US Congress

‘Ban These Chinese Routers NOW,’ Cries House Committee
Richi Jennings | | Attacking Routers, china, China-linked Hackers, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese devices, chinese government, Chinese hardware, Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks, Commerce Department, Congress, Consumer IoT, flawed routers, House of Representatives, Internet of things, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things cyber security, internetof things, internetofthings, internte-of-things, iot, Jeff Barney, John Moolenaar, OpenWrt, Peoples Republic of China, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rob Joyce, router compromise, router exploit, router firmware security flaw, router hacking, router hijacking, router security, router vulnerabilities, SB Blogwatch, SOHO, SOHO and IoT device vulnerabilities, TP-LINK, U.S. Commerce Department, US Congress
Sino stoppage scheme: TP-Link in crosshairs, along with other brands ...
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Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers
Richi Jennings | | AI, AI (Artificial Intelligence), AI privacy, application-level encryption, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence News, artificial intellignece, Artificial Stupidity, artificialintelligence, breach of privacy, Bytedance, California Consumer Privacy Act, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), china, china espionage, China Mobile, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, chinese government, Chinese Internet Security, Chinese keyboard app security, Congress, congressional legislation, cybersecurity artificial intelligence, Darin LaHood, Data encryption, Data encryption standards, Data Stolen By China, DeepSeek, DeepSeek AI, encryption, Josh Gottheimer, Large Language Models (LLM), Large language models (LLMs), LLM, llm security, No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act, Peoples Republic of China, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Unencrypted Data, US Congress
Xi knows if you’ve been bad or good: iPhone app sends unencrypted data to China—and Android app appears even worse ...
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House Passes Privacy-Preserving Bill, but Biden Blasts it
Richi Jennings | | 4th Amendment, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Biden, Biden administration, Biden-Harris, Congress, congressional legislation, Data Broker, Data broker regulations, Data Brokers, foreign adtech, Fourth Amendment, Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA ), H.R. 4639, House of Representatives, Joe Biden, national security, national security policy, President Biden, SB Blogwatch, US Congress, White House
Are you a FANFSA fan? The White House isn’t. It says the bill “threatens national security.” ...
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‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate
Richi Jennings | | Congress, DC Health Link, Health insurance, HIPAA, House of Representatives, pii, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, US Congress, US Senate
Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action? ...
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Bipartisan Digital-Privacy Bill, Delete Your Data Before Selling Your Car, Firefox Total Cookie Protection
Tom Eston | | Car, Car Dealer, Congress, Cybersecurity, Data Brokers, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, Firefox, GPS, Information Security, Infosec, Mozilla, Navigation System, Podcast, Privacy, Privacy Legislation, security, technology, Total Cookie Protection, tracking, US Congress, Weekly Edition
A new bipartisan privacy bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, “could” be the first privacy legislation in the US not doomed to fail, a story about why you should delete ...

1/6/21 Insurrection—What Did the Social Networks Know?
Richi Jennings | | alphabet, an orchestrated plan to [murder] our elected officials on live national TV, Congress, Cyber Militia, facebook, google, insurrection, Meta, reddit, SB Blogwatch, subpoena, subpoenas, Twitter, US Capitol Riot, US Congress
The January 6 committee has had enough of delay and prevarication. It’s written yet again to four social network CEOs, telling them in no uncertain terms to get a move on. Oh, ...
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Congress Passes IoT Security Act, but is it Toothless?
The House and the Senate have both passed a bipartisan bill to shore up the security of “internet of things” devices ...
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Huawei Takes US to Court over Ban, Cyberespionage Accusations
Luana Pascu | | 5G, cyberespionage, Huawei, Industry News, Mobile & Gadgets, national security, US Congress
Chinese telecom company Huawei didn’t take lightly the ban on its equipment and services enforced by US officials as part of Donald Trump’s National Defense Authorization Act, which also prohibits government agencies ...