Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey sent Meta a letter demanding details by Thanksgiving on whether the company conducted human rights and safety reviews before releasing its smart glasses. They asked how Meta assessed privacy risks to users and bystanders and what safeguards currently exist, citing reports that the glasses have been used by ICE agents during raids and flagged by an NYPD counterterrorism memo. The letter also cites Meta's own disclosures that imagery from the glasses' AI features may be retained and used, with human reviewers, to train AI systems.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-31
Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about privacy and safety risks tied to Meta's AI glasses, citing reports of covert filming, harassment and contractors reviewing footage of people undressing. They asked Meta detailed questions about accidental recording, tampering with recording indicators, blurring of faces and license plates, data access by employees and contractors, and whether human rights due diligence was done before launch, with a response deadline of November 26.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-30
Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the Trump administration missed its own September 13 deadline to publicly release a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruling that found fault with search procedures used under Section 702. The program, which allows warrantless searches of Americans' communications collected under foreign intelligence authority, lapsed in June but continues under the court's approval while officials push Congress to reauthorize it by year's end. The senators have demanded an explanation and the names of responsible officials by November 6.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-27
Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the administration has failed to meet a legally required September 13 deadline to publicly release a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruling from earlier this year. That ruling reauthorized a year of Section 702 surveillance despite the court itself flagging that search filters let analysts pull Americans' messages without required approvals or records. The senators sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding compliance.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-27
Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the Trump administration missed its own September 13 deadline to publicly release a FISA court ruling from seven months ago that objected to how intelligence analysts search Americans' communications under Section 702. The program lapsed in June after Congress failed to renew it, though surveillance continues under the court's earlier approval, and officials are now pushing lawmakers to reauthorize it by year's end. The senators have demanded an explanation and the names of responsible officials by November 6.
wired.com
· 2026-10-26
Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Warren Davidson sent a letter to Britain's Investigatory Powers Tribunal demanding it stop concealing details of Apple's dispute with the UK government over encrypted iCloud data. The case began when the Home Office ordered Apple to build backdoor access to encrypted backups worldwide, prompting Apple to pull its Advanced Data Protection feature for UK users; the tribunal later dismissed Apple's challenge after the UK narrowed its demand to British users only.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-11
The US military has turned off advertising identifiers on Windows, Android and Apple devices used by service members, aiming to stop adversaries from purchasing commercially available location data to track troops. The disclosure came in letters to Senator Ron Wyden, revealing that Windows machines had trackers disabled since before 2021, while mobile devices only got default protection starting in early 2026. The move follows earlier reporting that such tracking data had already been used to target American forces in the Middle East.
yro.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-07
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to NSA Director General Joshua M. Rudd asking the agency to update its public guidance on VPN configurations. He argued that current recommendations don't help Americans facing foreign surveillance—including government staff, contractors, journalists and human rights defenders—choose which VPNs actually protect their communications.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-03
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