Deepfake Taylor Swift images circulate online, politicians call for laws to ban deepfake creation
Explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift caused problems on social media and caused politicians to ask for more legislation
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Consumer privacy and social media
Categories: News Categories: Privacy Tags: Social media Tags: privacy Tags: policies Tags: fines Tags: legislation Tags: scraping Tags: advertising Social media platforms are making a lot of money with targeted advertising. To improve the targeting, they want us much of your data as you are willing to give up… |
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Read moreThe ransomware landscape changes as fewer victims decide to pay
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:33:28 +0000
A considerable drop in the median of ransom payments and several other circumstances are causing the ransomware landscape to change.
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Read moreSenate bill would ban TikTok from government phones
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:26:55 +0000
Concerns over cybersecurity risk and possible spying by China have already brought about bans from DHS, DoD, TSA, and the State Department.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JZyyYvFBZdk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreWashington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:12:47 +0000
The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EQuUOXoeqVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreEmployers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say
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=””/>
Read moreLet’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland
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=””/>
Read moreNew York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments
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=””/>
Read moreNo federal privacy law will make it in the US this year, sources say
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:19:55 +0000
Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Pjj93Rj42bA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreRobocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:24:15 +0000
According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UDmV3nOCTag” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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