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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThe Register: Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts. “Your latest chat transcript could be bought and sold. Data brokers are selling access to sensitive personal data captured during chatbot conversations, despite claims that the data is anonymized and obtained with consent.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/the-register-the-register-chat-at-your-own-risk-data-brokers-are-selling-deeply-personal-bot-transcripts-your-latest-chat-transcript-could-be-bought-and-sold-data-brokers-are-selling-access-to/
The Register: Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts
The Register: Chat at your own risk! Data brokers are selling deeply personal bot transcripts. “Your latest chat transcript could be bought and sold. Data brokers are selling access to sensit…
The Daily PerspectiveThe Ad-Tech Surveillance Loophole: How US Borders Agency Tracked Phones
#Privacy #DataBrokers #Surveillance #FourthAmendment #AusNews
MissConstrueWell, this slipped past while we were watching the war crimes. The House advanced #KOSA and some other "protect the kids, punish the gay" legislation on party line votes.
None of this legislation, just like the laws passed in CA and CO, are about protecting children. These are pedophile protectors, they don't care about your kids unless they get to peer into their pants. This is about enriching their sponsors and Total Information Control.
This is dangerous to liberty, life and freedom.
#lgbtq #onlinesafety #totalitarianism #authoritarianism #palantir #databrokers #FreedomForSale #USpol #Congress
Markus Kastelitz
James House-Lantto (He/Him)Here's the short and skinny of it. Those advertisements that are targeted at you, by Facebook, google & others.
Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, as confirmed by new reports.
#Privacy #EFF #DigitalPrivacy #DataBrokers #Surveillance #CivilLiberties #SurveillanceCapitalism #PrivacyMatters
Tracy Rosenberg"Breaches at #databrokers have cost American consumers more than $20 billion. The estimated losses stem from identity theft linked to just four recent data breaches involving major brokers" https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/02/data-brokers-leak-personal-data-cost-americans-21-billion/
Oakland Privacy"Breaches at #databrokers have cost American consumers more than $20 billion. The estimated losses stem from identity theft linked to just four recent data breaches involving major brokers" https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/02/data-brokers-leak-personal-data-cost-americans-21-billion/
knoppixSharing this Proton guide on how to protect your privacy at protests — from burner/“clean” phones and Faraday bags to encrypted apps, metadata scrubbing, and masking against AI facial recognition. 🛡️
Worth a read if you’re worried about surveillance at demonstrations. 🎭
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/how-to-protect-privacy-at-protests
#TechNews #Privacy #Protest #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Encryption #Security #FacialRecognition #DataBrokers #VPN #Signal #Biometrics #Rights #Freedom #War #Activism
Gizmodo: Feds Used Online Advertising Data to Track the Public’s Phone Locations. “An internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection document reveals that the agency bought online advertising data that could allow it to track mobile phone locations over time.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/gizmodo-feds-used-online-advertising-data-to-track-the-publics-phone-locations/