Feds: We’re pulling data from 100 phones seized during Trump inauguration | Ars Technica
Prosecutor notes: “All of the Rioter Cell Phones were locked.” Source: Feds: We’re pulling data from 100 phones seized during Trump inauguration | Ars Technica
WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages | Technology | The Guardian
Privacy campaigners criticise WhatsApp vulnerability as a ‘huge threat to freedom of speech’ and warn it could be exploited by government agencies Source: WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages | Technology | The Guardian Two quotes, in particular, that stand out: Boelter reported the backdoor vulnerability to Facebook in April 2016, but was told…
Worried About the Privacy of Your Messages? Download Signal – The New York Times
Five member states want EU-wide laws on encryption
Five EU countries said they want the European Commission to propose legislation that would make it easier for police to crack through encryption technology. Source: Five member states want EU-wide laws on encryption
Should the FBI Hack Botnet Victims to Save the Internet? | Motherboard
The internet of things has ushered in a new age of debilitating DDoS attacks. Should the government intervene? Source: Should the FBI Hack Botnet Victims to Save the Internet? | Motherboard
US renews fight to seize content from Microsoft’s servers in Ireland | Ars Technica UK
“The Opinion has created a regime where electronic communication service providers—private, for-profit businesses answerable only to their shareholders—can thwart legitimate and important criminal and national security investigations, while providing no offsetting, principled privacy protections,” the government argued. Source: US renews fight to seize content from Microsoft’s servers in Ireland | Ars Technica UK
U.S. to Allow Foreigners to Serve Warrants on U.S. Internet Firms – WSJ
The Obama administration is working on a series of agreements with foreign governments that would allow them for the first time to serve U.S. technology companies with warrants for email searches and wiretaps—a move that is already stirring debates over privacy, security, crime and terrorism. Source: U.S. to Allow Foreigners to Serve Warrants on U.S.…
Promontory Colleague Cited in Time Cover Story
My colleague, Kenesa Ahmad, is cited in this week’s Time cover story about the Apple encryption issue. Kenesa co-authored the law review article that coined the term “golden age of surveillance”. Time Cover Story: http://time.com/magazine/us/4262476/march-28th-2016-vol-187-no-11-u-s/ Law Review Article: http://stlr.org/volumes/volume-xiii-2011-2012/encryption-and-globalization/
This Is the Real Reason Apple Is Fighting the FBI | TIME
If the FBI wins, it could open the door to massive surveillance Source: This Is the Real Reason Apple Is Fighting the FBI | TIME
New York Police Are Using Covert Cellphone Trackers, Civil Liberties Group Says – The New York Times
Documents released Thursday demonstrate how the department has used the surveillance technology while avoiding any public debate or major courtroom review of its constitutionality. Source: New York Police Are Using Covert Cellphone Trackers, Civil Liberties Group Says – The New York Times
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