French agency #Pajemploi reports #DataBreach affecting 1.2M people
BleepingComputer
French agency Pajemploi reports data breach affecting 1.2M people
Pajemploi, the French social security service for parents and home-based childcare providers, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed pers...
 #privacy #cybersecurity #France
#IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
404 Media
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines...
 #privacy #politics
Contractor Recruiting People on #LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for #ICE, Will Pay $300
404 Media
Contractor Recruiting People on LinkedIn to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE, Will Pay $300
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
 #privacy #politics #immigration
A Simple #WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers
WIRED
A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone n...
 #cybersecurity #Meta #privacy
#Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January
TechCrunch
Roblox will require all users to perform age checks to access chat starting in January | TechCrunch
The move comes amid multiple lawsuits, including from the attorneys general of Texas and Louisiana, against Roblox over child safety concerns. The ...
 #AgeVerification #privacy #gaming
#Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures
TechCrunch
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the executive director as the company b...
 #SocialMedia #fediverse #privacy #FOSS
Mexican government partially unblocks secure internet
Mexican government partially unblocks secure internet | Tor Project
Mexico blocked Tor access to government websites citing security concerns. The current administration lifted the main block earlier this year, thou...
 #Mexico #politics #Tor #privacy #anonymity
#Google fixes new #Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
BleepingComputer
Google fixes new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
Google has released an emergency security update to fix the seventh Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks this year.
 #cybersecurity
#OpenAI has suggested introducing client-side encryption for #ChatGPT
Privacy Guides Community
OpenAI has suggested introducing client-side encryption for ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/fighting-nyt-user-privacy-invasion/ They published their latest article on the NYT lawsuit. In it, they suggested introdu...
 #privacy #AI #LLM
#Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded #Nest thermostats
The Verge
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
The thermostats may no longer connect to Google’s app, but they still transmit your data.
 #privacy #IoT