Mastodawn

Representatives for #Musk’s #DOGE have received permission to access a highly sensitive #DOJ system that contains information including the addresses & case history for millions of legal & undocumented immigrants, acc/to documents obtained by WaPo.

#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #Musk #Trump

Nonilex 2m ago

#Trump #DOJ agrees to let #DOGE access sensitive #immigration case #data
 About a half-dozen DOGE “advisors” won approval from the the Justice Department to access the #ECAS system, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

#law #privacy #InfoSec #immigration #Musk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/21/doge-ecas-justice-immigration-courts-trump/

Justice Dept. agrees to let DOGE access sensitive immigration case data

About a half-dozen DOGE “advisors” won approval from the the Justice Department to access the ECAS system, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The Washington Post

opi 9m ago

There is NO balancing security and privacy. This is nonsense and only a play on words to muddy the waters.

#privacy IS #security

Say it out loud

PRIVACY IS SECURITY

#privacy #security #encryption #rights

Kailas Idavanmuzhi 34m ago

You might not have anything to hide, but you have everything to protect !!
- Mikko Hypponen

#privacy #tech #cybersecurity #security

Swiss Army Nerd 58m ago

Encountered another one...I don't think that "we value your privacy" and "our 887 partners" should be in the same statement. #privacy

Technology Tales 1h ago

Synthetic data—realistic yet artificial—helps organisations overcome data shortages, privacy risks and compliance challenges. It enables safer AI model training, testing edge cases, and simulating new markets, but should complement, not fully replace, real data. #SyntheticData #AI #Innovation #DataScience #Privacy https://levelact.com/how-synthetic-data-is-powering-the-next-wave-of-ai-and-innovation/

How Synthetic Data is Powering the Next Wave of AI and Innovation

Enterprises are generating more data than ever, yet many are still data-starved when it comes to fueling next-gen applications, training

LevelAct

PrivacyDigest 1h ago

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US #Border

Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
#privacy #security #cbp #4thAmendment

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/

How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border

Custom and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.

WIRED

Alexander 1h ago

Duschtanke:
Vi behöver etablera system där publicister signerar material så som videor och bilder för att bekräfta deras äkthet.

Och dessa måste fungera genom någon form av skärmläsare eller dylikt, så att själva innehållet kan verifieras maskinellt och upphovsman kan identifieras.

Samtidigt problematiskt när det kommer till foton online t.ex., som kan vilja förbli anonyma. Kanske att själva kameran kan signera originalet?

#Privacy #GenAI #Security #ShowerThought

Kote Isaev 1h ago

This blog post from 2021 claims 5% of people block trackers, basing on their GA stats. https://cfthoughts.com/how-many-people-block-your-analytics-tracking-code-p522/
But is there some newer data? Not specialized to GA but to trackers in general?

#privacy #tracking #statistics

How many people block your analytics tracking code? - Cfthoughts

Analyzing our visitor’s behavior using (among others) Google Analytics (GA) is very important to us. We also use data from GA to provide to our customers. Hence it is very important that the data recorded in GA is accurate and complete. While analyzing the GA data we were missing data. We noticed some pageviews and events were not recorded. The […]

Cfthoughts

MystSafe 1h ago

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#Kickstarter #Cybersecurity #Privacy #PasswordManager #Encryption #Startup #AppLaunch