Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars – The Markup A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in identity theft. Major brokers now promise to make it easier to opt out of their databases.

Following Markup investigation, Congress finds data brokers cost consumers tens of billions of dollars – The Markup

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Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

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Yesterday OIPC Legal Counsel Ethan Plato participated in a panel at the Victoria International Privacy and Security Summit #VIPSS entitled "Children's Privacy and Safety Regulation Policy: Canada's Development of a Children's Privacy Network." #privacy #security

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🎉 PB12 is here! 🎉

🗳️ Cambridge residents ages 12+ can vote on projects to improve our city from March 5–15, 2026. Voting is now open! 🤝💭

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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

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Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Proud of my daughter, Cynthia Doniger, published in the Review of Economic Studies. www.restud.com/education-an...

Some cities ditching Atlanta-based company’s license plate readers over immigration surveillance concerns As President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown has escalated in recent months, residents of some cities are urging local leaders to stop using Atlanta-based Flock Safety's license plate reader...

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Bill would restrict government use of license-plate readers, set retention limits and vendor rules ESSB 6002 would broadly prohibit state and local use of automated license-plate reader systems by entities not explicitly authorized, set limits on disclosure and vendor access, and establish a Senate default retention period of 21 days (House version: 72 hours); bill drew sharply divided testimony on privacy, retention, and public-safety carve-outs.

A new bill in Washington aims to regulate automated license-plate readers, igniting a heated debate over privacy rights and public safety.

Learn more here!

#WA #DataTransparency #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #PrivacyProtection

UK to require tech firms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours or face fines U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new law that will require tech companies to remove intimate images shared without consent within two days or face large fines and potentially have their services blocked.

UK to require tech firms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours or face fines #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Dilbert Creator’s AI Resurrection Not So Comic for His Family Plus: Elijah Schaffer’s wife says he’s taking huge amounts of kratom.

AI Scott Adams could be a foretaste of a new phase where AI-driven copycats are used—with or without the permission of the individuals being imitated or their families—to mislead, make money, or move the public discourse.

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily complied with DHS administrative subpoenas seeking to identify anonymous ICE critics, reinforcing platform-level cooperation in digital enforcement efforts. #DHS #ICE #Google #Meta #Reddit #Discord #DigitalSurveillance #AdministrativeSubpoena #Gizmodo

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany fined $25 million over data breaches South Korea has fined luxury fashion brands Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior Couture, and Tiffany $25 million for failing to implement adequate security measures, which facilitated unauthorized access and the exposure of data belonging to more than 5.5 million customers.

Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany fined $25 million over data breaches #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Microsoft rolls out new Secure Boot certificates before June expiration Microsoft has begun rolling out updated Secure Boot certificates through monthly Windows updates to replace the original 2011 certificates that will expire in late June 2026.

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Access Now - A call to EU legislators: protect rights and reject the call to delete transparency safeguard in AI Act We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the deletion of the Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk AI systems that is proposed...

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Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."

ahhh this is so cool

iPhone Lockdown Mode will protect your data, even from the FBI Apple's Lockdown Mode is just one of many ways that can keep your iPhone data secure, as the FBI has once more been finding out.

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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

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Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.

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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Age verification for all.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports
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Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore's four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year.

Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

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A picture of bad bunny with the word love

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

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