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China plans big data warning system to prevent public killings
This article is the best answer to people who say that they have "nothing to hide".
> China’s Communist Party is stepping up the use of big data to predict people’s behavior in a bid to identify “social risks” and prevent violent attacks on members of the public in the wake of the car killings in Zhuhai earlier this month.
- therecord.media Judge rejects data brokers’ bid to throw out case brought by law enforcement officers
The judge in the lawsuit ruled that the case, filed in February, can proceed because Daniel’s Law does not violate the data brokers’ constitutional right to freedom of speech as they had argued.
> A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday denied data brokers’ requests to dismiss a case brought by state law enforcement officers who sued the companies for failing to take their home addresses and phone numbers off the web.
- therecord.media India’s new cyber rules for telecoms come with big privacy risks, experts say
Cybersecurity regulations under the wide-ranging Telecom Act don't go far enough to protect consumers from government access to their telecommunications data, privacy advocates say.
> India’s telecommunications regulator has rolled out rules designed to protect the country’s critical infrastructure networks from cyberthreats, but experts warn that the new guidelines have inadequate safeguards for users' fundamental privacy rights.
- www.theregister.com The Bing Wallpaper app may decrypt, read your cookies
Microsoft free tool snooping on users? Surely not!
- www.tomshardware.com Microsoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to find
Opting out requires a lengthy excursion through Microsoft's Trust Center.
- www.wired.com The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops
Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader could soon catalyze change for everyone.
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Italian food delivery app Foodinho eats another privacy fine
techcrunch.com Italian food delivery app Foodinho eats another privacy fine | TechCrunchNot for the first time, food delivery firm Foodinho has been spanked by Italy's privacy watchdog. Per Reuters, the Glovo-owned on-demand delivery app has
- www.nj.com N.J. worker loses job after objecting to surveillance camera pointed at her desk, lawsuit says
Amanda Glenn, a former program manager at the New Jersey Board of Tree Experts, alleges in court papers a colleague informed her in October 2023 about a concealed Ring camera, camouflaged with tape, positioned in the shared office space to monitor her work.
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Fingerprinting and Tracing Shadows: The Development and Impact of Browser Fingerprinting on Digital Privacy
>Abstract > >Browser fingerprinting is a growing technique for identifying and tracking users online without traditional methods like cookies. This paper gives an overview by examining the various fingerprinting techniques and analyzes the entropy and uniqueness of the collected data. The analysis highlights that browser fingerprinting poses a complex challenge from both technical and privacy perspectives, as users often have no control over the collection and use of their data. In addition, it raises significant privacy concerns as users are often tracked without their knowledge or consent. > >Methods of Browser Fingerprinting > >- A. HTTP Header Attributes >- B. Enumeration of Browser Plugins >- C. Canvas Fingerprinting >- D. WebGL Fingerprinting >- E. Audio Fingerprinting >- F. Font Fingerprinting >- G. Screen Fingerprinting >- H. WebRTC Fingerprinting >- I. CSS Fingerprinting >- J. Additional JavaScript Attributes >- K. Advanced Techniques Using Machine Learning
- apnews.com Apple and Google face UK investigation into mobile browser dominance
A British watchdog says Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers.
- therecord.media DeliveryHero subsidiary fined $5.2 million for tracking drivers’ geolocation
Milan-based Foodinho is accused of illegally processing the personal data of more than 35,000 drivers through its digital platform.
> Italy’s data privacy regulator on Friday announced that it has levied a €5 million ($5.2 million) fine against an Italian GPS-based food delivery service for tracking the geolocation of its drivers, including outside of working hours.
- appleinsider.com Apple shifts to internal advertising sales for Apple News
Apple has started to sell advertising on Apple News by itself, a report claims, with the company handling ad inventory sales for the service on its own.
- www.wired.com China’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle
Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked.
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> Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked.
- www.androidauthority.com What's worse than ads and AI? Ads in your AI, so Google is testing it
Google is integrating ads into its AI Overviews on mobile in the US. Here’s what you need to know about this controversial change.
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India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine
techcrunch.com India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine | TechCrunchIndia's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years and also levied India's competition watchdog has fined Meta $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy.
- www.bbc.com 'You are under digital arrest': Inside a scam looting millions from Indians
Indians are being stripped of their life savings by savvy scammers putting them under "digital arrest".
- www.independent.ie Facebook and Instagram to introduce unskippable ads
Facebook and Instagram are to introduce unskippable ads.
- gizmodo.com U.S. May Support 'Global Surveillance' Treaty Hated by Everyone but Authoritarian Governments
Privacy advocates, human rights groups, and multinational technology companies have all said the U.N.'s new cybercrime convention is a disaster waiting to happen.
