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“What do you think of ‘The Information Age?’ — #DavidHoffman

#WallStreet / #NY / #ManOnTheStreet / #InformationAge / #Information / #computers / #software / #privacy / #government / #bureaucracy <https://youtube.com/watch?v=jCjuXt7CiIY>

#Coreboot 25.03 Released With Support For 22 More Motherboards

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-25.03-Released

#Pixelfed and other #Fediverse platforms like #Mastodon were just mentioned on German television (ZDF) :

Trump and his new big tech autocracy: Trump, Musk & Co are trying to dismantle the state at high speed. A culture war has broken out. Is democracy in danger?

How dangerous is this and what can Europe do to counter it? Will the EU's democratic rules stand up to the superiority of US big tech?

https://www.zdf.de/video/reportagen/aspekte-106/trump-demokratie-usa-musk-100

Voilà, j'ai terminé la migration de mes (insignifiants) dépôts de code sur #github vers @Codeberg, une organisation à but non lucratif basée en Allemagne qui propose une belle alternative Ça se fait bien avec l'outil de migration fourni par Codeberg : https://docs.codeberg.org/advanced/migrating-repos/ (en anglais).

Oracle finally admits to a major data breach—after being sued for hiding it.

Just days after being hit with a class-action lawsuit for allegedly covering up a major data breach, Oracle has begun privately notifying some customers of a security incident that compromised login credentials—including data from as recently as 2024.

Key highlights:
・ Hacker accessed usernames, passkeys, and encrypted passwords
・ Extortion attempt reported
・ Lawsuit claims Oracle failed to notify victims within 60 days
・ Plaintiffs demand better security & transparency

Despite Oracle calling it an outdated system, the lawsuit points to risks that are very current. This is a critical moment for cloud providers to re-evaluate incident response protocols.

Full story: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3953644/oracle-quietly-admits-data-breach-days-after-lawsuit-accused-it-of-cover-up.html

Massive Expansion of #Italy's #PiracyShield Underway

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/2257221/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway

France has been developing its own digital tools and platforms for governmental use. I hope other countries follow suit, rather than relying on Google or Microsoft for government and education systems: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/uploads/DINUM-roadmap_EN.pdf

"Google is updating Gmail to allow enterprise users to send encrypted messages to any inbox in just a few clicks. Google says it’s developed a new encryption model that, unlike the current encryption feature on Gmail, doesn’t require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates.

The feature is rolling out in beta starting today, and will initially be available for Google enterprise users to send encrypted emails to other Gmail users within the same organization. Google says this will expand to emails sent to any Gmail inbox “in the coming weeks,” and to inboxes from any third-party email provider “later this year.”

Gmail’s current encryption feature, based on the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) protocol, can already be used to send external emails. Doing so requires the recipient to have S/MIME configured and complete multiple steps with the sender before emails can be securely exchanged, however."

https://www.theverge.com/news/640422/google-gmail-email-encryption-enterprise-beta

#HuntersInternational shifts from #ransomware to pure data extortion

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hunters-international-rebrands-as-world-leaks-in-shift-to-data-extortion/

GrapheneOS version 2025040400 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025040400

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/21486-grapheneos-version-2025040400-released

"NEW YORK—A lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing tens of millions of Americans’ private, sensitive information to Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) can continue, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed Feb. 11 on behalf of two labor unions and individual current and former government workers across the country. This decision is a victory: The court agreed that the claims that OPM illegally disclosed highly personal records of millions of people to DOGE agents can move forward with the goal of stopping that ongoing disclosure and requiring that any shared information be returned.

Cote ruled current and former federal employees "may pursue their request for injunctive relief under the APA [Administrative Procedure Act]. ... The defendants’ Kafkaesque argument to the contrary would deprive the plaintiffs of any recourse under the law."

"The complaint plausibly alleges that actions by OPM were not representative of its ordinary day-to-day operations but were, in sharp contrast to its normal procedures, illegal, rushed, and dangerous,” the judge wrote."

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/judge-rejects-governments-attempt-dismiss-eff-lawsuit-against-opm-doge-and-musk

Earlier: Over the past several years, the #Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has quietly built out an expansive #surveillance apparatus—one that’s increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. Experts say these tools put our privacy at risk. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/

US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and more

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/04/us-authors-copyright-lawsuits-against-openai-and-microsoft-combined-in-new-york-with-newspaper-actions

Starting my migration from Google to Proton. So far so good. #privacy #degoogling

Poll: How confident are you in your family's cybersecurity practices when it comes to sharing sensitive information during legal proceedings? 1. Very confident 2. Somewhat confident 3. Not confident at all 4. Unsure Comment below with your thoughts on cybersecurity in family law! What concerns do #ChildCustody #Divorce #Privacy Read more: https://steelefamlaw.com/article/managing-privacy-settings-in-joint-social-media-accounts-post-divorce

#Europe’s #GDPR #privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen/

Time: Social Media Platforms Shouldn’t Own Your Identity https://time.com/7274854/social-media-platforms-own-your-identity/ @time #socialmedia #privacy #cybersecurity #infosec

#noyb takes Swedish #tax authority to court for selling people’s personal data

https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-takes-swedish-tax-authority-court-selling-peoples-personal-data

Being conscious about digital security, considering the internet we have nowadays, isn’t easy. Today, tracking and surveillance occur by default. MacOS has some good browser options that respect your privacy.

#apple #macos #browser #privacy
https://www.macobserver.com/tips/round-ups/the-hidden-truth-about-privacy-oriented-browsers-for-macos/

Buon Compleanno Errore 404, 35 anni e non sentirli. Viva gli errori e i posti mai trovati!

Link all'articolo : https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/buon-compleanno-errore-404-35-anni-e-non-sentirli-viva-gli-errori-e-i-posti-mai-trovati/

I fallimenti fanno parte della nostra vita, quanti di noi ne ha avuti e quanti ne continueremo avere? Oggi parliamo di un #codice, un #codice semplice snello e schietto, il #codice 404. Scopriremo che non è soltanto un banale errore che tutti quanti conosciamo.