Sophie Nieto-Munoz The former Rutgers doctor accused of filming women in a bathroom had his hearing postponed Monday afternoon after a search warrant yielded nearly a dozen more computers. James Goydos, 58, is facing a 160-count indictment of alleged illegal activity over a two-year period, including burglary, computer theft and [Read More…]
Remember when data was the new oil? Now it may be your DNA. Simon Erickson reports: …A fairly new company called LunaDNA may have cracked the code. Founded last year, LunaDNA began working on a community-owned approach that encrypts DNA information on a blockchain. Users could give their permission to access this [Read More…]
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed an urgent Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Trade Commission seeking all pending complaints. As a result of the extensive work of consumer organizations, the Commission issued a consent order against Facebook in 2011 barring the company from making any future misrepresentations about [Read More…]
Chad Marlow of the ACLU writes: Did you hear the story about the do-gooder tech company that is pushing new state “privacy” bills across the nation? The pitch by that company, Hu-manity.co — which is so effective its Oregon bill was introduced with more than 40 co-sponsors — is that [Read More…]