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Give a Mouse a Cookie – California Court Partially Dismisses Cookie Tracking Case Against Capitol One Under “No Harm, No Foul” Doctrine
Legal analysis of Ingraham v. Capital One, a pivotal 2026 Northern District of California ruling providing a judicial roadmap for modern tracking technology litigation by distinguishing sensitive financial application data from routine ...
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Flock You! Pushback on License Plate Readers
Mark Rasch | | abstract, ALPR, Automotive, database, Flock Safety, Privacy, security, surveillance, technology, tracking
Flock and similar systems have demonstrated undeniable value in solving crimes. They have also demonstrated an unprecedented capacity to document the movements of ordinary citizens ...
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Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
404 Media has the story: Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras designed to record and ...
First Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of
Mother Jones has a long article on surveillance arms manufacturers, their wares, and how they avoid export control laws: Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws have allowed their ...
New Way to Covertly Track Android Users
Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught. The details are interesting, ...
Meta’s Secret Spyware: ‘Local Mess’ Hack Tracks You Across the Web
Richi Jennings | | android, android spyware, Browser Privacy, cookies, DeleteFacebook, facebook, Facebook Spyware, Incognito, Incognito Mode, Instagram, Meta, Meta Pixel, Meta Platforms, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, social media, social network, social networking, social networking security, Social networks, spyware, tracking, tracking cookies, Tracking Pixel, WebRTC leaks, Yandex
Farcebok: Zuckerberg’s privacy pledge revealed as ineffectual ...
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down “Geofence” Warrants – Conflict With Fourth Circuit
Geofence warrants are a relatively new tool that allows law enforcement to obtain location data from devices within a specified geographic area during a specific time frame ...
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Hacked Robot Vacuums, Secret Printer Tracking Dots
Tom Eston | | credential stuffing, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Ecovac, Episodes, government, hacked, Hacking, Information Security, Infosec, Internet of things, iot, passwords, Podcast, Podcasts, printer, Printer Tracking Dots, printers, Privacy, Reality Winner, robot, Robot Vacuum, robots, security, surveillance, technology, tracking, Tracking Dots, Vacuum, Weekly Edition
In episode 351, hosts Tom and Scott explore an unusual incident where robot vacuums were hacked to shout obscenities, exposing significant IoT security issues. The discussion includes the mechanics of the Bluetooth ...
EFF Angry as Google Keeps 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome
Richi Jennings | | adtech, Advertising, Advertising and AdTech, adverts, Chrome, CMA, Competition and Markets Authority, cookie, Cookie Consent, cookieconsent, cookies, Data Privacy, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FLEDGE, FLoC, GOOG, google, Google Chrome, ICO, information commissioner's office, IP Protection, Privacy, Privacy Sandbox, regulatory capture, SB Blogwatch, Surveillance capitalism, Topics, tracking, tracking cookies, web cookie, zero trust
Regulatory capture by stealth? Google changes its mind about third-party tracking cookies—we’re stuck with them for the foreseeable ...
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The TikTok Ban Bill, Your Car is Spying on You, Signal’s Username Update
Tom Eston | | Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Federal Privacy Law, Information Security, Infosec, insurance, Insurance Companies, messaging, phone numbers, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, secure messaging, security, signal, surveillance, technology, TikTok, TikTok Ban, tracking, US government, usernames, Weekly Edition
In episode 321, the hosts discuss how connected cars are sharing driving data with insurance companies, potentially leading to increased rates for drivers. They also talk about the anti-TikTok bill passed by ...

