Mike Sutton (@zenmike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.

00:00 Intro

2:02 PIPL in China: Privacy, surveilance, and censorship - all in one!

- https://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/chinas-pipl-has-finally-arrived-and-brings-helpful-clarification-rather-than-substantial-change-to-chinas-data-privacy-framework/

25:25 Is there a surge in ransomeware attacks? YES! And disgruntled employees are being recruited to help.

- https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/why-is-there-surge-in-ransomware-attacks.html

- https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ransomware-attacker-offers-employees-a-cut-if-they-install-demonware-on-their-organization-s-systems

- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/wanted-disgruntled-employees-to-deploy-ransomware/

- https://threatpost.com/lockbit-ransomware-proliferates-globally/168746/

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2021/08/16/bank-of-america-is-losing-its-grip-on-millennials-as-fintechs-reinvent-the-checking-account/?sh=3a65cfc82822

35:58 UNESCO recommendations for rules and oversight of biometrics. The Aida Lovelace Institute calls for a full moratorium on facial recognition.

- https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/ai-decoded/politico-ai-decoded-worlds-first-ethics-rules-chinese-philosophy-cities-want-to-make-ai-laws/

- https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/citizens-biometrics-council/

- https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/13/1031836/ai-ethics-responsible-data-stewardship/

44:33 Google says geofence warrants make up one-quarter of all US demands.

- https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/

50:50 Amazon installs keyboard and mouse loggers to root out unauthorized users.

- https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvejq/amazon-monitor-employees-keyboard-mouse

- https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/08/04/xsolla-fires-150-employees-using-big-data-and-ai-analysis-ceos-letter-causes-controversy

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