Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We Be?
Apple and Google last week announced a joint contact tracing effort that would use Bluetooth technology to help alert people who have been in close proximity to…
Electronic Surveillance
Press
•
The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…
Press
•
The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy experts fear a boom in coronavirus surveillance
"“My concern is that out of desperation we will turn to technology and put in place a massive surveillance apparatus at a tangible loss to civil liberties…
Press
•
Apple and Google partner on Bluetooth interoperability for COVID-19 tracing apps
"In response to the news, ACLU surveillance and cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick said the effectiveness of contact tracing apps will depend on trust…
Press
•
ACLU Comment on Apple/Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing Effort
"Apple and Google today announced a joint contact tracing effort using Bluetooth technology. Below is comment from Jennifer Granick, ACLU surveillance and…
Press
•
Location-Tracking Firm Helping Trump Get Reelected Now Wants to Cash in on Coronavirus
"As the American Civil Liberties Union’s Jennifer Granick explained via email, ad tech companies have also never had to deal with high stakes or real accou…
The Limits of Location Tracking in an Epidemic
As Americans struggle to confront the COVID-19 outbreak, some have suggested that cell phone location tracking technology can help in the effort to contain the…
Press
•
What are the biggest holes in data privacy that have been exacerbated by coronavirus?
"We've seen an explosion of efforts to create location-tracking techniques to fight the spread of COVID-19. The mobile advertising industry is legally…
Masks and our face-recognition future: How coronavirus (slightly) clouds the picture painted by tech firms
Facial recognition surveillance systems are ominous. People see how these tools threaten privacy and civil liberties and consider ways they might resist being t…
Press
•
The Cybersecurity 202: Cybersecurity experts slam child protection bill that risks rolling back encryption
""This bill… is clearly a ‘backdoor to a backdoor’ to encryption,” said Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Sta…
Press
•
The Technology 202: We asked more than 100 tech experts if U.S. should use location data to track coronavirus. They were split.
"“Aggregate and anonymized location data may be useful to track trends, but public health officials agree that at this point in time, using individualized…
Yes, States and Local Governments Can Close Private Businesses and Restrict Your Movement
Can the state tell your favorite local restaurant to close, or tell you that you must stay at home unless it’s absolutely necessary to leave, because of an emer…