Chat App Used by Trump Admin Suspends Operation Amid Hack
TM SGNL, a chat app by US-Israeli firm TeleMessage used by Trump officials, halts operations after a breach…
Privacy
‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database
US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuseAutism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic pe…
TikTok Fined $600 Million for China Data Transfers That Broke EU Privacy Rules
EU privacy watchdog fined TikTok $600 million after a four-year investigation found that data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules.
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Ireland’s DPC fined TikTok €530M for sending EU user data to China
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €530M for violating data rules by sending European user data to China. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined the popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million for violating data laws by transferring data belonging to European users to China. TikTok violated GDPR by transferring EEA user data to China […]
Privacy for Agentic AI
Sooner or later, it’s going to happen. AI systems will start acting as agents, doing things on our behalf with some degree of autonomy. I think it’s worth thinking about the security of that now, while its still a nascent idea.
In 2019, I joined Inrupt, a company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s open protocol for distributed data ownership. We are working on a digital wallet that can make use of AI in this way. (We used to call it an “active wallet.” Now we’re calling it an “agentic wallet.”)
I talked about this a bit at the RSA Conference…
US as a Surveillance State
Two essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and aggregation, and how it ends with a modern surveillance state.
It’s good to see this finally being talked about.
EDITED TO ADD (5/3): Here’s a free link to that first essay.
Ticket Resale Platform TicketToCash Left 200GB of User Data Exposed
A misconfigured, non-password-protected database belonging to TicketToCash exposed data from 520,000 customers, including PII and partial financial details.…
Indian Court ordered to block email service Proton Mail
Indian Court ordered a nationwide block of the privacy-oriented email service Proton Mail on April 29, 2025, following a legal complaint. Proton Mail is a Swiss-based email service offering end-to-end encryption to ensure that only the sender and recipient can read the messages. Founded in 2013 by scientists from CERN, it operates under Proton AG […]
India Court Orders Proton Mail Block On Security Grounds
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed India’s government to block Switzerland-based email service Proton Mail, citing national security concerns and law enforcement challenges. Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered authorities to initiate proceedings u…
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Automakers are increasingly pushing consumers to accept monthly and annual fees to unlock preinstalled safety and performance features, from hands-free driving systems and heated seats to cameras that can…