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Thank Q, Next In its next release, Android plans to up its privacy game. But the operating system still caters to ad trackers at its users’ expense. The newest release of Android, dubbed “Q,” is currently in late-stage beta testing and slated for a full release this summer. After a year defined by new privacy protections around the world and major privacy failures by Big Tech , this year, Google is trying to convince users that it is serious about “ protecting their information .” The word “privacy” was mentioned 22 times during the 2019 Google I/O keynote . Keeping up that trend, Google has made—and marketed— a number of privacy-positive changes to Android for version Q. Many of the changes in Q are significant improvements for user privacy, from giving users more granular control over location data to randomizing MAC addresses when connecting to WiFi networks by default. However, in at least one area, Q’s improvements are undermined by Android’s continued support ...

San Francisco Takes a Historic Step Forward in the Fight for Privacy The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted today by 8-to-1 to make San Francisco the first major city in the United States to ban government use of face surveillance technology. This historic measure applies to all city departments. The Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance also takes an important step toward ensuring a more informed and democratic process before the San Francisco Police Department and other city agencies may acquire other kinds of surveillance technologies. Face recognition technology is a particularly pernicious form of surveillance, given its disparate propensity to misidentify women, and people of color. However, even if those failures were addressed, we are at a precipice where this technology could soon be used to track people in real-time. This would place entire communities of law-abiding residents into a perpetual line-up, as they attend worship, spend time with romantic partners, a...