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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week ago

Mexican Allies Raise Alarms About New Mass Surveillance Laws, Call for International Support

The laws create a new interconnected intelligence system dubbed the Central Intelligence Platform, under which intelligence and security agencies at all levels of government -federal, state and municipal-have the power to access, from any entity public or private, personal information for "intelligence purposes," including license plate numbers, biometric information, telephone details that allow the identification of individuals, financial, banking, and health records, public and private property records, tax data, and more.
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Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Security News This Week: Jeffrey Epstein's Yahoo Inbox Revealed

ICE increasingly uses controversial cell-site simulators ('stingrays') to pinpoint targets and collect bystander data, expanding procurement and raising civil liberties and surveillance-oversight concerns.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Have your say: Should Britain introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal migration?

Sir Keir Starmer is considering national digital ID cards to limit illegal working, prompting debate over effectiveness, privacy risks, and potential harm to ordinary citizens.
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month ago

Take a Look Inside: Managing and Mitigating Insider Risk

All individuals with access to or knowledge of an organization's computers, networks, facilities, information, or personnel are potential insider threats, including vendors and contractors. The ability to intentionally use or accidentally misuse any of this information can breach confidentiality, reveal trade secrets, cause a data security incident, or harm an organization's personnel, ultimately impacting its reputation and ability to do business.
Information security
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