Collaborate Disseminate
via Jon Brodkin, plying the writing trade at our beloved Ars Technica, comes this tale of the Federal Communications Commission’s latest fail of note. This time, with the Communist Chinese. Read the Senate report, via the United States Senate’s Perman… Continue reading FCC Follies: The 20 Year Chinese Communist Monitoring Fail
In episode 121 for May 18th 2020: A new Thunderbolt flaw could let hackers steal your data in under five minutes, new vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin, and details on why the US Senate just rejected a plan to require a warrant to obtain Am… Continue reading Thunderbolt Flaws, WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities, Patriot Act Vote
US CEOs who lie about misusing consumers’ data could face up to 20 years in prison under a new piece of legislation proposed last week. Continue reading Mind your own business! CEOs who misuse data could end up in jail
The COPPA overhaul would ban targeting ads at kids under 13 and ad targeting based on race, socioeconomics or geolocation on kids under 15. Continue reading New bill would give parents an ‘Eraser Button’ to delete kids’ data
Time and again, Equifax disregarded warning signs of security vulnerabilities in its IT network, displaying a clear sign of “negligence,” before and after the 2017 data breach, concluded a report by a US Senate subcommittee on Homeland Secu… Continue reading US Senate to Take Legal Steps to Prevent a Repeat of Equifax, Marriot Security Negligence
After a spate of attacks on industrial control systems (ICS), the US this week officially recognized the need to secure them with a new bill. Continue reading US legislators put industrial control system security on the map
But public interest groups warn that media consolidation usually leads to higher prices. Continue reading AT&T CEO Says $85B Time Warner Deal Will Be Tremendous for Consumers
The bill could put tech companies in a bind, essentially asking them to protect consumers’ data with encryption but break that encryption on demand. Continue reading Why Silicon Valley is worried about the new Senate encryption bill