State and local officials are jumping into the fray as well, passing laws or creating policies that have immediate impact without the spotlight that accompanies federal action. But DC is far from the only place that officials are making decisions that impact the privacy and free speech rights of tech users. The panel will be moderated by the Director of the ACLU’s Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, Ben Wizner.īad (and Sometimes Good) Tech Policy: It’s Not Just a DC ThingĮfforts at the federal level to pass laws like SOPA and CISPA and require that tech companies build backdoors into their services for law enforcement use have attracted widespread attention and criticism, and rightly so. The panelists will explore how consumer location tracking efforts weave a story about the systemic privacy vulnerabilities of smart phones and the legal ways in which law enforcement has been able to hitch a ride. In this panel, tech experts Christopher Soghoian and Ashkan Soltani, alongside Catherine Crump, staff attorney with the ACLU’s Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, will present a briefing on the current technological and legal landscape of location data tracking. Because this information is readily available to the government, law enforcement agencies now have unparalleled access to knowledge of where you are, where you’ve been, and through inference, who you are. Advertising and marketing companies extract and interpret these lists for use in their information-gathering networks, effectively turning our phones into 24/7 location tracking devices. Our mobile phones and apps systematically collect and store comprehensive historical lists of our locations and our travels. In addition to trying our hardest not to end of up on the Wall of Sheep, here’s a rundown of what we’ll be up to in Las Vegas.Ĭan You Track Me Now? Government And Corporate Surveillance Of Mobile Geo-Location Data We will have a table at the vendor area all weekend (with super awesome ACLU t-shirts for anyone who signs up to become a member!). The ACLU will be out in force at DEFCON – one of the largest annual hacker conventions in the country – later this week and weekend!
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