A
change in security priorities is required.
A
‘new normal’ in cyberwar should scare us to action
Israel
and Iran appear to be engaged in tit-for-tat cyberattacks on each
other’s physical infrastructure. While attacks on information
technologies — phishing, denial of service, theft — have become
routine, attempts to disable physical infrastructure are a troubling
escalation in cyberwarfare, and experts worry that it will soon
become the new normal worldwide.
Weapons
of mass disruption threaten to be the great leveler in the
competition between states. And, as always, the world is woefully
ill-prepared for this new reality.
Before
you have any constitutional rights, you have to get past Customs and
Border Protection.
From
EPIC.org:
EPIC
has filed an amicus
brief that
urges the Fifth Circuit to decline to extend the border search
exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement to searches of
cell phones. The case, Anibowei
v. Wolf,
is a civil suit brought by a U.S. citizen attorney to challenge the
warrantless searches of his cell phones at the Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport. EPIC argued that the court should “follow
the reasoning of Riley and Carpenter and decline to extend the border
search exception to cell phones.” EPIC filed amicus briefs in the
U.S. Supreme Court concerning the privacy interests in cell phone
data in both Riley
v. California and
Carpenter
v. United States.
The Chief Justice cited EPIC’s brief in his majority
opinion in Riley.
Does
selective cooperation open a can of worms? Who selects the cases
that merit cooperation?
Facebook
Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator
… A
Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Motherboard that it worked with
"security experts" to help the FBI hack Hernandez.
“The
only acceptable outcome to us was Buster Hernandez facing
accountability for his abuse of young girls,” a Facebook
spokesperson said. “This
was a unique case, because he was using such sophisticated
methods to hide his identity, that we took the extraordinary steps of
working with security experts to help the FBI bring him to justice.”
Afraid
of the backlash?
Amazon
BANS police from using their facial recognition software for a year
amid the George Floyd protests
Amazon
has banned police officers from using its facial recognition software
for a year and says it hopes that the moratorium will give Congress
enough time to come up with rules for using the technology.
The
online retailing and tech giant made the announcement in a blog post
on Wednesday as protests against police brutality have continued
after the cop-related killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on
Memorial Day.
The
only law enforcement agency named as using the software on Amazon's
website is the Washington County Sheriff Office in Oregon.
An
Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment further when DailyMail.com
reached out to ask how many agencies use the software and for their
names.
(Related)
Clearview
AI still backs facial recognition, despite competitors' concerns
Clearview
AI, the maker of a controversial
facial recognition app,
is confident its technology has beneficial uses, as other Big Tech
names either exit the marketplace or suspend their use by law
enforcement out of fears of misuse. The moves come amid studies
showing the technology has low accuracy rates for women and
minorities.
(Related)
EU
privacy watchdog thinks that Clearview AI is illegal
Clearview
AI’s planned expansion into the EU hit a roadblock yesterday when
the bloc’s privacy watchdog said it “doubts” that the service
is legal.
The
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said that the use of the
service by law enforcement would “likely not be consistent with the
EU data protection regime.”
The
body added that it “has doubts as to whether any Union or Member
State law provides a legal basis for using a service such as the one
offered by Clearview AI.”
Perspective.
Someone thinks the delivery market will remain after the pandemic.
Just
Eat Takeaway to Buy Grubhub for $7.3 Billion to Enter U.S.
Europe’s
Just
Eat Takeaway.com NV agreed
to acquire U.S.-based Grubhub
Inc. for
$7.3 billion, in a deal that creates one of the world’s largest
meal-delivery companies as the coronavirus pandemic drives a surge in
orders.
The
deal sidelines Uber
Technologies Inc.,
which had been in acquisition talks with Grubhub for months.
Tools
for shut-ins.
Canva
Now Has a Desktop App for Windows and Mac
Canva
is
a tool that I use almost daily for everything from creating YouTube
thumbnails to designing full presentations like the
one that I'm giving this afternoon.
And as I wrote earlier this year, there are at
least ten good ways to use Canva in your classroom.
That's why I was excited this morning when I read
the news that
Canva now offers a Windows and Mac desktop app. I've already
installed it and it's great! You can get the Windows
version here and
the Mac
version here.
A
phrase to remember when reading student papers.
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