consumer protection
Conflicting Messages on Messages: Tx AG Sues Meta About WhatsApp Encryption Claims
To a cryptographer, those distinctions are elementary. To an ordinary user, they are usually invisible. When a messaging app says “your messages are encrypted,” many users hear something much stronger: “nobody else ...
SEC Rules – Crypto IS A Security – Sometimes
Cryptocurrency is a speculative asset, a payment system, and critical infrastructure all at once. Explore why this "Shimmer" problem creates an unstable security model where users bear 100% of the risk ...
AI Overviews Rife With Scam Phone Numbers
In a new take on an old scam, AI Overviews are inadvertently coughing up fraudulent phone numbers for companies that appear in search queries leading callers to miscreants who elicit sensitive data and ...
New York Attorney General Sues Zelle Parent Over Fraud Failures, Raising Stakes for Real-Time Payment Security
New York AG Letitia James has sued Zelle’s parent, Early Warning Services, over billions lost to fraud, spotlighting the urgent need for stronger safeguards, consumer protections, and risk quantification in real-time payments ...
Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: How to navigate economic disruption and ensure consumer protection
Discover the impact of global economic disruption on fraud and fraud prevention, and the growing ATO threat during the holidays. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: How to navigate economic disruption ...
Using Clean Rooms and Synthetic Data to Reduce Fraud
There is an interesting duality in the world of identity. On one hand, businesses use consumer data to deliver personalized recommendations that increase the value of their services. From streaming services to ...
Dell Doesn’t Care About Fraud – And Neither Do Most Companies
A declined suspicious attempted purchase sheds an ugly light on company apathy regarding fraud Willie Sutton famously replied to the question, “Why do you rob banks?” with the answer, “Because that’s where ...
