SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

The origins of this case date back nearly a decade following controversies around US Government surveillance and leaks from the now infamous whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Over the years, we saw two cross-border data sharing agreements invalidated. Meta wasn’t using these measures and instead was sending data in the clear.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 29, 2020

If the devastating health and economic ramifications weren’t enough, individual privacy is also in the throes of being profoundly and permanently disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The only data the server gets is a privacy-preserving ‘Bluetooth ID’ of the users who agrees to share their Bluetooth ID with the server.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Over half (55%) of companies use tools and activities to reduce insider threat , roughly the same number (54%) use DLP software, slightly less (50%) use UBA software, and 47% use employee monitoring and surveillance (participants could select more than one answer).

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2022

The full discussion, which can be heard below, reveals how the Supreme Court’s most recent decision could impact data privacy practices for millions of people in the United States. Underpinning much of this potential shift in data privacy is, of course, the new, legal uncertainty sweeping across the country.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 28, 2021

The rule invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which permitted companies to freely transfer users’ personal data. The reasoning behind this decision is that the US surveillance law (FISA) does not provide adequate protections or remedies for non-US persons in the EU. Data security. Encryption.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 9, 2022

Be sure to jump off Instagram and WhatsApp, too, which are both owned by the social media giant. Instead, he wanted to start supporting other companies that will respect him and his data privacy. For pure storage options, Parker recommended the service Sync.com because of its client-side encryption. Tired of Facebook ?

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