I don’t think of the FBI as an offensive weapon. Or are they saying that DoD does not understand Cyber attacks?
FBI Director: Feeding DOD’s Cyber Offense Operations Is Crucial to New Strategy
The FBI’s new strategy to establish costs for entities perpetrating cyberattacks will include supplying intelligence to the Department of Defense and related intelligence agencies to carry out offensive cyber operations, the director of the bureau told members of Congress.
“An important part of fighting back against our foreign adversaries in the cyber realm is offense as well as defense,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Thursday during an annual hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland. “That’s a big part of this new FBI strategy that I rolled out.”
The strategy, which Wray announced Sep. 16 during the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Summit, is to “impose risk and consequences on cyber adversaries.”
Each generation of technology is “the end of privacy.”
https://www.engadget.com/next-generation-wearables-privacy-191237188.html?guccounter=1
The next generation of wearables will be a privacy minefield
What happens when we let companies track our emotions?
Facebook recently gave us our best glimpse yet into its augmented reality plans. The company will be piloting a new set of glasses that will lay the groundwork for an eventual consumer-ready product.
… The company published a lengthy blog post on all the ways it’s taking privacy into consideration.
… But none of that addresses how Facebook intends to use this data or what type of “research” it will be used for.
Another privacy exception due to Covid.
California Governor Vetoes Genetic Testing Data Disclosure Law
Laura Mahoney reports:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have set state rules for sharing genetic information held by direct-to-consumer testing companies out of concern it could impede reporting of coronavirus test results.
The bill (S.B. 980 ) could interfere with laboratories’ mandatory requirement to report Covid-19 test outcomes to local public health departments and the state, Newsom said in a veto message.
Read more on Bloomberg Law.
It could be…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/26/us/trump-vs-biden
2020 Live Updates: Trump Selects Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Nominee
President Trump’s pick was leaked on Friday, 24 hours before his expected announcement. Conservatives and anti-abortion activists praised the news while some on the left condemned it.
(Related) Analysis, before the announcement.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-amy-coney-barrett-could-change-the-supreme-court/
How Amy Coney Barrett Could Change the Supreme Court
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