The best-known member of the team of technologists in Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, records show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/world/politics/doge-staffer-cybercrime-ring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #doge #us #republicans #donaldtrump #elonmusk #hacking #personalinformation #privacy

A discrepancy relating to the handling of visitors' personal information has been discovered in the privacy policy of the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/osaka-expo-privacy-policy-errors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka #personalinformation

#security #privacy #PersonalInformation #DataBrokers

'The owner of a data brokerage business recently put out a creepy-ass video in which he bragged about the degree to which his industry could collect and analyze data on the habits of billions of people.'

https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762

The U.S. Justice Department has charged 10 Chinese citizens and two government agents for computer hacks that targeted dissidents, religious groups, news outlets and American government agencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/world/crime-legal/us-china-hackers-critics-data/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #china #hacking #us #personalinformation

The government has adopted a bill allowing it to investigate businesses and disclose, as needed, their names in cases of human rights abuses and other malicious activities related to the use of artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/28/japan/ai-abuse-countermeasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #personalinformation #copyrights #tech

ProPublica: Targeted: How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives. “For years, some of America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on customers — without their knowledge or consent — to the gun industry’s main lobbying group. Political operatives then employed those details to rally firearms owners to elect pro-gun […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/28/targeted-how-cambridge-analytica-used-intimate-data-to-exploit-gun-owners-private-lives-propublica/

Sooooo, can we report Elmo as stealing our information?
secure.ssa.gov/oig/scam/
#SocialSecurity #Scams #PersonalInformation

Governments from Rome to Seoul are cracking down on DeepSeek, saying they need to prevent potential leaks of sensitive information. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/world/chatbot-national-security-deepseek/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #china #ai #chatbots #deepseek #nvidia #google #personalinformation #privacy

#TFG #TFGElon #DuckFoge #PublicCitizen #LawSuits #PersonalInformation #DeptOfEducation

Here are the basics:

In order to apply for and participate in federal financial aid programs, students must submit sensitive personal information to the Department of Education and authorize the Department to access their tax records.

The Department of Education retains this information for millions of current and former students and their family members.

Under the federal Privacy Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Department of Education’s own regulations, access to these records is strictly controlled, and these records may be used only for specified purposes.

Yet Elon Musk’s “DOGE” squad got access to the computer systems that house this data.

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The Register: Medical monitoring machines spotted stealing patient data, users warned to pull the plug ASAP. “The United States Food and Drug Administration has told medical facilities and caregivers that monitor patients using Contec equipment to disconnect the devices from the internet ASAP.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/04/the-register-medical-monitoring-machines-spotted-stealing-patient-data-users-warned-to-pull-the-plug-asap/

The National Police Agency on Thursday released new guidelines for undercover investigators who use fake identification cards to apply for yami baito, or shady part-time jobs, in an effort to deter such crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/crime-legal/japan-undercover-investigation-guidlines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #personalinformation #fraud

The health ministry is considering providing support to medical institutions and pharmacies to promote the use of digital My Number personal identification and health insurance cards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/11/japan/science-health/digital-my-number-card-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #mynumber #personalinformation #facialrecognition #health #digitization

Tokyo police have arrested six Chinese nationals on suspicion of unlawful confinement and attempted extortion involving a 23-year-old exchange student who had become involved in a financial dispute over a yami baito, or a “dark” part-time job. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/29/japan/crime-legal/chinese-arrest-kidnapping/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #yamibaito #personalinformation #theft #students

Police in Japan are boosting efforts to support for people who have applied for "dark" part-time jobs but wish to quit them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/17/japan/crime-legal/illegal-part-time-jobs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yamibaito #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #personalinformation

Are face-scanning smart glasses a problem or prophecy? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/12/tech/face-scanning-smart-glasses/ #business #tech #meta #markzuckerberg #rayban #glasses #tech #socialmedia #facebook #privacy #personalinformation #wearables

The government has decided to allow the use of My Number personal identification cards as a driver's license from March 24, with drivers able to decide whether to integrate their licenses into their My Number cards or to continue using a traditional license. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/29/japan/my-number-card-drivers-license/ #japan #mynumber #personalinformation #driving #cars

WHERE IS YOUR DATA? Without Consent, Gun Industry Gave Customers' #Info to Political Operatives

GUN OWNER LISTS: For years, #America's most iconic #GunMakers turned over sensitive #PersonalInformation on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives.

Those #PoliticalOperatives, in turn, secretly employed the details to rally #Firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians running for #Congress and the #WhiteHouse, a #ProPublica investigation has found....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nationalnewswire/posts/1274219993503374/

so, universities have an honor code policy

but also classes require stupidly invasive online proctoring for async

they use these programs like ProctorU which require you SHOW YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER TO A CAMERA and DO A ROOM SCAN

EXCUSE ME???

THIS IS AGAINST THE GODDAMN CONSTITUTION! '

IT LITERALLY IS!

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/federal-judge-invasive-online-proctoring-room-scans-are-also-unconstitutional

A building that houses a museum of penises and an H&M in Reykjavik, Iceland, has become the virtual home to some of the world’s worst perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware and disinformation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/10/14/tech/web-sketchiest-sites-iceland/ #business #tech #iceland #cybersecurity #hacking #personalinformation #godaddy #namecheap

California has enacted a law that requires automakers selling internet-connected cars to do more to protect domestic abuse survivors, a move that may expand such safeguards nationwide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/01/world/crime-legal/california-privacy-law-domestic-violence/ #worldnews #crimelegal #california #gavinnewsom #personalinformation #privacy #domesticviolence