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Taking a GPS tracker off your car isn’t ‘theft,’ court rules

February 26, 2020 0 Comments derek heuring, gps, indiana, Law & order, surveillance, tracking device

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:03:05 +0000

This line of thinking could get absurd, Indiana’s supreme court declared. How do you “steal” something if you don’t know who owns it?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FhoNPMhPXqg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google denies illegally slurping data off free student Chromebooks

February 25, 2020 0 Comments chromebook, contacts, Coppa, data collection, docs, drive, edtech, education technology, g suite, g suite for education, geolocation, gmail, Google, google education, hector balderas, internet history, Law & order, lawsuit, minors, new mexico, parental consent, Privacy, search engine records, sheet, student data, students, unfair practices act, voice recordings

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:22:04 +0000

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cvVZ0VW5JqY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition

February 21, 2020 0 Comments bill, biometrics, facial recognition, Law & order, law enforcement, legislation, Privacy, privacy law, seattle, senate bill 6280, washington

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:12:47 +0000

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EQuUOXoeqVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook asks to be regulated kinda like a newspaper, kinda like telco

February 19, 2020 0 Comments content moderation, european commission, extremist content, facebook, fake news, harms regulation, Law & order, Mark Zuckerberg, political advertising, Privacy, regulations, regulators, rules for the internet, Social networks, uk

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:37:17 +0000

Zuckerberg is in Brussels right in time for the European Commission’s release of its manifesto on regulating AI.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vD36QJcf5Ls” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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IOTA shuts down network temporarily to fight wallet hacker

February 18, 2020 0 Comments Blockchain, crypto fraud, crypto theft, cryptocoin, cryptocurrency, cryptojacking, iota, Law & order

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:12:57 +0000

Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CvCaGAUzQzs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details

February 17, 2020 0 Comments australia, bad reviews, fraudulent reviews, Google, google reviews, Law & order, lawsuit, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:02:28 +0000

A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4sEoG9Kawk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency

February 17, 2020 0 Comments california consumer protection act, CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data protection, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Government security, kirsten gillibrand, Law & order, online privacy, personal data, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy, selling data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

February 17, 2020 0 Comments alphabay, bitcoin, bitcoin mixer, bitcoin taint, bitcoin tumbler, bitmixer, BTC-e, chainalysis, cryptocurrency, dark net, dark web, drugs, grams, helix, larry harmon, Law & order, Money Laundering, narcotics, ohio

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:45:49 +0000

The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wxaX5m7CMuw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Suspect who refused to decrypt hard drives released after four years

February 14, 2020 0 Comments Apple, child pornography, contempt, encryption, fifth amendment, francis rawls, hard drive, Law & order, passcodes, Privacy

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:12:52 +0000

The US Court of Appeals ruled that he couldn’t continue to be held for refusing to give up his passcodes.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-PcVPhz2bC0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook ices in-app dating in EU after questions from regulator

February 14, 2020 0 Comments dating apps, DPC, facebook, facebook dating, Irish Data Protection Commission, Law & order, lovers' quarrel, online dating, Privacy, regulator

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:28:30 +0000

The app’s rollout in the EU has been delayed until Facebook can show privacy regulators its data protection workings.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/roQf9-KHcLw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>