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Twiiit: A tool to find Nitter instances that haven't been ratelimited (twiiit.com)

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Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

‘A privacy nightmare’: the $400m surveillance package inside the US immigration bill (www.theguardian.com)

NSA Confirms Purchasing Data on American Citizens' Internet Behavior, Circumventing the Need for Warrants (reclaimthenet.org)

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Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit (www.theguardian.com)

Targeted Ads are a Cybersecurity Risk (avoidthehack.com)

The article provides a comprehensive overview of the risks associated with targeted ads and malvertising. It offers insights into the different ways malvertising can be carried out and how it can appear on any advertisement on any website, including popular ones. It cites examples of high-profile malvertising cases involving...

Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service (www.ghacks.net)

‘Constantly monitored’: the pushback against AI surveillance at work (www.theguardian.com)

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying. (slate.com)

Rite Aid "covert surveillance program" falsely ID'd customers as shoplifters, FTC says (www.cbsnews.com)

Governments spying on Apple and Google users through phone notifications, U.S. senator says (www.cnbc.com)

Automakers’ data privacy practices “are unacceptable,” says US senator (arstechnica.com)

US lawmakers introduce surveillance reforms intended to curb FBI spying (www.reuters.com)

A bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation intended to curb the FBI’s sweeping surveillance powers, saying the bill helps close the loopholes that allow officials to seize Americans’ data without a warrant....

UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software (www.theguardian.com)

Police in Canada look into tech that accesses your home security cameras (www.cbc.ca)

Police in U.S. say technology is helpful but researchers say Canada should hesitate before using it

Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection (www.theregister.com)

Netherlands Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Privacy Violations (www.pymnts.com)

Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data (theconversation.com)

Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption (www.patrick-breyer.de)

Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (www.bbc.co.uk)

Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Meta's new AI assistant trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts (www.reuters.com)

Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program (arstechnica.com)

Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...

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