O P I N I O N 50 Very Data Hungry CEOs (Out of About 30 Million) Try to Fool Congress into Letting Them Abuse Your Data A group of big data CEOs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders requesting a Federal privacy law which would usurp the state’s rights to protect their consumers as […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Everyone has heard about the Federal Trade Commission fining (tentatively) Facebook $5 billion for sharing your data – with Cambridge Analytica – without your permission. The FBI has sought proposals for third parties to hoover up everything that is visible on social media and build a database so the FBI can search it for information […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Researchers Hack WPA 3 Again The WiFi Alliance has always keep their documents secret. The only way that you even get a copy of the specs is to become a member and that will cost you $5k-$20k a year, depending on your role. The same team that reported the bugs called Dragonblood found these new […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Attorney General Barr said that he wants an encryption back door and if it compromises your privacy, well, we are not talking about protecting nuclear launch codes. So we know where he stands. What came as a bit of a surprise is that Facebook says that they are going to build a back door into […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple uses contractors to listen to Siri recordings to figure out whether Siri responded correctly. Apple says that these contractors are under non-disclosure agreements and the Siri conversations are not directly tied to the person’s iPhone or Apple credentials. Still, these people hear about: Confidential medical conversations People having sex Drug deals Other likely illegal […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Equifax Agrees to Pay UP TO $700 Million to Settle Breach Lawsuits First – the settlement hasn’t been agreed to by the court yet, so this is all speculation. Of the $700 million pot, at least $300 million is set aside to pay damages to consumers. Another $100 million plus is to pay for credit […]
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