SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

To comply with California's new data privacy law, companies that collect information on consumers and users are forced to be more transparent about it. More consumer protection laws will be required. Sometimes the results are creepy. We may need to change the wording on the form.". That's the company's solution.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In a recent blog, privacy company Proton explained how Google is spending millions lobbying and actively fighting against privacy laws that would protect you from online surveillance. Google happily bragged about stalling the ePrivacy Regulation , which would crack down on tracking cookies.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 9, 2019

There is a need to ensure the integrity of the data and algorithms on which the AI is based, including “product safety checks by market surveillance authorities and consumer protection rules that implement place, whit appropriate minimum safety standards.”

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