Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
For the first time, guerrilla animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere reveals a guide to its investigative tactics and toolkit, from spy cams to night vision and drones.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:44:02 +0000
The Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023 pulls from past privacy bills to overhaul how police and the feds access Americans’ data and communications.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:41:31 +0000
Israel has said it’s prepared to disrupt internet service in Gaza, signaling a new age of warfare. In the past two weeks, the Palestinian territory has already suffered three communications shutdowns.
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Credit to Author: K.G. Orphanides| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:52:58 +0000
A complaint filed with the EU’s independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive.
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Microsoft is trying to get rid of that sticky note that you see taped to everyone’s office monitor. You know, the one with the password on it. The one with all of the old passwords crossed off one by one, each one subtly different from the last — an exclamation point turning into an ampersand, a one into a two.
Enterprises have really done this to themselves. The passwords that most organizations require — which have to be complex, with long strings of numbers and specially cased phrases with some (but not all! heavens no, not the one you want) symbols — are difficult to remember. There’s no hope except to write them down. Then you have to reset them every so often. Then they get recycled. And on and on the cycle goes.
Credit to Author: Lauren Smiley| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out.
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Credit to Author: Tom Bennett| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000
The West Bank was Israel’s surveillance laboratory. Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian residents have been locked in for days at a time.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: SolarWinds is charged with fraud, New Orleans police face recognition has flaws, and new details about Okta’s October data breach emerge.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000
Following a string of serious security incidents, Microsoft says it has a plan to deal with escalating threats from cybercriminals and state-backed hackers.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0000
The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.
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