Dollar Tree hit by third-party data breach impacting 2 million people https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dollar-tree-hit-by-third-party-data-breach-impacting-2-million-people/
Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/google-online-news-act-1.7043330
LAPD Is Using Israeli Surveillance Software That Can Track Your Phone and Social Media https://knock-la.com/lapd-is-using-israeli-surveillance-software-that-can-track-your-phone-and-social-media/
In Alabama, another small-town paper hit in ‘open season’ on free press https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/27/atmore-news-arrests-alabama/
Senate proposes surveillance bill without FBI warrant requirement https://therecord.media/senate-section-702-reauthorization-no-fbi-warrant-requirement
Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family https://www.404media.co/plex-users-fear-discover-together-week-in-review-feature-will-leak-porn-habits-to-their-friends-and-family/
Police across UK equipped with live facial recognition bodycams https://inews.co.uk/news/police-uk-live-facial-recognition-bodycams-2775720
In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/africa-surveillance-china-magnum/
At Meta, millions of underage users were an ‘open secret,’ show court filing https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/at-meta-millions-of-underage-users-were-an-open-secret-show-court-filing/articleshow/105506139.cms
Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999 https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/21/thirdparty_data_breach_at_canadian/
The Feds’ Vehicle ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy https://fee.org/articles/the-feds-vehicle-kill-switch-mandate-is-a-gross-and-dangerous-violation-of-privacy/
OpenAI ‘was working on advanced model so powerful it alarmed staff’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/23/openai-was-working-on-advanced-model-so-powerful-it-alarmed-staff