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Security News Bites for May 30, 2025

US Spy Agencies Setting Up Platform to Buy Your Data There is so much data for the government to acquire without a search warrant that it is a problem. As a result the DNI is working on a system to make it easier to buy our data. This even includes the use of AI tools […]

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Prez Signs Take It Down Act Targeting Explicit Pix

The bill passed Congress with overwhelming support so it is not surprising that the President signed it. The first lady was personally involved in getting the bill passed; she testified before Congress in favor of the bill. The bill bans the NONCONSENSUAL online publication of sexually explicit images and videos, whether they are authentic or […]

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Security News Bites for May 16, 2025

FTC Says it Won’t Regulate AI Until After it Causes Harm While I understand the concept, I am not sure it is the best strategy for protecting you and me. On the other hand, regulators really don’t understand technology and rules, once made, are hard to change. Given the rate of change of AI, the […]

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Google to Pay Nearly $1.4 to Settle with Texas

The Texas AG sued Google claiming that they were violating Texas laws by misrepresenting what incognito mode means (it reduces visibility of your browsing ONLY ON YOUR COMPUTER, not on the Internet, your Internet provider or to web sites) and for its use of location data and biometrics. While a billion dollars to Google is […]

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Security News Bites for May 9, 2025

Wrong Number Scam Text Messages This scam is becoming very popular. You get a text from a number that is not in your phone book trying to engage you. “How is your sore back?” “How are you?” “Sorry, I’m running late” Anything to engage you. Once you are engaged they figure you are invested in […]

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Security News Bites for May 2, 2025

4Chan Cesspool is Back Online 4Chan, the cesspool of a website that spews all sorts of hate and garbage, is back. Unfortunately. They have described what happened, loosely. Bottom line was that they were not maintaining their systems and, as a result, they were hacked. Their data and source code was hacked and the rest […]

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