Daily Archives: February 9, 2020

Reuters: Coronavirus brings China’s surveillance state out of the shadows

Reuters: Coronavirus brings China’s surveillance state out of the shadows by Yingzhi Yang & Julie Zhu (“When the man from Hangzhou returned home from a business trip, the local police got in touch. They had tracked his car by his … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: A World Without Privacy Will Revive the Masquerade

The Atlantic: A World Without Privacy Will Revive the Masquerade by Jonathan Kittrain (“As the growing scale of facial recognition shows, more data can always be extracted.”)

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Slate: Clearview’s Terrifying Facial Recognition Can’t Go Back in the Bottle

Slate: Clearview’s Terrifying Facial Recognition Can’t Go Back in the Bottle by Aaron Mak (“Around half a dozen big tech companies have now demanded that Clearview AI, the now-notorious facial recognition company that has scraped more than 3 billion images … Continue reading

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NYTimes: Opinion: The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans

NYTimes: Opinion: The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans (“Congressional hearings are urgently needed to address location tracking.”)

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Law.com: Google Hit With Class Action Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law Over Facial Recognition

Law.com: Google Hit With Class Action Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law Over Facial Recognition by Ross Todd (“The complaint claims Google ‘failed to obtain consent from anyone’ when it introduced facial recognition to its cloud service for storing and sharing … Continue reading

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S.D.Ind.: Lawyer not ineffective for not telling co-def’s counsel of a potential 4A claim

A lawyer can’t be ineffective for not raising a Fourth Amendment claim where there was no standing. In addition, he can’t be ineffective for not telling the lawyer for the person with standing about a search issue. It wouldn’t even … Continue reading

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