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    Dec 8

    It was an honor testifying in front of yesterday. My written testimony — on how data brokers enable civil rights abuses, consumer exploitation, and threats to national security — is available here:

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    Dec 17

    Chinese Spies Accused of Using Huawei in Secret Australia Telecom Hack

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  3. Retweeted
    Dec 17

    . response to letter from FTC chair Lina Khan saying: “ The Commission is considering initiating a rulemaking…to address lax security practices, data privacy abuses, and algorithmic decision-making that may result in unlawful discrimination.”

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  4. Dec 17

    In October, Russia and the US signed a UN cyber proposal; now, Moscow is criticizing "Western countries" for opposing its simultaneous efforts to undermine the global internet + advance politicized definitions of "cybercrime."

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  5. Dec 17

    Prime example of mixed results in Russia's push to boost domestic tech / expel Western tech: large Russian buyers of server equipment tell Ministry of Digital Development they're dissatisfied with the cost, quality, performance of domestic processors.

    It is worth emphasizing that the overwhelming motive for this push — which includes a mix of prioritizing domestic tech over foreign tech, just promoting domestic tech, and expelling foreign tech — is regime security, but economic drivers are in play as well.
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  6. Dec 17

    The Russian government tells YouTube to restore RT's German-language account — echoing a demand it made to Google just weeks after Google refused to delete Navalny's opposition app and the Kremlin threatened Google employees in Russia:

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  7. Dec 16

    OpenX was also deceptively and exploitatively collecting users' GPS locations: "OpenX violated the FTC Act by falsely claiming that the company did not collect geolocation from users who opted out of such data collection, according to the complaint."

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  8. Dec 16

    This is yet another example of exploitative data collection, with OpenX reviewing hundreds of child-directed apps identifying intended audiences "for toddlers," "for kids," and "preschool learning" — including apps with age ratings for children under 13.

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  9. Dec 16

    "OpenX Technologies, Inc. will be required to pay $2 million to settle [FTC] allegations that the company collected personal information from children under 13 without parental consent, a direct violation of a federal children’s privacy protection law."

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    Dec 16

    . with the breakdown on how the US is taking cues from Europe on tech regulation

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    Dec 16

    truly insane...the "family safety" app Life360 has been selling precise location data of millions of users, including children, to data brokers. beware they also just bought Tile, so they'll probably start doing the same with Tile data

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  12. Retweeted
    Dec 15

    🧵Before the final decision against Grindr was published, Grindr’s attorneys made various arguments attempting to nullify or reduce the fine. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has more or less refuted all of these. 👇

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  13. Dec 15

    Interesting read on some tech regulatory disagreements between policymakers —

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    Dec 15

    My new piece in argues that focusing on ransomware as a greed-soaked criminal activity overlooks the real strategic intelligence value these operations can provide their owners.

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  15. Dec 15

    Thanks to for the chance to comment on this article — US-EU tech cooperation is a good goal, though (1) the US shouldn't frame everything around China and (2) we need to get our own house in order to better lead on tech globally

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    Dec 14

    Brokers sell information that can help scammers target the elderly and servicemembers, or help foreign adversaries

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  17. Dec 14

    “The Post could not confirm whom the Chinese-language presentations were shown to, or when. Some of the slides showcase surveillance functions specific to police or government agencies, suggesting that Chinese government authorities may have been the intended audience.”

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  18. Dec 14

    Slides show Huawei pitching tech to “help government authorities identify individuals by voice, monitor political individuals of interest, manage ideological reeducation and labor schedules for prisoners, and help retailers track shoppers...”

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  19. Dec 13

    Abusive individuals already use data broker data on GPS locations and whereabouts to stalk, harass, intimidate, and physically harm other individuals, predominantly women and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Many others could be violently targeted, too.

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  20. Dec 13

    As and just underscored in their recent reporting, apps that market themselves as helping consumers (in this case, "family safety") can turn around and sell the GPS locations of adults and children on the open market.

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  21. Dec 13

    Very glad to see this Congressional letter to the FTC and the FCC calling for "new rules against the collection and sale of consumers' location data — which enable civil rights abuses, intimate partner violence, consumer exploitation, and security threats.

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