PRG News Roundup: October 5th
By Taylor Black On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Yahoo secretly installed a program in all user email accounts to search incoming emails for specific information. Since that report, journalists have…
PRG News Roundup: September 28th
By Eliana Pfeffer Yahoo has experienced a number embarrassing security failures over the last four years. Last week, the company disclosed that hackers backed by what it believed was an…
PRG News Roundup: September 21st
The U.S. government officially endorsed driverless cars: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/technology/self-driving-cars-guidelines.html?_r=0 Google unveiled its highly anticipated messaging app Allo which partially relies on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/technology/personaltech/allos-tryout-5-days-with-googles-annoying-office-intern.html There's a class-action lawsuit over the privacy…
Laura Poitras at the Whitney
Laura Poitras at the Whitney By: Kayla Wieche http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/LauraPoitras http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/05/arts/design/laura-poitras-astro-noise-examines-surveillance-and-the-new-normal.html?_r=0 http://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/laura-poitras-and-david-remnick-visit-the-whitney-museum Until May 1, visitors to the Whitney Museum’s eighth floor will encounter ‘Astro Noise,’ the multi-sensory exhibit by artist…
Your Next Ride Might Be Used by The Government and Third Parties to Track Your Steps
Your Next Ride Might Be Used by The Government and Third Parties to Track Your Steps By: Felipe Palhares April 21, 2016 Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/uber-us-regulators-data-passengers-report Taking a ride with Uber might…
“Microsoft Sues Justice Department to Protest Electronic Gag Order”
"Microsoft Sues Justice Department to Protest Electronic Gag Order" By: Yilu Zhang April 20th,2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/technology/microsoft-sues-us-over-orders-barring-it-from-revealing-surveillance.html?_r=0 Last week, Microsoft launched a court battle on the offensive against the US government’s use…
New surveillance program in the NJ transit system sparks privacy concerns
New surveillance program in the NJ transit system sparks privacy concerns By: Rodrigo Moncho Stefani April 20th, 2016 Panel 1 Video surveillance seems relatively normal in modern society. Maybe not…
PRG News Roundup: April 20th
Today's news roundup: Google continues to run afoul of European antitrust regulators. A newly-declassified FISA Court judgement from November ruled that "backdoor" warrantless email searches are legal under the Constitution. Microsoft has sued the US…
PRG News Roundup: April 13th
Article 29 Working Party expresses "strong concerns" over EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/483814/Data+Protection+Privacy/Article+29+Working+Party+Expresses+Strong+Concerns+about+the+EUUS+Privacy+Shield+Agreement Daniel Radcliffe to star in "Privacy" play off broadway: http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/daniel-radcliffe-privacy-play-off-broadway-1201751421/ MaxMind locates digital center of the U.S. at a farm in…
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption
PANAMA PAPERS: A RESULT OF SELECTIVE GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE Topic: Government Surveillance By: Aluizio Porcaro Rausch (Panel 2) Post: Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and…