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Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

January 31, 2020 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

January 30, 2020 0 Comments bill, employee access, employee surveillance, employees, employers, house bill 1143, indiana, Law & order, legislation, microchip, microchipping, microchips, Privacy, surveillance, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

January 30, 2020 0 Comments ‘ndrangheta, Android, black team, data loss, employee surveillance, employees, esurv, fraud, Government security, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Privacy, salvatore ansani, security threats, unauthorized access, virus scans

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:30:55 +0000

eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/08noJbBMayg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland

January 29, 2020 0 Comments bill, bug disclosure, data loss, disclosure, katie moussouris, Law & order, legislation, malware, maryland, prosecution, Ransomware, researchers, responsible disclosure, security threats, vulnerability disclosure

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:53:54 +0000

… with a clumsily worded proposed bill that wouldn’t protect researchers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d9HY01sLptw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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States sue over rules that allow release of 3D-printed gun blueprints

January 28, 2020 0 Comments 3d printed gun, 3d printing, firearms, ghost guns, gun legislation, gun regulation, Law & order, lawsuit

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:02:20 +0000

The government has flip-flopped, most recently proposing rules that would transfer regulation out of the hands of the State Department.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JxB-qrD61WI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

January 28, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, Venmo, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:51:21 +0000

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9Wtt8BCE-R8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cardplanet mastermind pleads guilty to credit card fraud

January 27, 2020 0 Comments card fraud, cardplanet, computer intrusion, identity theft, israel, Law & order, Money Laundering, russia, security threats, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:31:00 +0000

Cardplanet offered refunds on invalid card data, along with a card checking service that ensured a stolen card was still valid.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/u1COzi9wu6w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram CEO’s homes were targetted by SWATters

January 27, 2020 0 Comments adam mosseri, anti-swatting bill, Brian Krebs, Denial of Service, Instagram, Law & order, Privacy, security threats, SWATting

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:36:41 +0000

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s houses were surrounded by SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/G3_eKlvYmFs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments

January 27, 2020 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, legislation, malware, New York, new york senate, ransom payment, Ransomware, s7246, s7289, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:12:18 +0000

One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M15zqIhc3yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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9th Methbot suspect arrested in massive clickfraud ring

January 24, 2020 0 Comments botnets, click fraud, domain spoofing, Law & order, malvertising, mediamethane, methbot, plexious, sergey denisoff, spoofing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:57:37 +0000

How Sergey Denisoff described his early ad-buying ventures: buying BS popup traffic and reselling it to buyers demanding BS traffic.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M-uuNM1-C74″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>