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Meta Sued for Ignoring its Underage Kids Problem (Because Money)
Richi Jennings | | child, child identity theft, child online privacy, Child Online Safety, Child protection, Child Safety, child security online, children, children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), children's privacy, Coppa, facebook, Instagram, Meta, online safety for children, Privacy, privacy children, Rights of Children, Safety Of Children, SB Blogwatch, Won’t somebody think of the children?
Don’t be square: Newly-unsealed COPPA suit says Zuck’s mob knows full well there are loads of users under the age of 13, but did nothing ...
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‘LitterDrifter’ Russian USB Worm Leaks from Ukraine War Zone
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FSB APT USB VBS LNK DLL: WTH? Flash drive sharing malware escapes Україна. Gamaredon fingered as perps ...
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Materials Scientists’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD! ...
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Empiricism’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD! Permalink ...
FCC’s Got New Rules for SIM-Swap and Port-Out Fraud
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Too many times: Federal Communications Commission shuts stable door after horse bolted. But chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (pictured) was hoping it would save us ...
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Google to Force-Block Ad Blockers — Time to Get Firefox?
Richi Jennings | | ad blockers, ad-blocker, ad-blocking, adblock, adblockers, adblocking, adblocks, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Chrome, Chrome extension, chrome extensions, google, Manifest V3, SB Blogwatch, uBlock Origin
Manifest V3: Destiny. Huge advertising monopoly flexes muscles: “Manifest V2” extensions to be nuked, but “V3” cripples ad blockers ...
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FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
Richi Jennings | | 4th Amendment, Democracy, FBI, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Federal Government, FISA, Fourth Amendment, government, government access, government surveillance, Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), lawful surveillance, mass surveillance, nsa, police surveillance, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Section 702, surveillance, US Constitution, US FBI, warrantless search
Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ...
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Date Line’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD! Permalink ...
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Redshift’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD! Permalink ...
HALT! I am Reptar! Intel CPU Bug Panics Cloud Providers
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IaaS Catch Fire: Google and Intel fuzz, find and fix a fabulous bug. Next up: More of the same ...
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