Not quite a “rob me, I’m rich” signal, but something like that.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/15/smart_locks_attract_burglars_business_premises/
Smart doorbells on business premises make your property more attractive to burglars, warns researcher
Installing a smart doorbell on your abode could actually increase your home's attractiveness to burglars, researchers from Britain's Cranfield University have said.
The defence 'n' security-focused institution's findings fly in the face of heavy marketing from companies such as Amazon's Ring, whose video-enabled doorbell product has been touted around the world as a security-enhancing gadget.
It's an 'affluence' clue...
Worse, for vendors, Cranfield University's Dr Duncan Hodges reckoned the presence of a smart doorbell was "unlikely" to have "any significant effect on residential burglary" rates. Instead, he said in a summary of a research paper published on the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats' website, smart doorbells and smart locks could actually make things worse.
"These are devices that are particularly noticeable due to their deployment on the exterior of properties and can thus increase the salience of affluence cues – experienced burglars use these cues to identify properties with potentially more high-value items, during the target selection phase," he wrote.
What if it is only a tool anyone can buy? If you were the CEO of the next best encryption device, how would you identify the drug smugglers you shouldn’t sell to?
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/15/sky_global_indicted/
US govt indicted me because I make privacy tools, says crypto-chat app CEO accused of helping drug smugglers
The CEO of Sky Global – which sold encryption chat software with customized smartphones – has come out fighting after Uncle Sam charged him with knowingly assisting the international drug smuggling trade.
“The indictment against me personally in the United States is an example of the police and the government trying to vilify anyone who takes a stance against unwarranted surveillance,” Jean-François Eap, of Canadian-based Sky Global, said in a statement following the indictment announced on Friday.
“It seems that it is simply not enough that you have not done anything illegal,” Eap continued. “There is no question that I have been targeted, as Sky Global has been targeted, only because we build tools to protect the fundamental right to privacy. The unfounded allegations of involvement in criminal activity by me and our company are entirely false.”
Eliminating competition?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56404038
Mother 'used deepfake to frame cheerleading rivals'
A mother allegedly used explicit deepfake photos and videos to try to get her teenage daughter's cheerleading rivals kicked off the team.
Raffaela Spone from Pennsylvania, US, reportedly sent the content - which showed members of the Victory Vipers team "naked, drinking and smoking" - to the coach.
… Mrs Spone has been charged with multiple counts of harassment.
She is also accused of sending abusive messages to the team, their parents and owners of the cheerleading gym, using fake phone numbers.
… Mrs Spone is believed to have used the girls' social media accounts to generate the deepfake images.
This should be interesting.
https://gizmodo.com/california-passes-new-regulation-banning-dark-patterns-1846482961
California Passes New Regulation Banning 'Dark Patterns' Under Landmark Privacy Law
New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will prohibit the use of so-called dark patterns — tricks deployed by websites or apps that seek to frustrate or bamboozle users into doing things they wouldn’t normally do.
… Imagine you’re navigating a website or watching an in-app ad when you’re suddenly redirected to a subscription page, even though you have no interest in whatever product is being marketed at you. Such tactics are what’s known as “dark patterns” — underhanded strategies that rely on “confusing language or unnecessary steps such as forced clicking or scrolling through multiple screens or listening to why you shouldn’t opt out of their data sale,” according to an infographic provided by the California AG’s office. The tactics are more widespread than you’d imagine, and banning them under the CCPA is a step towards ensuring that consumers are protected from deceptive business practices.
Drawing the line? Probably not to narrowly.
https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/14/the-data-privacy-cold-war-is-here-which-side-are-you-on/
The data privacy Cold War is here. Which side are you on?
Apple and Facebook have entered an all-out Cold War in the name of consumer data privacy.
The battle started when Apple announced it will soon require users to opt in to personal data tracking. Facebook, which makes money from that tracking, took out full-page ads in major newspapers condemning the move. Apple CEO Tim Cook fired back in a recent speech,rebuking companies that gather as much data as possible and warning of dangerous consequences.
… All of this means time is up for the companies that have sat on the sidelines of this debate until now. Every tech company has access to user data, and each one now must decide which side of the data privacy war they’re on: the one that collects and exploits consumer data, or the one that respects and protects data and the users it belongs to. Prioritizing consumer data privacy doesn’t always mean a company must overhaul its policies. Rather, it’s about communicating those policies to consumers in a way they can understand and holding internal teams accountable to them.
Talk is cheap. Unless it’s fake news?
ABA Legal Fact Check explores social media platforms and freedom of speech
“A new ABA Legal Fact Check released today examines the case and statutory law allowing social media companies and their sites to ban or suspend individuals for promoting falsehoods of hatred. In recent weeks, those who have found themselves kicked off social media platforms have included then-President Donald J. Trump and several of his allies, in addition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for posting anti-vaccine assertions. The new fact check looks at recent court decisions addressing these issues, as well as federal communications law that provides additional protections to social media sites to restrict access to others and to avoid liability for false and hateful posts. ABA Legal Fact Check seeks to help the media and public find dependable answers and explanations to sometimes confusing legal questions and issues. Recently, the web portal for ABA Legal Fact Check added a search button for its content, which is grouped by legal topics in nine different categories, including COVID-19 legal issues, presidential authority, election law, and police and security.”
Now my AI wants to go to law school.
https://www.bespacific.com/aba-issues-cautionary-ethics-guidance-on-virtual-law-practices/
ABA Issues Cautionary Ethics Guidance On Virtual Law Practices
LawSites: “The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility today issued a formal ethics opinion providing guidance on virtual law practices. The opinion (Formal Opinion 498 ) makes clear that the Model Rules of Professional Conduct permit lawyers to conduct their practices virtually, but it urges caution, competence and diligence with regard to the use of technology in order to guard against inadvertent or unauthorized disclosures of client information. It also emphasizes the importance of appropriately supervising remote staff and outside vendors, and of adhering to state variances in trust accounting rules…”
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