SS-NEWS-121: Phones as Snitches and the End of Log Centralization?

Episode 121 August 07, 2023 00:32:21
SS-NEWS-121: Phones as Snitches and the End of Log Centralization?
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SS-NEWS-121: Phones as Snitches and the End of Log Centralization?

Aug 07 2023 | 00:32:21

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Show Notes

This week we discuss the TSA and their endless privacy invasions (this time... facial recognition!), an Anton Chuvakin post on the end of Log Centralization, and finally, France decides it's time that your phone started snitching on you, with a bill to allow the police to turn on microphones and cameras remotely to monitor folks under suspicious.

Article 1 - TSA wants to expand facial recognition to hundreds of airports within next decade
Supporting Articles:
Biometric and Digital Identity Solutions For TSA PreCheck® Members
EPIC Supports Senators’ Call for TSA to Halt the Use of Facial Recognition

Article 2 - Log Centralization: The End Is Nigh?

Article 3 - France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' Phones
Supporting Articles:
Why Apple’s threat to kill iMessage and FaceTime isn’t a bluff

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