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404 Media: “A cybersecurity researcher was able to figure out the phone number linked to any Google account, information that is usually not public and is often sensitive, according to the researcher, Google, and 404 Media’s own tests. The issue has since been fixed but at the time presented a privacy issue in which even …
Make Use Of – (and How to Get Rid of It): “If you’ve ever wondered how Google seems to read your mind, the answer lies in its massive and incredibly detailed data collection. You can actually take a look at what Google knows about you—and delete it if you want to clean the slate. It’s …
MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy – “As tanks are sent en masse to the nation’s capital, complete with revolutionary insignia, for a propaganda event this Saturday, one of the president’s top advisors is accusing the government of the State of California of aiding and abetting “an invasion”—a condition for a charge of treason—while the …
CRS Legal Sidebar – Supreme Court Grants Emergency Motion on President’s Removal Power, June 4, 2025: “On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the executive branch’s motion to stay lower court orders reinstating officials at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) who enjoy statutory removal protections. Over the …
The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Programs. In the GEO GWIS work program for the years 2023-2025, GWIS aims at bringing together existing information sources at regional and national levels in order to provide a comprehensive view and evaluation of fire regimes and fire …
The Guardian: “Today, the Guardian launches a unique new tool for protecting journalistic sources. Secure Messaging is an important new technological innovation that will make it easier for people to share confidential information with us. Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing has always taken bravery. As threats to journalists around the world increase, so does the …
Washington Post via MSN: “Researchers recently caught Meta using tactics that one expert called similar to those of digital crooks to secretly compile logs of people’s web browsing on Android devices. No one, including Android owner Google, knew that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram apps were siphoning people’s data through a digital back door for months. …
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 7, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …
“Silent Push Threat Analysts are tracking a massive “fake marketplace” scam that uses thousands of fake websites to abuse dozens of major brands and buy Facebook ads to promote its scam products. Our team is labeling this group “GhostVendors,” and we suspect they are also purchasing ads on other networks to self-promote their scam sites. …
Democracy Defenders Fund: “A new white paper, Cut to Shreds: How Elon Musk Profited While Decimating the US Government, offers a blistering account of Elon Musk’s tenure as a “special government employee” under President Trump. Far from a symbolic role, Musk used his position as de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
EFF: “…The consolidation of government records equals more government power that can be abused. Different government agencies necessarily collect information to provide essential services or collect taxes. The danger comes when the government begins pooling that data and using it for reasons unrelated to the purpose it was collected. Imagine, for instance, a scenario where …
The New York Times no paywall – “OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus …
