opinion.”
“It’s like someone figured out how to monetize the awful Flash ads everyone used to hate for eating CPU cycles. A true win-win! And now it’s even hitting YouTube. TrendMicro has released an updated report, showing a sharp rise in ads served by Google’s DoubleClick service being infested with mining software. Like other attacks, this one uses a Javascript miner to mine Monero via Coinhive.”
Read more: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/262934-youtube-serving-covert-cryptocurrency-mining-ads
“Facebook has said it will block any advertising promoting crypto-currency products and services. Facebook urged users to report any ads the company’s security measures missed. It admitted it would not always catch every ad for a crypto-currency. ‘We want people to continue to discover and learn about new products and services through Facebook ads without fear of scams or deception,’ wrote Rob Leathern, product management director for Facebook Business.”
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42881892
“Of course Titanic was suspended. They tweaked a legislator in Germany, a country that bans ‘hate speech’ without defining the term, and it’s clear from the examples of Britain and France that the speech politicians hate most is that directed at them.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/01/23/government-will-protect-us-from-bad-spee/print
“The issue presented in Microsoft is whether the antiquated Electronic Privacy Communications Act (EPCA) authorizes search warrants to compel Internet service providers to retrieve and surrender a customer’s electronic documents that are stored on computer servers located outside the United States where compliance would violate foreign law. The correct answer is ‘NO.'”
Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/22/us-v-microsoft-supreme-court-must-protect-privacy-/
“DePizzo was suspended from Twitter after calling out ‘liberal media darling’ Ryan for discussing the Democrat Party in Iowa and New Hampshire, while ignore the concerns of his own district.”