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Cyber Daily: Uber Doesn't Want Facial Recognition Banned; Improper FBI Searches; EU’s Libra Roadblock
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Good day. Uber’s privacy chief says moves to ban facial-recognition systems could inhibit the development of tools intended to keep consumers safe, WSJ Pro’s Adam Janofsky reports. That includes authenticating drivers. A New York state policy expert suggests organizations should be transparent with consumers and others about how they use the technology.
Reporter's Notebook: WSJ Pro's James Rundle brings us insights about 5G, AI and quantum computing from Tuesday’s summit hosted by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Nasdaq.
Also today: Some presidential campaign websites fail privacy tests.
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Privacy and Facial Recognition
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Governments should think about consequences before banning new tech, say participants at Nasdaq-NCSA cyber summit
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A woman using a facial-recognition device at a self-service supermarket in Tianjin, China. PHOTO: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
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Emerging technologies hit a barrier in privacy laws. As privacy laws continue to roll out in Europe, California and other regions, privacy and security experts disagree over how technologies including facial recognition, artificial intelligence and 5G should be regulated.
Some proposals to ban these tools or place strict restrictions on them could have undesirable repercussions, said Ruby Zefo, chief privacy officer at Uber Technologies Inc. “You want the right person picking you up in the car, not an impostor,” she said.
Ms. Zefo and others at a cybersecurity event hosted by Nasdaq Inc. and the National Cyber Security Alliance Tuesday make the argument that judicious use of biometric tools can keep people safer.
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Reporter's Notebook: The NCSA-Nasdaq Summit
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Most cybersecurity incidents are preventable through common-sense precautions, a DHS official said. PHOTO: KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS
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Insights on the government's role in cybersecurity, how 5G will shake up IT, and quantum computing's impact on encryption. WSJ Pro’s James Rundle brings us the highlights from this year's cybersecurity summit co-hosted by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Nasdaq Inc., held Tuesday in New York.
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The government can’t fix everyone’s cybersecurity problems.
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The types of threats faced by businesses and the public sector have changed.
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5G networks could shake up how companies approach technology.
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Quantum computers will lead to stronger cryptography.
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A pedestrian walking past the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. PHOTO: JOSHUA ROBERTS/REUTERS
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FBI’s use of surveillance database violated Americans’ privacy rights, court found. The intelligence community disclosed Tuesday that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court last year found that the FBI’s pursuit of data about Americans ensnared in a warrantless internet-surveillance program intended to target foreign suspects may have violated the law authorizing the program, The Wall Street Journal reports. The court also said the activity may have infringed on the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.
Raw intelligence: The court concluded that the FBI had been improperly searching a database of raw intelligence for information on Americans—raising concerns about oversight of the program, which as a spy program operates in near total secrecy. Tens of thousands of searches by the bureau in 2017 and 2018 were deemed improper.
No go: The Trump administration failed to make a persuasive argument that modifying the program to better protect the privacy of Americans would hinder the FBI’s ability to address national-security threats, wrote U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who serves on the FISA Court.
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U.S. and European lawmakers have levied criticism at Facebook’s proposed libra digital currency since it was unveiled in June. PHOTO: ISOPIX/ZUMA PRESS
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Facebook’s libra hits extra regulatory roadblocks in Europe. The European Union will introduce legislation aimed at preventing libra, Facebook Inc.’s proposed digital currency, from undermining Europe’s single currency and being used as a money-laundering tool, WSJ reports. The move is one of the toughest regulatory responses so far. Dante Disparte, head of policy and communications for the Libra Association, told WSJ that the organization recognized that as libra is an emerging technology, “policy makers must carefully
consider how its applications fit into their financial system policies.”
California laws take aim at deepfakes. One law bans deepfakes in politics while another creates legal tools for individual victims fighting the use of false videos, such as in pornography, ZDNet reports. Satire and parody are exceptions.
Most presidential campaign websites fall short on security or privacy: report. An analysis of 23 presidential campaign sites by the nonprofit Online Trust Alliance finds security or privacy deficits at most of them, CSO Online reports. Seven websites got high marks, including those of Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.); Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.); former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke; Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.); President Donald Trump; and self-help guru Marianne Williamson. Poor privacy practices contributed
to failing grades at the other 16 sites.
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