Cybersecurity
e-QIP fallout and more phishing schemes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Court Revives Defunct NSA Mass Surveillance Program
NSA’s phone dragnet is back—for now.
Digital Government
Facebook’s Algorithm Can Identify You Even When You’re Hiding Your Face
The social network presented research that shows it can identify individuals with 83 percent accuracy, according to The New Scientist.
Modernization
Feds Urged to Investigate Uber’s Plan to Track Users
Privacy group wants FTC to step in to block changes to Uber’s privacy policy.
Cybersecurity
John Oliver Slams Revenge Porn As Federal Legislation Nears
“The Internet is an incredible tool,” the HBO host said said. “But like most tools, it can be used as a weapon.”
Cybersecurity
Secretive Surveillance Court Skips Talking to Privacy Advocates
Despite the Freedom Act's passage, the FISA Court opted not to consult a privacy panel on its first opportunity to do so.
Digital Government
Privacy Groups Boycott Administration's Facial Recognition Talks
The Commerce Department will forge ahead, but privacy advocates have lost faith in negotiations over software that can identify faces.
Cybersecurity
Mobile pushes changes in biometric identifiers
Evolving biometrics should be more difficult to spoof, but they present challenges for accuracy and privacy.
Digital Government
Why Apple Is Suddenly So Obsessed With Your Privacy
Apple claims it does not pass along your data to third parties or use it to profile you.
Cybersecurity
Sen. Pat Leahy Denounces Alarmists Over Latest Massive Cyberattack
“You'd almost think ISIS was marching up Pennsylvania Avenue during this last debate, if we didn't pass it immediately,” the Vermont Democrat said.
Acquisition
Mobile app criteria, new Snowden revelations and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
CJS funding bill would limit high-tech surveillance
Several provisions in the Commerce-Justice-Science bill would bar the use of funds for various surveillance activities.
Cybersecurity
The NSA's Bulk Collection Is Over, but Google and Facebook Are Still in the Data Business
Private-sector data collection can reveal as much about a person as government surveillance, privacy advocates say.
Digital Government
FCC Prepares to Become the Internet's Privacy Cop
Internet providers will soon face new rules on how they can handle customer information.
Cybersecurity
FBI delayed privacy protection rules for Section 215 data, says IG
An IG report asserts that it should not "have taken 7 years … to develop minimization procedures" to protect the privacy of data.
Cybersecurity
Gun-testing robot, Open Internet guidance and a health care breach
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Privacy, security and one login to rule them all?
Government techies wrestle with building privacy and security into services from the ground up.
Modernization
Tech firms, privacy advocates push White House on encryption
A group that includes Google, Apple and Microsoft wants the Obama administration to drop efforts to provide law enforcement with access to encrypted communications.
Modernization
Verizon's AOL Deal Could Lead to New Privacy Problems
AOL's advertising technologies could help Verizon better track users across devices.
Digital Government