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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Schneier on Security

Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff calls it " surveillance capitalism." Equifax is one of those thousands of data brokers, most of them you've never heard of, selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent to pretty much anyone who will pay for it. Surveillance capitalism takes this one step further.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. Technology now permeates society in a way it didn't just a couple of decades ago, and governments move too slowly to take this into account. So does society's underlying security needs.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. Technology now permeates society in a way it didn't just a couple of decades ago, and governments move too slowly to take this into account. So does society's underlying security needs.

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The Rise of an Overlooked Crime – Cyberstalking

Security Affairs

These evils include hacking, identity theft, online surveillance, and cyberstalking. We all know the dangers associated with hacking, identity theft, and internet surveillance, thanks to Facebook and other social networking platforms. He writes about online security and privacy, IoT, AI, and Big Data.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Lightspeed’s enterprise sectors beyond cybersecurity include big data, SaaS, crypto, and IT services. VCs are ultimately accountable to the wishes of their GPs and LPs and not afraid to make decisions to their benefit. Sequoia Investments.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

While many envision attacks on smart cars and surveillance cameras, servers exposed to the demilitarized zone (DMZ), such as MoveIT servers , also provide tantalizing edge targets. It’s no secret that the SEC is now holding CISOs accountable for the risks organizations take on.

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Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

WIRED Threat Level

As with many other types of sensitive and revealing data, the government seems intent on using data brokers to buy their way around important guardrails and limits.” That includes location data harvested from smartphones , utility data , and internet backbone data. All rights reserved.

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