Schneier on Security

JULY 28, 2021

The data that resulted in Burrill’s ouster was reportedly obtained through legal means. 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.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

The extent of the flaw is wide, according to data collected by Krstic during the study, the vulnerabilities could impact up to 10 million people and 30,000 doors at 200 facilities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – buildings, hacking).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

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.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2020

Law enforcement, for instance, drew criticism for using a controversial facial recognition app — Clearview AI — to surveil citizens turning out to protest the George Floyd murder. However, as the data collected by Internet of Things systems gets deeper and richer , the algorithms running AI should get smarter and more accurate.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Poland and Lithuania fear that data collected via FaceApp could be misused. Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for stealing classified data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

Pivoting on the email address used to register that vanity domain, DomainTools.com finds several other domains whose history offers a clearer picture of the types of data sources relied upon by National Public Data. The breach at National Public Data may not be the worst data breach ever.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the US, for example, the FTC has requested public comments on the “prevalence of commercial surveillance and data security practices that harm consumers” to inform future legislation. This showed how consumer data collection can directly impact the relationships between citizens and governments.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The company received a finding of law from the Swiss government that it will not be treated as a telecommunications provider, exempting it from laws that would mandate data collection. surveillance and accept GDPR as a global “gold standard” of privacy protections. are wary of U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Citizens, for their part, are increasingly concerned with surveillance capitalism , a lack of anonymity and dependence on online services. Governments are wary of the growing big tech power and data hoarding, which will lead to conflicts – and compromises. People and regulators will demand more algorithmic transparency.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The incident was independently verified by the authors of the blog IPVM that focuses on video surveillance products. ” Song pointed out that several of the things reported by Twelve are not true, for example he denied that Wyze sends data to Alibaba Cloud in China. SecurityAffairs – data leak, hacking).

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2021

The data that resulted in Burrill’s ouster was reportedly obtained through legal means. Mobile carriers sold­ — and still sell — ­location data to brokers who aggregate it and sell it to a range of buyers, including advertisers, The post De-anonymization Story appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2021

Shoshana Zuboff lays out how and why control of online privacy has become a linchpin to the current state of wealth distribution in her 2019 New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power. It’s critical that they openly discuss these fundamental consumer rights.”.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Here’s why integrating a VPN into your online routine is a smart move: Enhanced Online Privacy When you connect to the internet, your IP address can expose your location and browsing habits to websites, advertisers, and your ISP. Maintaining Online Anonymity Maintaining online anonymity is challenging due to data collection and targeted ads.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 27, 2020

These efforts are well-intentioned, but facial recognition bans are the wrong way to fight against modern surveillance. Focusing on one particular identification method misconstrues the nature of the surveillance society we're in the process of building. Ubiquitous mass surveillance is increasingly the norm.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Babel Street’s LocateX platform also allows customers to track individual mobile users by their Mobile Advertising ID or MAID , a unique, alphanumeric identifier built into all Google Android and Apple mobile devices. Atlas’s complaint says video surveillance from neighboring homes shows the masked individuals circling the Maloney’s home.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A creative avenue for threat actors is to expand their surveillance efforts to include devices such as smart home cameras, connected car systems and beyond. Emergence of more groups offering hack-for-hire services Hacker-for-hire (or hack-for-hire) groups specialize in infiltrating systems and offering data theft services.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2022

Excessive data collection. Carr cited several incidents as evidence that TikTok has been dodgy about its data collection practices. ” Is TikTok a “sophisticated surveillance tool”? In the Twitter thread, Carr pointed out the national security risks TikTok poses. In China, it is known as Douyin.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Florida Privacy Act attempts to give consumers the right to opt out of sharing their data for targeted online ads, which are often collected and sold by companies to advertisers. Florida is now reigning in on the big tech world with a newly enshrined “Florida Digital Bill of Rights.” Two Strikes and… In!

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

” President Trump extended the powers granted to the CIA, which was involved in is offensive cyber operations along with surveillance and data collection activities. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. DAVID RUIZ : We know that mass surveillance has this “Collect it all” mentality—of the NSA, obviously, but also from companies that gather clicks and shares and locations and app downloads and all of that.

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