The ESRB has begun work on “facial age verification” tech for age checks https://www.techradar.com/gaming/the-esrb-has-begun-work-on-facial-age-verification-tech-for-age-checks
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’ https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-ndaa-lobbying-privacy-loophole/
Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/
Google’s browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/27/google_web_environment_integrity/
ESRB plans “facial age estimation” checker for age verification https://www.dexerto.com/tech/esrb-plans-facial-recognition-age-checker-for-age-verification-2224056/
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
Police like using Google data to solve crimes. Does that put your privacy at risk? https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-24/police-google-data-geofence-warrants-california-lawmakers-abortion-legislation
Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people’s data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7
The NDAA is No Place for Sweeping Internet Legislation Like the STOP CSAM Act https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/ndaa-no-place-sweeping-internet-legislation-stop-csam-act
How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism https://www.wired.com/story/signal-politics-software-criticism/
Apple may withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the UK due to privacy law changes https://www.androidpolice.com/apple-withdraw-imessage-facetime-uk-privacy-law-encryption/
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity https://therecord.media/senate-dea-bill-targets-end-to-end-encryption-requires-companies-to-report-drugs
FBI analyst improperly searched surveillance data for U.S. senator’s name https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/21/fbi-surveillance-data-senators-name-00107621
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