#privacy-risk
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Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

SMS authentication links with guessable or long-lived tokens expose millions to account takeover, identity theft, and data exposure.

fromYahoo Finance

2 months ago

Aussie boss calls out 'humiliating' new hiring trend for job applicants: 'Need a wake up call'

"When I started seeing that it's your only option [to apply]... Like, the callout is to post yourself online and tag them. That was wild to me," she said. "It's almost like it saves them having to go through resumes, cover letters and emails, because all they have to do is find the five most viral videos and interview those people."

Marketing tech

US politics

fromArs Technica

3 months ago

Republican plan would make deanonymization of census data trivial

Differential privacy adds statistical protection to census outputs, and removing it would risk exposing personal data and discourage immigrant participation.

Law

fromBusiness Insider

4 months ago

Can you trust AI to keep your secrets? Probably not, lawyers say.

Conversations with AI chatbots lack legal privilege and data protections, so sharing sensitive information can expose users to subpoenas and other legal risks.

fromGadgets 360

5 months ago

Harvard Dropouts Unveil Smart Glasses That Can Continuously Record Audio

Interestingly, the Co-Founders of the startup, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are the same Harvard dropouts who developed the I-Xray app and integrated it with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The app went viral because of a demo posted by Nguyen, where he highlighted how the smart glasses technology can be used to doxx (the act of revealing personal information about someone without their consent) people.

Wearables