Meta’s instant messaging service WhatsApp says its new embedded AI feature is “entirely optional” - despite the fact it cannot be removed from the app Graham Fraser 👉🏻 BBC News Technology 🇬🇧 | #privacy #AI #cybersecurity bbc.com/news/articles/…

“Location data is some of the most sensitive, revealing information that is generated by our devices,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told WIRED. “You can paint a very clear picture of someone's life with just a list of all the places they've been in their car.” wired.com/story/police-r…

Here’s my post on the recent report by The Citizen Lab ⁦The Citizen Lab⁩ 🇨🇦 on Graphite spyware developed by Paragon Solutions, a company that claims to be a responsible vendor but operates in obscurity | #cybersecurity #spyware #privacy claytonrice.com/the-citizen-la…

UK loses appeal over tougher police powers for street protests reut.rs/4lXRyiX reut.rs/4lXRyiX

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission 🇮🇪, TikTok’s data privacy regulator in the EU🇪🇺, found that its data transfers to China put users at risk of spying and fined the video-sharing app €530 million Kelvin Chan 👉🏻 The Associated Press | #DataProtection #cybersecurity #privacy apnews.com/article/tiktok…

“Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users 🇺🇸 ⁦Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai⁩ 👉🏻 TechCrunch | #cybersecurity #spyware #privacy techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/nso…

Breaking News: David Souter, a Republican Supreme Court justice who became a mainstay of the court’s shrinking liberal wing, is dead at 85. nyti.ms/3YBMQgX

Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy lawsuits | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/goo…

“Google has agreed to pay Texas more than $1.37 billion to resolve two lawsuits involving its use of location data, biometrics and its Incognito search engine” 🇺🇸 Suzanne Smalley 👉🏻 ⁦The Record From Recorded Future News⁩ | #privacy #cybersecurity #LocationData therecord.media/google-texas-p…

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta from 1327 to add to its robust collection of medieval texts. reuters.com/legal/governme…

Here’s my post on the guilty pleas entered by Haji Najibullah to hostage taking and providing support for terrorism in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. 🇺🇸 The sentence hearing is scheduled for Oct-23-25 | #terrorism #HostageTaking claytonrice.com/former-taliban…

Coinbase Coinbase 🛡️ said customers’ personal information, including government issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach but it will not pay the hackers’ $20 million ransom Karyne Levy 👉🏻 TechCrunch | #privacy #cybersecurity #ransomware techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/tec…

DanaBot malware operation seized in global takedown scoopmedia.co/4dvmJhS

The U.S. justice department 🇺🇸 has announced that a multi-nation consortium of #cybercrime investigators dismantled the alleged Russian-led Qakbot and Danabot malware operations Lisa O'Carroll Kate Connolly 👉🏻 The Guardian | #cybersecurity #malware theguardian.com/technology/202…

Recent attacks on institutions in the Netherlands were the work of a previously unknown Russian hacking group that Dutch intelligence agencies are labeling Laundry Bear. Microsoft also reported on the group, naming it Void Blizzard. therecord.media/laundry-bear-v…

🚨 AI tools are the new bait! Fake ChatGPT & InVideo AI installers are spreading ransomware & destructive malware like CyberLock, Lucky_Gh0$t, and Numero. Hackers are weaponizing AI hype. Don't trust free tools from shady links. 🔗Details: thehackernews.com/2025/05/cyberc…

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta 🇺🇸 has heard closing arguments on whether to impose far-reaching changes on Google after its search engine was found to be an illegal monopoly Michael Liedtke Alan Suderman 👉🏻 The Associated Press | #Google #Chrome #AI apnews.com/article/google…

Here’s my recent post that addresses this question: how is cybercrime defined and can its parameters be distilled to a core element for analytical purposes? 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇺🇳 claytonrice.com/what-is-cyberc…

In Canada’s 🇨🇦 new border security bill, “[t]he government and law enforcement are running back a decades-old warrantless access playbook that should be roundly rejected” ⁦Michael Geist⁩ 👉🏻 The Globe and Mail | #privacy #cybersecurity #BillC2 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

The most alarming revelation in profdeibert's new book is that the tide of sophisticated surveillance tools and their sinister applications is poised to overwhelm watchdogs, tech platforms, and regulators. Read more: twp.ai/4ioSHt