4 changes I made immediately after 1.3 billion passwords were stolen

PCWorld: “Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by Synthient, the data comes from multiple credential stuffing sources shared by threat actors, as well as data stolen directly from individuals through …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

The Government Lawyers Database

The Government Lawyers Database [GLOW] is a publicly accessible record of the legal professionals who are or were involved in representing or supporting the legal positions of the US Executive Branch. The database is a work-in-progress. It’s the first-ever public record of U.S. Executive Branch attorneys’ conduct. The core problem: Government lawyers have a fundamental …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved

CNN via MSN: “Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. But what was once the home of a Christian Scientist church, is now the holy grail of Internet history — …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

AI in Finance and Banking, November 15, 2025

Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, November 15, 202 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 15, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 15, 202 – 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 …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, ID Theft, Privacy, Social Media

Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful

PBS: Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them. The strikes against alleged drug traffickers and deployments to U.S. cities have sparked a debate over their legality. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Frank Rosenblatt, president of the National Institute of Military Justice, which …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

Before you install an AI browser, read this

MakeUseOf: “The latest hype wave around LLMs has created a new trend in the browser world. Everyone suddenly wants to make an “AI browser,” and even the big names like OpenAI and Perplexity are now trying to take on the absolute giant that Google Chrome has become. Competition is always good, especially in a space …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Gemini AI scans your gmails

Reddit – “Google has recently started scanning and analyzing every email you receive using their Gemini AI. This “feature” has been automatically enabled for all gmail users. To disable it go to settings on your gmail account, scroll down to “smart Seatures” and uncheck the box. Below that there’s a setting called “Manage Workspace smart …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Internet

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

The Guardian: “Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts?…sadly we can expect this to get worse before it gets better. But there are tools and techniques we can use in the current information crisis. There are ways we can be better equipped to deal with the era we find ourselves in…Here’s how …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency

Susan B. Glasser in The New Yorker: The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency [no paywall]. “The point is that no matter how much you might want to avoid paying attention to this truly unsavory story, it is not going away. The veteran journalist Jonathan Alter, who’s covered his share …

Subjects: Congress, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research

We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate

NOTE – The Epstein emails released on Wednesday November 12, 2025 are not the files the White House is fighting so hard to keep from coming out. See also Zeteo Scoured 26,000 Epstein Docs. Here’s What We Found You can search and review the emails here. Read what Epstein said about Trump, and his emails …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines