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Paul Bischoff
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BrianKrebsOne aspect of this I can't stop thinking about is the example and precedent set by this administration when Musk took over and started joining all these federal databases that had previously been kept separate for about 100+ reasons over time.
Kind of secondary to those alarming developments was the fact that all of the safeguards we put in place to ensure Security 101 things like "need to know access" and auditability were just tossed out the window, and really haven't been observed by this administration since. It's as if the entirety of what they teach you in Security 101, 201, 301, etc, is just a suggestion.
Also, where THE FUCK did this data go? Who has it? How can anyone be sure who does? Is it still being used? How will it be used going forward?
Steam sale decision: Dragon's Dogma 2 or Returnal?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is slated to vote today on a proposal to scrap cyber rules that the FCC began adopting during the Biden administration.
"The commission first declared that the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) “affirmatively requires telecommunications carriers to secure their networks from unlawful access or interception of communications,” and then it proposed specific requirements that telecoms should have to meet."
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-telecom-regulation-reversal-cantwell-letter/805906/
https://www.fcc.gov/November2025
Pay no mind to the fact that the FBI recently warned the public away from sharing sensitive information over the public telephone networks because they are all so completely owned by state-sponsored hackers from China that they should not be trusted.
Also, try to ignore the fact that CALEA data is exactly what the Chinese hackers succeeded in gaining access to, including call and text message metadata.
We need 10x more oversight of ISPs and telephony providers, not less. What's clear is that what we've been doing to encourage telcos to care more about security is not working at all, but it's for damn sure they're not going to do it on their own.
"Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects."
Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel | AP News https://share.google/WrtAV1Q842PhTCyfb
Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious. The Associated Press has found that the predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched, and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going, and which route they took. Federal agents in turn may then flag local law enforcement. The Border Patrol’s parent agency said they use license plate readers to help identify threats and disrupt criminal networks and are governed by "federal law and constitutional protections.”
Hi Mastodon! my name is Paul and I'm the editor of Comparitech.com. I'm also an amateur game dev.
I decided to try Mastodon after Bluesky gave into age verification laws, which I do not support.