Thursday, June 11, 2020


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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