Surveillance Shenanigans: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown and the Tech Behind It
Draft legislation in Florida demands encryption backdoors to give law enforcement access to social media accounts. Meanwhile, a Nevada judge finds broad cell tower data searches unconstitutional, and China accuses the US of cyberattacks. Also, US Customs and Border Protection is using AI tools to monitor social media for people of interest.
Hot Take:
Hold onto your digital hats, folks! This week in cybersecurity, we’ve got Palantir cooking up a surveillance stew, Florida trying to slide into your DMs with encryption backdoors, and China pointing fingers at the NSA like a kid caught stealing cookies. It’s like a tech soap opera with more bytes and fewer morals!
Key Points:
- ICE teams up with Palantir to create a surveillance platform called ImmigrationOS, raising privacy concerns.
- The CVE Program, crucial for tracking software vulnerabilities, narrowly dodges a funding cut from CISA.
- Florida pushes for encryption backdoors in social media, potentially jeopardizing user security.
- Nevada judge rules mass cell tower data searches are unconstitutional, but evidence collected can still be used.
- China accuses the US NSA of cyberattacks, heating up international cyber tensions.
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