It’s not all counter-hacking. There are lots of hacker-wanna-bes that download tools from the dark web.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/09/hacking-the-hackers/

A hacker says hackers are hacking hackers in new hacking campaign

… Cybereason’s Amit Serper found that the attackers in this years-long campaign are taking existing hacking tools — some of which are designed to exfiltrate data from a database through cracks and product key generators that unlock full versions of trial software — and injecting a powerful remote-access trojan. When the tools are opened, the hackers gain full access to the target’s computer.

Serper said the attackers are “baiting” other hackers by posting the repackaged tools on hacking forums.

But it’s not just a case of hackers targeting other hackers, Serper told TechCrunch. These maliciously repackaged tools are not only opening a backdoor to the hacker’s systems, but also any system that the hacker has already breached.

Keeping my students secure.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/social-media-privacy-issues/

5 Common Social Media Privacy Issues (And How to Fix Them)

Interesting.

https://www.justsecurity.org/69090/law-enforcements-facial-recognition-law-lessness-comparing-european-and-us-approaches/

Law Enforcement’s Facial Recognition Law-lessness: Comparing European and US Approaches

Coming to Europe from the United States to talk about law enforcement use of facial recognition (FRT) at multi-stakeholder gatherings is like walking through the looking glass. It’s not clear exactly what metaphor fits best. Where Europeans have a lush forest of legal regulations for police use of technology and data—and still feel they are lacking what they need—in the United States, we live in a desert landscape bereft of laws where police do what they wish with virtually no regulation at all.

To be clear—and much more on this below—there’s every reason to be skeptical of some of the legal justifications offered for FRT particularly in the United Kingdom. And some of those countries may be moving too quickly, beyond even where police in the United States tread. But that, in its own way, is the point: there are legal justifications required, and given, and people know them, and can call them out as insufficient if they just don’t measure up. In the United States, it is all hush-hush, maybe even with a dose of deceiving the public mixed in, making it nearly impossible to hold law enforcement to account.

Ensuring Privacy by making it too expensive to go in the other direction? Fighting facial recognition with facial recognition?

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202003/ccpa-and-face-recognition-to-ensure-personal-privacy

CCPA and face recognition to ensure personal privacy

… After years of public debate, face recognition is becoming a tool businesses can utilize to comply with these newly defined consumer rights. Do you ever wonder what happens to the video footage that is stored at a retailer or when you walk into your local grocery store? In California, individuals now have the ability to request this information along with other personally identifiable information which these businesses have collected, thus transitioning the torch of power to the consumer. In Europe, GDPR provides similar protection regarding personal information that has been collected, stored and sold. Fulfilling customer data requests in a timely manner becomes nearly impossible for enterprise businesses to handle with current tools; they would need to hire a team to sift through hours and days of data trying to locate a person and their associated information. With the power of face recognition, these data requests can be accomplished in seconds and in turn, increase consumer trust and sentiment with the business. The future of understanding how your data moves through an enterprise is through face recognition.

Face recognition will now act as a tool of enablement for protecting our freedoms and personal data rights. The efficiency of data extraction is paramount in this digital age and can cripple businesses who are ill-prepared. Imagine a situation where fifty people show up to the same retail store demanding they produce every bit of personal information that has been collected on them. It will significantly impact the store’s operational functionality and require an immediate diversion of resources. It’s the new age DDoS attack…

For your consideration.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/03/09/artificial-intelligence-the-fastest-moving-technology/

Artificial Intelligence: The Fastest Moving Technology

If artificial intelligence is truly our fasting moving technology, the law has been lagging far behind. Addressing the emerging legal issues requires an understanding of the technology and how it works. In his Technology Law column, Peter Brown examines how AI functions and some of its legal implications.