Remove 2018 Remove Data collection Remove Surveillance
article thumbnail

NSA Mass Surveillance Program Is Ruled Illegal

Adam Levin

Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks, but had been phased out by the NSA between 2018 and 2019 after disuse and technical issues had rendered the data collected unusable. . “[T]he The post NSA Mass Surveillance Program Is Ruled Illegal appeared first on Adam Levin. The ruling from the 9th U.S.

article thumbnail

De-anonymization Story

Schneier on Security

Mobile carriers sold­ — and still sell — ­location data to brokers who aggregate it and sell it to a range of buyers, including advertisers, law enforcement , roadside services, and even bounty hunters. Carriers were caught in 2018 selling real-time location data to brokers , drawing the ire of Congress.

Mobile 363
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

META hit with privacy complaints by EU consumer groups

Security Affairs

Consumer groups assert that Meta is not adhering to various rules established by the European privacy regulation GDPR: Fair Processing (Article 5(1)(a)): Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently. Consumer groups claim that Meta’s data collection is unfair and lacks transparency.

article thumbnail

Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift

Schneier on Security

And if you read his 3,000-word post carefully, Zuckerberg says nothing about changing Facebook's surveillance capitalism business model. It even collects what it calls " shadow profiles " -- data about you even if you're not a Facebook user. Better use of Facebook data to prevent violence.

article thumbnail

Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. The IT giant will pay $9.5 million to D.C.

article thumbnail

Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

article thumbnail

FinSpy: unseen findings

SecureList

FinSpy, also known as FinFisher or Wingbird , is an infamous surveillance toolset. This version was detected and researched several times up to 2018. Based on the data collected by the Post-Validator, it is most likely that: The Post-Validator is deployed to ensure that the infected victim is the intended one.