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Dave has a story about websites tracking you every online move, Ben describes concerns over allegations that Homeland Security was tapping protester’s phone lines in Portland, and later in the show our conversation with Andrew Burt, visiting fellow at Yale Law’s information society project, former FBI policy advisor, and chief legal officer at Immuta on Google Geofencing.

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Federal Agencies Tapped Protesters’ Phones in Portland

The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website

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Dave has an update on Baltimore’s spyplane, Ben describes concerns over violations by the FBI, CIA, NSA of FISA court rules, and later in the show our conversation with Kim Zetter on her recent article in The Intercept, titled “How Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone.” It’s all about stingrays and dirtboxes, so stick around for that.

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Elizabeth Goitein on Twitter

In appeals court, Baltimore surveillance plane suit gets a mixed reaction

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Dave's has the story of adult websites and their reaction to deepfakes, Ben describes a ruling from the 9nth circuit court that has 4th amendment implications, and later in the show our conversation with Scott Giordano, VP and Sr. Counsel, Privacy and Compliance at Spirion on the surprising ways your data can be used against you, and how you can protect yourself and those who matter most.

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United States v. Moalin - Ninth Circuit Opinion

Porn Sites Still Won’t Take Down Nonconsensual Deepfakes

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Dave looks at one state’s plan to provide internet to rural students, Ben describes a controversial move by California lawmakers to implement immunity passports, and later in the show our conversation with Matt Lewis and Jennifer Fernick, researchers for the NCC Group on 'Smart' Cities: Weighing the Benefits Against the Dangers.

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California: Tell Your Senators That Ill-Conceived “Immunity Passports” Won’t Help Us

Maryland has a plan to beam internet to rural students. But officials say it won’t be ready until next year.

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Dave reviews an essay from top US officials on persistent engagement as US cyber doctrine, Ben describes the potential implications of a ruling on geofencing, and later in the show our conversation with Sean Brooks, Director of the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Citizen Clinic program on his recent report, "Digital Safety Technical Assistance at Scale."

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Orin Kerr via Twitter

How to Compete in Cyberspace: Cyber Command’s New Approach

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Dave describes how California is providing data - a lot of data - the private investigators, Ben explains how Miami police were using facial recognition software to identify protesters, and later in the show our conversation with Stephen Cavey, Ground Labs’ Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist on the CCPA 6-month grace period that ended on July 1st.

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Miami Police Used Facial Recognition Technology in Protester's Arrest

California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators

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Ben describes a lawsuit accusing Zoom of misrepresenting their encryption, Dave shares a new project from the EFF that hunts Stingrays, and later in the show, Dave speaks with Rande Price and Chris Pedigo from Digital Content Next, a trade association for digital publishers, about the challenges of aligning the data that websites and apps collect with what consumers expect.

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The Cybersecurity 202: Zoom sued by consumer group for misrepresenting its encryption protections

Stingrays can track your phone but were hard to detect. A new project changes that.

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Dave describes the business concerns of a company who makes their living scraping data, Ben explores the legal importance of being able to analyze source code, and later in the show Ben speaks with Professor Julia Lane, Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service on her forthcoming book, Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto.

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EFF and ACLU Tell Federal Court that Forensic Software Source Code Must Be Disclosed

This Billion Dollar Company Considers Privacy Laws a Threat to Its Business

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Dave's got the story of the Google geofencing location requests coming under scrutiny, Ben describes how federal officers are using social media streams to track down protesters, and later in the show our conversation with Max Kirby from Publicis Groupe on the Evolution of the internet: how did we get to this point.

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How feds used a YouTube livestream to arrest a Portland protester

Police Requests for Google Users’ Location Histories Face New Scrutiny

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Dave's got the story of the Department of Homeland Security authorizing the collection of information on protestors, Ben covers a European court ruling affecting Facebook, and later in the show our conversation with Elissa Redmiles, a Researcher in the Security & Privacy Group at Microsoft Research. We’ll be getting her take on the privacy concerns of the coronavirus apps.

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EU court voids data-sharing pact with the U.S. in Facebook privacy case

DHS authorizes personnel to collect information on protesters it says threaten monuments

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