[liberationtech] Fearmongering & Corruption In Governance, etc..

[Robert Mathews (OSIA)]

*"Leaked Senate Talking Points Say Internet Surveillance Warrants Would
Force FBI To Let Terrorists Bomb Things"*
Dell Cameron
*GIZMODO (AU)
*22 May, 2020*
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https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/05/leaked-senate-talking-points-say-internet-surveillance-warrants-would-force-fbi-to-let-terrorists-bomb-things/

Requiring U.S. federal agents to have “probable cause” to eavesdrop on
the internet activities of American citizens poses a direct threat to
national security and would force the FBI to stand by while terrorist
plots unfold on U.S. soil, according to a leaked copy of talking points
distributed to Senate lawmakers this month.

[ .... ]


*"As the GDPR turns 2, Big Tech should watch out for big sanctions"*
Get ready to see the EU's landmark privacy regulation flex its muscles
as it prepares for a fight.
Katie Collins
*c|net*
May 24, 2020
https://www.cnet.com/news/as-the-gdpr-turns-2-big-tech-should-watch-out-for-big-sanctions/


*"A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks"*
Zack Whittaker
*TechCrunch*
May 24, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/24/thai-billions-internet-records-leak/

Thailand’s largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that
was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai
internet users.

Security researcher Justin Paine said in a blog post that he found the
database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, on the internet
without a password. With access to this database, Paine said that anyone
could “quickly paint a picture” about what an internet user (or their
household) does in real-time.


*"AIS plays down 8.3bn-record leak"*
American publisher says data could 'quickly paint a picture' of a user
*Bangkok Post*
25 MAY 2020 AT 18:57
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1924012/ais-denies-customer-data-are-compromised

-- 
/Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.
Principal Technologist &
//Distinguished Senior Research Scholar//
//Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)//
//University of Hawai'i/
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