'Enough is enough' - USL's San Diego Loyal walk off the pitch after homophobic slur

The team made the bold decision to abandon a game they were leading 3-1 at the time

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Japan 'Twitter killer' pleads guilty to murders

Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to using the social media platform to seek out and kill his victims.

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Google Pixel phone 'designed for economic downturn'

The Pixel 5 loses several headline features of last year's flagship phone to hit a lower price tag.

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Technical glitch halts trading on Japan's exchanges

Stock markets in Tokyo and other cities suffered a day-long suspended trading session on Thursday.

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Putin, Macron call for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire as deaths mount

Armenia, Azerbaijan reject calls for negotiations and Russia's offer to host talks as fear of broader conflict emerges.

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Seagram liquor heiress jailed for role in US sex-trafficking ring

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China approves arrest of 12 Hong Kong speedboat fugitives

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The offer comes as Azerbaijan vows to fight for full control of the disputed Armenian-majority area.

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EFF: Broad Coalition Urges Court Not to Block California’s Net Neutrality Law

Broad Coalition Urges Court Not to Block California’s Net Neutrality Law

After the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldn’t: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all Californians have full access to all Internet content and services—at lower prices.

Partnering with the ACLU of Northern California and numerous other public interest advocates, businesses and educators, EFF filed an amicus brief today urging a federal court to reject the telecom industry’s attempt to block enforcement of SB 822. The industry is claiming that California’s law is preempted by federal law—despite a court ruling that said the FCC can’t impose nationwide preemption of state laws protecting net neutrality.

Without legal protections, low-income Californians who rely on mobile devices for internet access and can’t pay for more expensive content are at a real disadvantage. Their ISPs could inhibit full access to the Internet, which is critical for distance learning, maintaining small businesses, and staying connected. Schools and libraries are justifiably concerned that without net neutrality protections, paid prioritization schemes will degrade access to material that students and public need in order to learn. SB 822 addresses that by ensuring that large ISPs do not take advantage of their stranglehold on Californians’ Internet access to slow or otherwise manipulate Internet traffic.

The large ISPs also have a vested interest in shaping Internet use to favor their own subsidiaries and business partners, at the expense of diverse voices and competition. Absent meaningful competition, ISPs have every incentive to leverage their last-mile monopolies to customers’ homes and bypass competition for a range of online services. That would mean less choice, lower quality, and higher prices for Internet users—and new barriers to entry for innovators. SB 822 aims to keep the playing field level for everyone.

These protections are important all of the time, but doubly so in crises like the ones California now faces: a pandemic, the resulting economic downturn, and a state wildfire emergency. And Internet providers have shown that they are not above using emergencies to exploit their gatekeeper power for financial gain. Just two years ago, when massive fires threatened the lives of rescuers, emergency workers, and residents, the Santa Clara fire department found that it’s “unlimited” data plan was being throttled by Verizon. Internet access on a vehicle the department was using to coordinate its fire response slowed to a crawl. When contacted, the company told firefighters that they needed to pay more for a better plan.

Without SB 822, Californians – and not just first responders – could find themselves in the same situation as the Santa Clara Fire Department: unable, thanks to throttling or other restrictions, to access information they need or connect with others. We hope the court recognizes how important SB 822 is and why the telecom lobby shouldn’t be allowed to block its enforcement.

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California Net Neutrality Cases - American Cable Association, et al v. Xavier Becerra and United States of America v. State of California

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UN Security Council expresses concern about the clashes, as Guterres calls for halt in fighting.

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Disney lays off 28,000 at US theme parks

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Joyce Echaquan: Outcry in Canada over treatment of dying indigenous woman

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Two lawsuits filed in US state of Florida allege defence company mishandled disposal of hazardous waste materials.

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A new book highlights the "sapeurs" in the twin Congolese capitals of Brazzaville and Kinshasa.

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Amnesty says it’s halting work in India due to gov’t ‘witch-hunt’

Rights body says it shut its operations due to the continuing government crackdown over the last two years.

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Chinese teacher sentenced to death for poisoning nursery children

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Japan’s NTT considers taking mobile unit private in $38bn deal

PM Suga's attempt to push cuts in telecommunications rates could lead to largest-ever offer for a Japanese firm.

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More troops killed as clashes rage in Nagorno-Karabakh

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Arteta speaks about Arsenal's Aouar chase, expects 'busy' finish to transfer window

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George Pell: Cardinal to return to Rome for first time since acquittal

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Zidane shuts down question about Real Madrid signings after 'complicated' win

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Israelis protest against Netanyahu despite coronavirus lockdown

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Switzerland gets ready to vote on ending free movement with EU

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Week in pictures: 19 - 25 September 2020

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Pjanic declares Barcelona are out for revenge after Champions League 'accident'

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Coronavirus: Rio 2021 carnival parade postponed indefinitely

Organisers say they are not yet certain enough to provide a new date for the carnival parade.

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FBI probes police killing of boy on family's drive

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Michaela Abam's hat-trick leads Real Betis to Andalusian Cup semi-final

The Cameroonian found the net thrice as she powered her side past Hispalis to the last four of the pre-season tournament

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Oshoala on target for Barcelona in AEM Lleida rout

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A Nigerian at Real Madrid: African Football HQ

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'Arsenal are like everyone else' - Lyon not expecting clubs to meet Aouar's asking price

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Florida AG calls for probe into Bloomberg funds for ex-convicts

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A team like Bayern Munich hasn't appeared in Europe for many years - Lopetegui

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ATK Mohun Bagan FC’s Edu Garcia - I am a polyvalent player

The Spanish midfielder described ATK’s title winning campaign as a special season for him…

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South Korean official 'killed and burned by North Korea'

The man had disappeared from a patrol boat near the border, said the South Korean defence ministry.

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Pilot whales Tasmania: Rescuing whales in Australia's worst stranding

Nearly 400 whales have died in Australia's worst stranding. Jools Farrell told the BBC how rescuers help those still alive.

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North Korea shot, burned body of missing S Korean official: Seoul

South Korea condemns 'brutal' killing of fishery official and urges Pyongyang to punish those involved in the incident.

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Venezuela’s Maduro calls on UN to rally against US sanctions

Beleaguered leader urges end to 'coercive measures' while opposition leader calls for 'decisive action' to oust Maduro.

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Breonna Taylor: Two officers shot during Louisville protests

Protesters are on the streets in Louisville, after no officers were charged over Ms Taylor's death.

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Wells Fargo's Charles Scharf apologises over race comments

The head of the US bank apologises for an "insensitive comment reflecting my own unconscious bias".

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Britain finally launches COVID-19 app in England and Wales

Launch is four months behind schedule and comes as cases soar to levels not seen since May.

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Atletico Madrid reveal Man City's £78m bid for Gimenez but have no plans to sell star defender

The Spanish side received a massive offer for the centre-back but have refused to sell him just yet

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Burger King reveals the FIFA ploy behind decision to sponsor League Two side Stevenage

The fast food franchise have explained the logic behind their rather strange sponsorship choice

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Westpac bank to pay record Australian fine over laundering breaches

Westpac failed to adequately report 19 million transactions, some allegedly linked to child exploitation.

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Two Louisville police officers shot as nationwide unrest spreads over Breonna Taylor grand jury decision

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US election: Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power

The president also predicted the election result will be determined before the Supreme Court.

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Picture of the day for September 24, 2020

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Lampard praises Silva's 'perfect' Chelsea debut

The Brazilian veteran started and played 60 minutes in his first match with the Blues

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Mourinho points out coronavirus 'contradictions' after Tottenham game called off

The Spurs boss saw his side avoid an earlier mid-week clash but was skeptical about the reasoning for it being called off

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'I work my ass off at PSG!' - Di Maria hits out after missing Argentina call-up

The 32-year-old attacker believes he's still in top form and his advancing age shouldn't see him excluded from the national team

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Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Aston Villa circling for Barkley

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

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Iwobi wants to give Ancelotti 'a migraine' after Fleetwood Town victory

The 24-year-old played from start to finish as the Toffees cruised to victory in the third round of the League Cup on Wednesday

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Chelsea star Havertz looking for 'more goals, more goals' after Carabao Cup hat-trick

The former Bayer Leverkusen man grabbed his first three goals for the Blues on his third appearance with the club

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'It shows his character' - Fabinho's positional 'sacrifice' lauded by Liverpool assistant Ljinders

The Brazilian was forced to play in an unfamiliar position against Chelsea, but excelled as the Premier League champions won 2-0 at Stamford Bridge

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Airlines push for coronavirus tests before international flights

Travel restrictions have crushed a global airline industry that says preflight tests would be better than quarantines.

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Manuel Marquez - 'Hyderabad FC have better Indians and foreigners compared to last season'

The 52-year-old Spanish coach is confident about Hyderabad FC doing well in their second season in the ISL…

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'I cannot imagine a Barcelona without Leo' - Roberto relieved with Messi's Camp Nou stay

The defender spoke about his superstar team-mate, who wanted to leave last month

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'They live in the future' - Chennaiyin FC's Enes Sipovic in awe of Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums!

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Will FIFA and LOC postpone the 2021 Women's U17 World Cup again?

The event had already been postponed because of Covid-19 but seems set for another delay...

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Seaweed tides over Bali islanders after tourism slump

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Musk: $25,000 Tesla ready 'in about three years'

News about cheaper batteries and cars didn't excite investors as $50bn was wiped from its value.

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Nike expects permanent shift to online sales

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Former rebel leader elected Bougainville president

Ishmael Toroama is set to lead independence talks for the autonomous territory in the remote east of Papua New Guinea.

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Solskjaer explains Smalling's Man Utd situation with Roma failing to meet asking price

The England international was a hit in the Italian capital last season but will remain a Red Devil unless the financial offer is upped

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Chelsea proud of not furloughing staff during Covid-19 pandemic - Lampard

The Blues boss wants to see the league and its teams protect those further down the football pyramid

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UK sends US evidence on Islamic State 'Beatles'

Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of killing Western hostages in Iraq and Syria.

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Is the world entering a new Cold War?

The recent US-China tensions were laid bare in speeches by Trump and Xi at the UN in New York.

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How the UAE emerged as a regional powerhouse

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The case described by some as a "David versus Goliath battle" has stirred up debate in Singapore.

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Air Force Two carrying VP Pence forced to turn around at New Hampshire airport over engine issue.

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The Mali international played a crucial role helping the Austrians silence the resilient hosts in Tuesday’s Champions League encounter

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Semedo says farewell to Barcelona with Wolves circling

The Portugal international said goodbye to the club he has been at since 2017 ahead of move to England

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Indian man cuts pregnant wife's belly 'to check gender'

A man from Uttar Pradesh arrested after he allegedly slashed his wife's stomach with a sickle to check gender of baby.

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Vatican, China prepare to renew historic deal, angering US

Pope Francis has reportedly approved a two-year renewal of the deal on the appointment of bishops vetted by the Vatican.

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Guardiola praises influence of 'incredible' De Bruyne on patched-up Manchester City

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Rescue underway to save 270 whales stranded in Australia

Scientist says up to a third of the stranded animals may already be dead as 'challenging' rescue operation kicks off.

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Trump to name Supreme Court pick at end of week

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No sign of US, China as global vaccine plan gathers momentum

The COVAX initiative pools resources to ensure poorer nations will have access to any life-saving future vaccine.

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'Bio-bubble and Covid-19 protocols' - Why the I-League Second Division is a precursor to 2020-21 Indian football season!

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US COVID-19 deaths near 200,000, one in five of global toll

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Australia whales: 90 dead in mass stranding off Tasmania

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Rivalries challenge UN as it marks 75 years since founding

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Italy votes to slash size of parliament by a third

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EFF: Exposing Your Face Isn't More Hygienic Way to Pay

Exposing Your Face Isn't More Hygienic Way to Pay

A company called PopID has created an identity-management system that uses face recognition. Their first use case is as a system for in-store, point of sale payments using face recognition as authorization for payment.

They are promoting it as a tool for restaurants, claiming that it is pandemic-friendly because it is contactless.

Nonetheless, the PopID payment system is less secure than alternatives, unfriendly to privacy, and is likely riskier than other payment alternatives for anyone concerned about catching COVID-19. On top of these issues, PopID is pitching it as a screening tool for COVID-19 infection, another task that it's completely unsuited for.

Equities issues

It's important that payment systems not disadvantage cash payments, which have the best social equity. Many people are under-banked and in hard times such as these, many people use cash as a way to help them manage their budgets and spending. Cash is also the most privacy-friendly way to pay. As convenient as other systems are, and despite cash not being contactless, we need to protect people's ability to use cash¹.

PopID is a charge-up-and-spend system. To lower their costs, PopID has its users charge up an account wn ith them using a credit card or debit card, and payments are deducted from that. Charge-and-spend systems are good for the store, and less good for the person using them; they amount to an interest-free loan that the consumer gives the merchant. This is no small thing: Starbucks, PayPal, and Walmart all have billions in interest-free loans from their customers. This further disadvantages people with budgets, as it requires them to give PopID money before it is spent and keep a balance in their system in anticipation of spending it.

PopID also requires their customers to have a smartphone for enrollment-by-selfie, which disadvantages those who don't have one.

To be fair, these issues are largely fixable. PopID could allow someone to enroll without a phone at any payment station. They could allow charge-up with cash, and they could allow direct charge². But for now, the company does not offer these easy solutions.

Fitness to task

Looking beyond its potentially fixable perpetuation of systematic inequalities, it's important that a system actually do what it's intended to do. PopID is pitching it as a pandemic-friendly system, providing both contactless payments and as a COVID-19 screening device, using the camera as a temperature sensor. Neither of these is a good idea.

Temperature scanning with commodity cameras won't work

PopID promotes their system as a temperature scanning device for employees and customers alike. Temperature screening itself has limited benefit, as around half the people who have COVID-19 are asymptomatic.

Moreover, accurate temperature screening is expensive and hard. PopID is not the only organization to promote cheap face recognition with COVID-19 screening as the excuse. In reality, the cheap camera in a point-of-sale terminal is both inaccurate and intrusive as Jay Stanley of the ACLU describes in detail.

There's a wide range in the accuracy of temperature-scanning cameras, in normal human body temperature across a population, and even an individual's temperature based on time of day and their physical activities. Even the best cameras are finicky, not working accurately if people are wearing hats, glasses, or masks, and require the camera to view only one subject at a time.

Speeding up a sandwich shop line does help prevent COVID-19, because we know that spending too much time too close to other people is the primary mode of transmission. But, temperature scanning along with payment doesn't help people space themselves out or have shorter contact.

Face recognition raises COVID-19 risks

PopID pitches their system as good during the pandemic because it is contactless. Yet it is worse than payment alternatives.

PopID's web site shows a picture of a payment terminal, with options to use contactless payment systems such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Presumably, any contactless credit card could be used. Additionally, a barcode system like the one Starbucks uses is contactless.

PopID's point of sale terminal

Any of these contactless payment alternatives are much better than PopID from a public health standpoint because they don't require someone to remove their mask. The LA Times article comments parenthetically, "(The software struggles at recognizing faces with masks.)"

Indeed, any contactless payment system has less contact than using cash, yet even cash is low-risk. Almost all COVID-19 transmission is through breathing in virus particles in droplets or aerosols, not from fomites that we touch. Moreover, cash is easy to wash in soapy water.

This is a big deal for a supposedly pandemic-friendly system. The most recent restaurant-based superspreading event in the news is particularly relevant. A person in South Korea sat for two hours in a coffee shop under the air conditioning, and spread the disease to twenty-seven other people, who in turn spread it to twenty-nine other people, for a total of fifty-six people. And yet, none of the mask-wearing employees got the virus.

This is particularly relevant to PopID; a contactless system that makes someone take off a mask endangers the other customers. Ironically, if a customer sees a store using PopID, they better be wearing a mask because PopID is requiring them to come off momentarily. Or they could just shop somewhere else.

Security

PopID brings in new security risks that do not exist in other systems. They have the user's payment information (for charging up the payment store), their phone number (it's part of registration), name, and of course the selfie that's used for face recognition. There's no reason to suppose they're any worse than the cloud services that inevitably lose people information, but no reason to think they're better. Thus, we should assume that eventually a hacker's going to get all that information.

However, being a payment system, there is the obvious additional risk of fraud. PopID says, "Your Face now becomes your singular, ultra-secure 'digital token' across all PopID transactions and devices," yet that can't possibly be so.

Face recognition systems are well-known to be inaccurate as NIST recently showed, particularly with Black, Indigenous, Asian and other People of Color, women, and also Trans or nonbinary people. False positives are common and in a payment system, a false positive means a false charge. PopID says they will confirm any match through the verification process of asking someone their name. To be fair, this is not a bad secondary check but is hardly "ultra-secure." Moreover, it requires every PopID customer to tell the whole store their name (or use a PopID pseudonym).

Lastly, PopID doesn't say how they'll permit someone to dispute charges, an important factor since the credit card industry is regulated with excellent consumer protection. In the event of fraud, it's much easier to be issued a new credit card than a new face.

The end result is that PopID's pay-by-face is less secure than using a contactless card, and less secure than cash.

Privacy

PopID is an incipient privacy nightmare. The obvious privacy issues of an unregulated payment system that knows where your face has been is only the start of the problem. The LA Times writes:

But [CEO of PopID, John] Miller’s vision for a face-based network goes beyond paying for lunch or checking in to work. After users register for the service, he wants to build a world where they can “use it for everything: at work in the morning to unlock the door, at a restaurant to pay for tacos, then use it to sign in at the gym, for your ticket at the Lakers game that night, and even use it to authenticate your age to buy beers after.”

“You can imagine lots of things that you can do when you have a big database of faces that people trust,” Miller said.

Nothing more needs to be said. PopID as a payment system is a stalking horse for a face-surveillance panopticon and salable database of trusted faces.

Conclusion

PopID is less secure and less private than alternative forms of payment, contactless or not. It brings with it a lot of social equity issues that negatively impact marginalized communities. Moreover, any store using PopID and thus requiring other people to remove their masks to pay is exposing you to COVID-19 that you would not otherwise be exposed to.

Most alarmingly, it is also an insecure for-profit surveillance system building a database of you, your face, your purchases, your movements, and your habits.

1. This is a complex issue in that we all intuitively think of money as dirty, and in pandemic times, this is even more on everyone's mind. However, the evidence at this writing (September, 2020) is that exposure through touch is possible but not common, while transmission through breath is the way almost all transmission occurs. ↩︎

2. Yes, these potential fixes are in tension with each other. If someone using the system wants to be cash-only, they're going to have to have a pre-paid balance in the system. In the other direction, direct-charge system has higher costs to PopID, but that's their business issue, and not the customer's. ↩︎

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EFF: What the *, Nintendo? This in-game censorship is * terrible.

What the *, Nintendo? This in-game censorship is * terrible.

While many are staying at home and escaping into virtual worlds, it's natural to discuss what's going on in the physical world. But Nintendo is shutting down those conversations with its latest Switch system update (Sep. 14, 2020) by adding new terms like COVID, coronavirus and ACAB to its censorship list for usernames, in-game messages, and search terms for in-game custom designs (but not the designs themselves).

While we understand the urge to prevent abuse and misinformation about COVID-19, censoring certain strings of characters is a blunderbuss approach unlikely to substantially improve the conversation. As an initial matter, it is easily circumvented: while our testing, shown above, confirmed that Nintendo censored coronavirus, COVID and ACAB, but does not restrict substitutes like c0vid or a.c.a.b., nor corona and virus, when written individually.

More importantly, it’s a bad idea, because these terms can be part of important conversations about politics or public health. Video games are not just for gaming and escapism, but are part of the fabric of our lives as a platform for political speech and expression.  As the world went into pandemic lockdown, Hong Kong democracy activists took to Nintendo’s hit Animal Crossing to keep their pro-democracy protest going online (and Animal Crossing was banned in China shortly after). Just as many Black Lives Matter protests took to the streets, other protesters voiced their support in-game.  Earlier this month, the Biden campaign introduced Animal Crossing yard signs which other players can download and place in front of their in-game home. EFF is part of this too—you can show your support for EFF with in-game hoodies and hats. 

Nevertheless, Nintendo seems uncomfortable with political speech on its platform. The Japanese Terms of Use prohibit in-game “political advocacy” (政治的な主張 or seijitekina shuchou), which led to a candidate for Japan’s Prime Minister canceling an in-game campaign event. But it has not expanded this blanket ban to the Terms for Nintendo of America or Nintendo of Europe.

Nintendo has the right to host the platform as it sees fit. But just because they can do this, doesn’t mean they should. Nintendo needs to also recognize that it has provided a platform for political and social expression, and allow people to use words that are part of important conversations about our world, whether about the pandemic, protests against police violence, or democracy in Hong Kong.

Published September 16, 2020 at 11:10PM
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EFF: Trump’s Ban on TikTok Violates First Amendment by Eliminating Unique Platform for Political Speech, Activism of Millions of Users, EFF Tells Court

Trump’s Ban on TikTok Violates First Amendment by Eliminating Unique Platform for Political Speech, Activism of Millions of Users, EFF Tells Court

We filed a friend-of-the-court brief—primarily written by the First Amendment Clinic at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law—in support of a TikTok employee who is challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on TikTok and was seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO). The employee contends that Trump's executive order infringes the Fifth Amendment rights of TikTok's U.S.-based employees. Our brief, which is joined by two prominent TikTok users, urges the court to consider the First Amendment rights of millions of TikTok users when it evaluates the plaintiff’s claims.

Notwithstanding its simple premise, TikTok has grown to have an important influence in American political discourse and organizing. Unlike other platforms, users on TikTok do not need to “follow” other users to see what they post. TikTok thus uniquely allows its users to reach wide and diverse audiences. That’s why the two TikTok users who joined our brief use the platform. Lillith Ashworth, whose critiques of Democratic presidential candidates went viral last year, uses TikTok to talk about U.S. politics and geopolitics. The other user, Jynx, maintains an 18+ adult-only account, where they post content that centers on radical leftist liberation, feminism, and decolonial politics, as well as the labor rights of exotic dancers.

Our brief argues that in evaluating the plaintiff’s claims, the court must consider the ban’s First Amendment implications. The Supreme Court has established that rights set forth in the Bill of Rights work together; as a result the plaintiff's Fifth Amendment claims are enhanced by the First Amendment considerations. We say in our brief:

A ban on TikTok violates fundamental First Amendment principles by eliminating a specific type of speaking, the unique expression of a TikTok user communicating with others through that platform, without sufficient considerations for the users’ speech. Even though the order facially targets the platform, its censorial effects are felt most directly by the users, and thus their First Amendment rights must be considered in analyzing its legality.

EFF, the First Amendment Clinic, and the individual amici urge the court to adopt a higher standard of scrutiny when reviewing the plaintiff’s claims against the president. Not only are the plaintiff’s Fifth Amendment liberties at stake, but millions of TikTok users have First Amendment freedoms at stake. The Fifth Amendment and the First Amendment are each critical in securing life, liberty, and due process of law. When these amendments are examined separately, they each deserve careful analysis; but when the interests protected by these amendments come together, a court should apply an even higher standard of scrutiny.

The hearing on the TRO scheduled for tomorrow was canceled after the government promised the court that it did not intend to include the payment of wages and salaries within the executive order's definition of prohibited transactions, thus addressing the plaintiff's most urgent claims.

 

 

 

 

Published September 15, 2020 at 12:57AM
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