Consumer Protection Risk Surveillance 
Malwarebytes
JANUARY 20, 2025
The name for this method is surveillance pricing, and the FTC has just released initial findings of a report looking into that practice. In July 2024, the FTC requested information from eight companies offering surveillance pricing products and services that incorporate data about consumers characteristics and behavior.
SecureWorld News
APRIL 2, 2025
[RELATED: The Pixel Lawsuits Aren't About Pixels ] Plaintiffs are bringing claims under wiretap laws passed in the 1960s, privacy statutes from the early days of home video, and consumer protection provisions that predate modern web architecture. There's nothing futuristic about this version of privacy risk.
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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.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
But like nearly all innovation, there are risks involved. And for products borne out of the Internet of Things, this means the risk of having personal information stolen or devices being overtaken and controlled remotely. It falls upon lawmakers to create laws that protect consumers.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 3, 2023
This is surveillance capitalism , and AI is shaping up to be part of it. And, as with the rest of the internet, that somehow is likely to include surveillance and manipulation. Phone apps collect and sell your data. Quite possibly, it could be much worse with AI. These companies will need to monetize them somehow.
Krebs on Security
JULY 27, 2020
. “The ferocity of cyber criminals to take advantage of COVID-19 uncertainties by preying on small businesses is disturbing,” said Andrew LaMarca , who leads the global high-risk and fraud team at Dun & Bradstreet. For example, only recently did the three major consumer reporting bureaus allow all U.S.
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. We don’t just report on threats – we help safeguard your entire digital identity Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.
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