… Elnaggar puts it plainly: “The law does not distinguish between formal publication and informal sharing when the outcome is the same.” A screenshot becomes legally problematic, Elnaggar says, when it exposes private communications without consent, distorts the context of what was said, or contribut… …
… Perloff argues that the government is using the fact that big tech companies are based in the US to request information it would not otherwise be able to get. “It’s using that geographic fact to get information that otherwise would be totally outside of its jurisdiction,” he says. “I mean, we’re ta… …
… A New FCC Proposal Could Kill Burner Phones—and Every Other Anonymous Cellular Service As difficult as digital anonymity has become in the modern world, obtaining a phone number without revealing almost any identifying information—whether by buying a temporary burner phone or registering an account… …
… A monthly membership costs €12, or $13.99. “Decentralization and data privacy make a lot of sense for queer people in general, and especially in hostile legal environments or in the US right now, where you don’t really know what digital platforms actually have your best interest in mind,” says the … …
… The investigation alleged xAI violated Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law by not including “appropriate safeguards from the outset.” The investigation says xAI told the Privacy Commissioner that it has introduced new safeguards to prevent people from successfully prompting Grok to alter cl… …
… In October, the Justice Department’s own inspector general’s office noted in a report that, “in view of the history of the FBI’s Section 702 compliance issues, we are not able to conclude based on that limited time period that the FBI’s querying compliance issues are entirely in the past.” The curr… …
… When it comes to the data revealed by our devices, the legal issues are trickier still. …
… As reported by Politico, security consultant Paul Moore claimed on X to have found a series of security issues with the app that allowed him to hack it “in less than 2 minutes.” The issues include how the app reportedly stores a user-created PIN that could allow an attacker to easily take over that… …
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