SBA Exposes Private Information Of 8,000 Small Businesses In ‘Accidental’ Website Leak
By Tyler Durden Never forget that the government is one giant DMV (it’s one of many reasons why so many millions of Americans are wary…
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COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?
By John W. Whitehead “The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if…
Bill Gates, World Bank Helped Build Global Digital ID Structure Before Pandemic
By Daniel Taylor Under the “digital inclusion” initiative, Bill Gates was pushing for India’s Aadhaar digital ID system to expand around the world prior to…
Google-Fitbit Merger Would Cement Google’s Data Empire
By Andrés Arrieta and Mitch Stoltz Google buying another tech company isn’t new. But Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit poses an extraordinary threat to competition and user…
Google Publishing Location Data To Monitor Social Distancing
By Tyler Durden Google has launched a website which uses anonymized location data to show where people are taking social distancing more seriously than others….
Michigan Bill Allows Utility Customers to Have Analog Meters or Modify “Smart” Meter Installation
By B.N. Frank Tens of millions of smart meters have been installed on homes and throughout communities in the U.S. and worldwide. Unlike original analog…
Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding Validates Catastrophic Cybersecurity and Privacy Threats Posed by 5G
By B.N. Frank In February 2018 Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III assumed the duties of Special Assistant to the U.S. Air Force Vice Chief…
The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online
By Joe Mullin Imagine an Internet where the law required every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. Companies that handle such messages…
Signed as Law: New Mexico Strengthens Electronic Communications Privacy Act
By Michael Maharrey Last Wednesday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law that expands protections under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act….
If You’re Close to the Scene of a Crime, Police Can Demand Google Hand Over Your Data
By Aaron Kesel The Gainesville Police Department suspected an innocent man was involved in a burglary so naturally they requested that Google give them all…
Airport Gold Seizure in Amsterdam Points to Bitcoin Utility for Private, Borderless Travel
By Graham Smith A 27-year-old Brazilian man was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam Friday for failing to declare 15 kilograms of gold bars to…
The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption
By Joe Mullin Members of Congress are about to introduce a bill that will undermine the law that undergirds free speech on the Internet. If…
Redditor Wins Fight to Stay Anonymous
San Francisco – A Reddit commenter has won their fight to stay anonymous after facing an improper copyright claim from the Watch Tower Bible and…
Copyright Filters Are On a Collision Course With EU Data Privacy Rules
By Christoph Schmon The European Union’s controversial new copyright rules are on a collision course with EU data privacy rules. The GDPR guards data protection,…