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CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law

September 19, 2019 0 Comments Brave, Brave browser, business roundatble, california, California Consumer Privacy Act, center for democracy and technology, consumer privacy, consumer privacy law, Data privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EU, European Union, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Maine, montana, nevada, pay-for-privacy, Privacy, Purism, senator ron wyden, Technet, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Federal Trade Commission, Vermont

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:54:43 +0000

Should this proposed privacy law come into effect, if a company violates that law, you, your neighbor, and your family do not have the right to sue them.

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Privacy

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams (updated)

September 4, 2019 0 Comments 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 1KE1EqyKLPzLWQ3BhRz2g1MHh5nws2TRk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, blackmail, CCC, Chaos Computer Club, ChaosCC, Digital Shadows, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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Scams

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Security Sophos

EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings

September 4, 2019 0 Comments data loss, EFF, financial data, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, Payment apps, Paypal, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, Venmo

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:34:26 +0000

The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dIdmnOeegug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs

Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

August 27, 2019 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, Andy Greenberg, AT&T, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, Google Voice, Nicholas Truglia, robocalls, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:43:58 +0000

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptick in SIM-swapping attacks that lead to multi-million dollar cyberheists. If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone service, think again. And you’d be forgiven if you assumed the major wireless carriers or federal regulators had their hands firmly on the wheel.

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

August 22, 2019 0 Comments 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, blackmail, Digital Shadows, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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Scams

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Changing California’s privacy law: A snapshot at the support and opposition

July 25, 2019 0 Comments AB 1416, AB 1564, AB 25, AB 846, AB 873, ACLU of California, amazon, AT&T, Autumn Burke, Big Tech, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, deidentified, Ed Chau, EFF, facebook, Google, Internet Association, Jacqui Irwin, Ken Cooley, loyalty program, Marc Berman, Microsoft, personal information, Privacy, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Technet

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:59:59 +0000

Before the California Senate returns from its summer recess, we look at the authors, supporters, opponents, and donors involved in an extended fight to change California’s privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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Privacy

Tags: AB 1416 AB 1564 AB 25 AB 846 AB 873 ACLU of California amazon AT&T Autumn Burke Big Tech California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA deidentified Ed Chau EFF facebook Google Internet Association Jacqui Irwin Ken Cooley loyalty program Marc Berman microsoft personal information Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Senate Judiciary Committee Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson Technet

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