Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows some functions of the My Number personal identification card to be accessed on Apple's iPhones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/my-number-card-iphones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mynumber #personalinformation #iphones
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Gizmodo: Reddit Looks to Get in Bed With Altman’s Creepy ‘World ID’ Orbs for User Verification. “Gaze into the Orb if you want your upvotes. According to a report from Semafor, Reddit is actively considering partnering with World ID, the verification system co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, to perform user verification on its platform.”
Mainstream Media Botches Data Leak Story
The story about 16 billion new passwords leaking turned out to be less than accurate.
https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-botches-data-leak-story/
#News #Privacy #Security #journalism #leak #Media #PersonalInformation
The Register: 23andMe hit with £2.3M fine after exposing genetic data of millions. “The UK’s data watchdog is fining beleaguered DNA testing outfit 23andMe £2.31 million ($3.13 million) over its 2023 mega breach.”
Gizmodo: Alleged Minnesota Shooter Used Data Brokers to Find Lawmakers’ Addresses. “Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating a Democratic Minnesota state representative and shooting a state senator on Sunday, acquired the addresses of his victims and other alleged targets by using information collected by online data brokers, according to court documents obtained by Politico.”
Japan will require banks and credit card companies to use IC chip-based identity verification for non-face-to-face account openings from April 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/20/japan/crime-legal/personal-identification-ic-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #personalinformation #mynumber #japanesepolice
Japan to require IC chip ID verification for online bank accounts in 2027
Japan will require banks and credit card companies to use IC chip-based identity verification for non-face-to-face account openings starting in April 2027, under a revised rule aimed at curbing fraud, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Th…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #japanesepolice #mynumber #news #personalinformation
https://www.alojapan.com/1302212/japan-to-require-ic-chip-id-verification-for-online-bank-accounts-in-2027/
https://www.alojapan.com/1302212/japan-to-require-ic-chip-id-verification-for-online-bank-accounts-in-2027/ Japan to require IC chip ID verification for online bank accounts in 2027 #Japan #JapanNews #JapanesePolice #MyNumber #news #PersonalInformation Japan will require banks and credit card companies to use IC chip-based identity verification for non-face-to-face account openings starting in April 2027, under a revised rule aimed at curbing fraud, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday. The change to the enforcement of the Act on Preventi…
Bill C-4 Exempts Political Parties From Privacy Laws
Apparently, privacy laws are for other people, and not political parties. This according to Bill C-4.
Earlier, I wrote about Bill C-2 resurrecting lawful access, Canada's multi-decade long warrantless wiretapping law that would allow police to demand subscriber i
https://www.freezenet.ca/bill-c-4-exempts-political-parties-from-privacy-laws/
#News #Privacy #BillC4 #Canada #legislation #PersonalInformation #politics #surveillance
Ars Technica: How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy. “Trained on the data of the dead, these tools, sometimes called grief bots or AI ghosts, may be text-, audio-, or even video-based. Chatting provides what some mourners feel is a close approximation to ongoing interactions with the people they love most. But the tech remains controversial, perhaps complicating […]
The Register: Do you trust Xi with your ‘private’ browsing data? Apple, Google stores still offer China-based VPNs, report says . “Both Apple’s and Google’s online stores offer free virtual private network (VPN) apps owned by Chinese companies, according to researchers at the Tech Transparency Project, and they don’t make this fact readily known to people downloading the apps.”
Techdirt: U.S. Airlines Built A Secret Data Broker To Help The Government Spy On Customers. “A new report by 404 Media this week revealed that U.S. airlines have created a data broker whose primary purpose is to covertly sell user flight and other information to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). As part of the airlines’ contract with the government, it was demanded they not tell anybody […]
Throughout the early months of this #Trump presidency, #Musk & his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the #SocialSecurity Admin based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to gain access to #PersonalInformation on millions of Americans, a NYT investigation has found.
TechCrunch: The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster. “When you ask the AI a question, you have the option of hitting a share button, which then directs you to a screen showing a preview of the post, which you can then publish. But some users appear blissfully unaware that they are sharing these text conversations, audio clips, and images publicly with the world.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/16/techcrunch-the-meta-ai-app-is-a-privacy-disaster/
Boing Boing: Google bug let strangers find your phone number with just your Gmail address. “A new vulnerability discovered by security researcher, brutecat, allowed attackers to bruteforce the phone numbers of Google users with minimal effort. This newly disclosed vulnerability, reported on June 9, 2025, exposed a flaw in Google’s account recovery system.”
Bleeping Computer: Texas Dept. of Transportation breached, 300k crash records stolen. “The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is warning that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor downloaded 300,000 crash records from its database. The incident occurred on May 12, 2025, and was caused by a threat actor logging into the TxDOT systems using compromised credentials.”
Gizmodo: Period Data ‘Gold Mine’ Poses Serious Health and Safety Risks, Report Finds. “Apps that help people track their menstrual cycle are data “gold mines” for advertisers, a new report warns. Advertisers use this highly valuable data for customer profiling, allowing them to tailor marketing campaigns to specific groups of consumers. The report, published by the University of […]
The Hill: States sue 23andMe over genetic data sales. “More than two dozen states, along with the District of Columbia, are suing biotechnology company 23andMe over plans to auction off personal genetic information without their customers’ knowledge or consent.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/14/the-hill-states-sue-23andme-over-genetic-data-sales/
Irish Council for Civil Liberties: Public Services Card database of millions of Irish people’s faces declared illegal . “The decision vindicates the actions taken by ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland against the Department of Employment and Social Protection (DEASP). The Government had previously claimed that the facial records were not biometric data. Today, the DPC found that the Department […]
Reuters: Judge rejects class action for Google privacy lawsuit. “In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California agreed with Google that it was appropriate to address case-by-case whether millions of Chrome users understood and agreed to its data collection policies.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/12/reuters-judge-rejects-class-action-for-google-privacy-lawsuit/
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