Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy at UC Berkeley

Surveillance:

Trump’s ground game relies on untraditional strategies to draw out battleground voters | CNN Politics Targeting irregular voters, teaching supporters to surveil polling places and bombarding states with voting-related lawsuits – this is the machine the Trump campaign has built for an election that many expect to hinge on just tens of thousands of ballots cast across seven battleground states.

VA employees improperly accessed medical files of Vance and Walz | CNN Politics Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed the medical files of Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the two major party vice presidential nominees, and an investigation is under way.

Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe? The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.

San Francisco's Mission District is now under 24/7 musical surveillance Bop Spotter is recording a street in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood, creating a playlist of songs using a $100 apparatus and Shazam software.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/360952/summer-travel-airport-facial-recognition-scan

Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. You have the right to opt out of facial recognition tech. Here’s how.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-enforces-new-office-hours-rule-targets-coffee-badging-compliance-2024-7

Amazon cracks down on 'coffee badging' employees by tracking individual hours spent in the office Amazon cracks down on 'coffee badging' by tracking office hours, intensifying its return-to-office enforcement.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/business/video/airbnb-hidden-cameras-investigation-digvid

‘So creepy.’ Inside CNN’s investigation of Airbnb’s hidden camera problem | CNN Business For these renters, hidden cameras at their Airbnbs have spiraled into nightmares. CNN’s Kyung Lah investigates how the company keeps its hidden camera problem quiet.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/patelco-ransomware-attack-lawsuit/

Patelco Credit Union hack leads to class action lawsuit A class action lawsuit has been filed against Patelco Credit Union for a ransomware attack that allegedly resulted in the hacking of sensitive personal information, and the credit union is working …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/business/airbnb-hidden-camera-invs/index.html

How Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras | CNN Business A CNN investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests against the persistent threat within its industry.