Professor Alberto Segre explains how your data is monetized and why it matters.
We also cover AI, quantum computing, and the internet’s real story in this accessible and eye-opening episode.
#theinternetiscrack #DataPrivacy #TechEthics #AIExplained #Fediverse #Podcast #ai #technology
The countdown to the weekend begins with "Five for Friday" by Sherpa Intelligence! 5-4-Friday
See five #InfoSec or #DataPrivacy news items from this past week that you may have missed!
Read, Share, Subscribe!
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/five-for-friday-4-april-2025
President Trump plans to announce 'TikTok America,' a company ~50% owned by US investors and 19.9% by ByteDance, which would license the algorithm. 
Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’ – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/888822/ #AxelVoss #BigData #BusinessAndCompetition #Competitiveness #DataProtection #DataPrivacy #DigitalTechRegulation #EU'sCompetitiveness #Europe #HumanRights #MaxSchrems #MichaelMcgrath #Omnibus #Platforms #Privacy #UrsulaVonDerLeyen
You're protecting your data wrong – Introducing the Protected Query Pattern
https://kilpi.vercel.app/blog/2025-03-27-introducing-the-protected-query-pattern/
#credentials #app #dataleak #datasecurity #dataprivacy #research
#CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy
Read more: https://go.epfl.ch/Jc4-en
Random PSA to enable Advanced Data Recovery if you use iCloud. This was not known to me until recently but at least it's on now?
Next is to find good hardware alternatives to password management and maybe a Yubikey.
Twitter (X) Hit by 2.8 Billion Profile Data Leak in Alleged Insider Job
https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/
Ever wondered how to compute a function across multiple parties without revealing their inputs?
This technique can be used to split secrets among parties, perform logical operations, or count votes in a way that ensures data privacy is preserved.
Read the #InfoQ article to learn more: https://bit.ly/4cx8sAV
This was really interesting and horrifying to read. It makes me want to buy a $20 burner smart phone for online shopping with a VPN.
But even scarier than the price gouging stuff, how do I know that Rite Aid didn’t sell information about me they obtained from facial recognition software when I went into their store/pharmacy to the government? They know I’m disabled because I’m on Medicare and I’m younger than 65. My disability doesn’t involve my ability to walk around a store, but if yours does will Rite Aid tell the government that they have video of you walking for 10 minutes just fine? Will that mess with your disability review? Maybe, who would even know?
Kroger’s Surveillance Pricing Harms Consumers and Raises Prices, With or Without Facial Recognition – EPIC – Electronic Privacy Information Center https://epic.org/krogers-surveillance-pricing-harms-consumers-and-raises-prices-with-or-without-facial-recognition/
Attackers say they breached the British postal service last month, scooping a whopping 144 gigabytes of data.
#UK #hackers #cyberattack #cybersecurity #datasecurity #dataprivacy
ICYMI: Digital audience measurement: How gatekeepers weaponize opacity: How digital platforms use self-preferencing tactics in audience measurement to maintain dominance. https://ppc.land/digital-audience-measurement-how-gatekeepers-weaponize-opacity/ #DigitalMarketing #AudienceMeasurement #DataPrivacy #SocialMedia #DigitalPlatforms
We've all heard about the power of AI, but what's the trade-off when it comes to our personal data?
In the latest episode of the @sharedsecurity #podcast I discuss recent changes in privacy policies by big tech companies like eBay and the conversation around AI's role in data usage.
Listen now and join the discussion on how we can balance convenience and privacy in an AI-driven world!
Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6wN1v4KnMW0
Listen and subscribe!
https://sharedsecurity.net/2025/03/31/understanding-privacy-changes-ebays-ai-policy-and-the-future-of-data-privacy/
Oracle attempt to hide serious cybersecurity incident from customers
Here's an update on my looking into whether my genetic data and samples are secure within the #NIH #AllOfUs program.
Bottom line up front: I'm going to withdraw my consent and ask them to delete my data and samples, and I encourage you to do the same.
Details follow.
* I sent their support team an email asking what they were doing to protect the data from DOGE.
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#dataPrivacy #privacy #medicalResearch
