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NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
"Help us help you."
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Washington passes law requiring consent before companies collect health data
A new Washington state law will require companies to receive a user’s explicit consent before they can collect, share, or sell their health data. Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the My Health, My Data bill into law on Thursday, giving users the right to withdraw consent at any time and have their data deleted.
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Elon Musk claims the US government had ‘full access’ to private Twitter DMs
Twitter CEO Elon Musk claimed in an interview that the U.S. government has “full access” to users’ private direct messages, saying knowing that information blew his mind.
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Avoid using free public phone charging stations, FBI Denver warns
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials in Denver are warning travelers and shoppers to avoid public free phone charging portals, warning that "bad actors" use these to install malware and tracking software onto computers and phones.
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TikTok fined nearly $16M by U.K. watchdog over misuse of childrens' data
The Information Commissioner's Office said it issued a fine of 12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) to the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people.
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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'
Law enforcement officers have used Clearview AI's facial recognition database nearly a million times, Hoan Ton-That, the company's CEO, told the BBC.
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Panera to adopt palm-reading payment systems, sparking privacy fears
Bakery is first restaurant chain to use Amazon One biometric technology, which faces scrutiny from lawmakers and activists
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The FBI Has Been Buying Bulk Internet Data from This Weird Florida Company
A data broker that previously sold data-pilfering tools to the U.S. military has received tens of thousands of dollars from the FBI for similar services.
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The U.S. government is now using AirTags to spy on packages
Apple launched the AirTag to help track your bag or keep an eye on pets. Law enforcement agencies are now using it to clamp down on drug operations.
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OpenAI CEO 'feels awful' about ChatGPT leaking conversations
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman feels "awful" about ChatGPT leaking some users' chat histories on Monday, and blamed an open source library bug for the snafu. In a couple of tweets, Altman admitted the flaw, which allowed some users to see snippets of others' conversations — not the full contents, but recent titles – with the question-and-response bot.
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The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology
Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections.
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Microsoft to fix Windows 11 ‘aCropalypse’ privacy failure
All your previously Snipping Tool cropped images aren't, basically
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Meta Security Exec Hacked and Tracked for a Year by 'Predator' Spyware
A Meta executive spent a year under surveillance by the Greek government, in what appears to be the first targeting of a U.S. citizen by "Predator" spyware.
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Google to pay $391.5 million in location tracking settlement with 40 states
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 state attorneys general over its location tracking practices.
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EU youth refuse to be surveilled - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Poll: the 80% would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities can monitor their communication.
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Opinion: My data got leaked in Indigo’s ransomware attack, years after I left. We need better cybersecurity rules
It has become clear that there is little clarity in the law about the obligations an employer owes to its current and former employees
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Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers
Social media sites are inundated with police requests for user data and may cooperate even if not legally required to, one legal expert told Insider.
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"There is no prosecution at any cost."
On March 1, the German Parliament held a hearing in the Digital Committee on the EU Commission's draft law to fight child sexual abuse online, also named 'chat control'. IT experts, civil libertarians, law enforcement officials and even child protectors agree: the EU's proposal does not protect children, but poses major risks to fundamental rights.
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This new gadget can instantly find a hidden AirTag
A firm that has made wireless scanning devices for law enforcement has announced a version for consumers that can immediately detect AirTags, long before Apple's anti-stalking features start sounding off.
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Tennessee man charged with using AirTag to stalk ex-wife
In yet another case of a stalker using Apple's AirTags — and of the AirTags alerting the victim — police near Memphis have arrested a woman's ex-husband. Carlos Atkins is not the first man to be charged with what the Fox News local affiliate station reports is defined as "electronic tracking of a motor vehicle." Depending on the outcome of police proceedings, he won't the first stalker to be jailed because of AirTags, either.
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