US Privacy Snags a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches
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Summary
TikTok was removed from US app stores at the start of this week, although the app itself was accessible for a short time to US users, who attempted to get around the ban.
However, President Trump quickly signed an executive order delaying the ban by 75 days, and the app was back up and running by midday Sunday.
At the same time, Trump made good on a promise to free Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web market, who had been serving a life sentence for his involvement in the sales of drugs and guns among other items.
Other news this week includes an interview with Jen Easterly, who recently left her position as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and research into location tracking among Subaru’s customer base.
Additionally, a US judge ruled that the FBI’s practice of searching data on US persons under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without a warrant is unconstitutional.
An issue with Cloudflare’s content delivery network was also revealed, which could potentially reveal coarse locations of users, and an investigation into China-backed hacker group Salt Typhoon has been paused after the Department of Homeland Security let go of everyone working on the agency’s advisory committees.