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The next commander-in-chief will be faced with tough questions about national surveillance and encryption!

The next commander-in-chief will be faced with tough questions about national surveillance and encryption. It’s likely that the current Apple vs. FBI encryption battle will consume the 2016 election and spill into the next presidency. And the next leader of the US will have to answer complicated, lingering questions surrounding the future of the NSA and its power to collect data on US citizens.
Read more: http://gizmodo.com/the-2016-presidential-candidates-views-on-computer-surv-1760871747
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What are the potential risks for child protection, and what needs to be put in place to mitigate against these?

From Hello Barbie to hacked baby monitors, privacy legislation can’t keep up with the increasingly Wi-Fi enabled world.
Just as we are connecting everyday objects, such as cameras, heating systems and fridge freezers to the internet, we are also connecting dolls, toys and other items that are accessed by children.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/29/is-the-internet-of-things-putting-your-childs-privacy-at-risk
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The U.S. government could fine the company for every day it doesn’t comply. Apple has close to $200 billion in cash lying around, so it has lots of money to burn on this fight!

If Apple complies with the judge’s order, it will be forced to build software that “would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical possession,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a public letter to customers.
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/18/technology/apple-fbi-fight/index.html?section=money_news_international
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“In the future, intelligence services might use the [internet of things] for identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment, or to gain access to networks or user credentials,” James Clapper said.

The US intelligence chief has acknowledged for the first time that agencies might use a new generation of smart household devices to increase their surveillance capabilities.
As increasing numbers of devices connect to the internet and to one another, the so-called internet of things promises consumers increased convenience – the remotely operated thermostat from Google-owned Nest is a leading example. But as home computing migrates away from the laptop, the tablet and the smartphone, experts warn that the security features on the coming wave of automobiles, dishwashers and alarm systems lag far behind.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/09/internet-of-things-smart-home-devices-government-surveillance-james-clapper

Chances are, you’ve got a Facebook account – but do you know which parts of it are private and which parts are open for all to see?

Chances are, you’ve got a Facebook account – but do you know which parts of it are private and which parts are open for all to see? Understanding the various visibility rules for your posts can be confusing but we’re here to explain everything in simple terms.
Read more: http://www.t3.com/news/how-to-lock-down-your-facebook-privacy-settings
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Keep in mind that this new Safe Harbour will almost certainly be challenged by civil liberties groups pretty much immediately.

The EU and US have reached a last-minute deal to ensure companies can transfer European data to American soil.
The new agreement provides guarantees that personal data from the EU will receive adequate protection when processed by US firms, and replaces a defunct deal that around 4,000 businesses relied on.
Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-protection/25978/will-the-new-safe-harbour-deal-really-protect-your-data
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The NSA was built to spy, with the uncomfortable question being “on whom?”

The NSA was built to spy, with the uncomfortable question being “on whom?” The agency, long a background player in paranoid cinema like 1998’s Enemy of the State, re-entered the public consciousness in 2013 in a big way with revelations from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that the vast surveillance architecture of the NSA was spying on American citizens. Since then, there have been many more revelations from the documents Snowden lifted when he fled the agency and the country.
Read more: http://www.popsci.com/latest-snowden-revelation-shows-nsa-hacked-into-israeli-drone-cameras
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The company claims to be the first to combine strong end-to-end encryption with cloud-based app development from the ground up!

London-based startup Qredo has announced the beta launch of an app encryption development platform hosted in the cloud, in an effort to make it easier for firms of all types to add high-level security to their apps.
The company claims to be the first to combine strong end-to-end encryption with cloud-based app development from the ground up, and describes the Qredo SDK as the next step in app security.
Read more: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2443198/london-startup-unveils-app-encryption-service-hosted-in-the-cloud
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WhatsApp might soon start sharing your personal data with Facebook.

a conveniently hidden option in the latest WhatsApp for Android beta suggests that the service will soon share user data with the social network “to improve [your] Facebook experiences”.
Read more: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2443057/whatsapp-is-going-to-start-sharing-your-personal-data-with-facebook
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We now find ourselves in a new surveillance debate—and the lessons of the King scandal should weigh heavy on our minds – What an infamous abuse of power teaches us about the modern spy era.

The FBI has a lead. A prominent religious leader and community advocate is in contact with a suspected sleeper agent of foreign radicals. The attorney general is briefed and personally approves wiretaps of his home and offices. The man was born in the United States, the son of a popular cleric. Even though he’s an American citizen, he’s placed on a watchlist to be summarily detained in the event of a national emergency. Of all similar suspects, the head of FBI domestic intelligence thinks he’s “the most dangerous,” at least “from the standpoint of … national security.”
Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/01/what_the_fbi_s_surveillance_of_martin_luther_king_says_about_modern_spying.html
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