Enlarge (credit: Carlos Riquelme) A privacy advocacy group has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that Hotspot Shield, a popular free VPN service, collects numerous pieces of data and intercepts traffic in contrast to the company’s claim that it provides “complete anonymity.” In its 14-page filing, which was submitted Monday morning, the Center […]
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Lawyers: how can we scrutinize surveillance records that remain sealed?
Enlarge / The Oakland division of the US District Court for the Northern District of California heard arguments on May 4, 2017 for In re: Granick. (credit: Cyrus Farivar) OAKLAND, Calif.—A federal judge appeared generally skeptical to two legal scholars’ efforts to get the court to unseal years worth of sealed surveillance records held in […]
