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Hacker News<p>Data Brokers Are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICE</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/data-brokers-are-selling-your-flight-information-cbp-and-ice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/data</span><span class="invisible">-brokers-are-selling-your-flight-information-cbp-and-ice</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlightInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlightInformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
kaspa<p>This isn’t drift. It’s a full-speed dive into <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> control.</p><p>Trump’s <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> agency is fusing <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/ssa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ssa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> and arrest data into one <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> engine; built by Palantir, enforced by <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> approved by <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a> </p><p>They’re buying your location and search history from <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> </p><p>Encrypted? Doesn’t matter. Oversight? Gone.</p><p>You are the product. And the suspect.</p><p><a href="https://prismreports.org/2025/07/10/surveillance-state-in-u-s-is-far-worse-than-you-imagined/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prismreports.org/2025/07/10/su</span><span class="invisible">rveillance-state-in-u-s-is-far-worse-than-you-imagined/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/DigitalFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.originalsinners.org/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"“I’m here to tell you if you’ve ever been on a dating app that wanted your location, or if you ever granted a weather app permission to know where you are 24/7, there’s a good chance a detailed log of your precise movement patterns has been vacuumed up and saved in some data bank somewhere that tens of thousands of total strangers have access to,” writes Tau.</p><p>Unraveling the story of how these strangers—everyone from government intelligence agents and local law enforcement officers to private investigators and employees of ad tech companies—gained access to our personal information is the ambitious task Tau sets for himself, and he begins where you might expect: the immediate aftermath of 9/11.</p><p>At no other point in US history was the government’s appetite for data more voracious than in the days after the attacks, says Tau. It was a hunger that just so happened to coincide with the advent of new technologies, devices, and platforms that excelled at harvesting and serving up personal information that had zero legal privacy protections. </p><p>Over the course of 22 chapters, Tau gives readers a rare glimpse inside the shadowy industry, “built by corporate America and blessed by government lawyers,” that emerged in the years and decades following the 9/11 attacks. In the hands of a less skilled reporter, this labyrinthine world of shell companies, data vendors, and intelligence agencies could easily become overwhelming or incomprehensible. But Tau goes to great lengths to connect dots and plots, explaining how a perfect storm of business motivations, technological breakthroughs, government paranoia, and lax or nonexistent privacy laws combined to produce the “digital panopticon” we are all now living in."</p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/23/1118401/privacy-book-reviews-surveillance-higher-education/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/06/2</span><span class="invisible">3/1118401/privacy-book-reviews-surveillance-higher-education/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> SurveillanceCapitalism <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> IMHO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> should be illegal per very concept!</p><ul><li>And I want both <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> as well as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@Bundesregierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bundesregierung</span></a></span> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outlaw</span></a> any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataBroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBroker</span></a> from existing and collecting data on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> residents as well as -citizens!</li></ul>
Em :official_verified:<p>New Privacy Guides article 🌈👁️‍🗨️<br>by me:</p><p>When talking about data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences, it's inevitable to also discuss queer dating apps. </p><p>Many factors contribute in making queer people more likely to seek love and friendship online. </p><p>Unfortunately, dating apps are horrible for data privacy, and it's even worse for queer dating apps. </p><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">5/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrideMonth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/QueerDating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerDating</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DatingApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DatingApps</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Why Are Hundreds of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> Not Registering with States?</p><p>Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. These findings come as more states are passing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBroker</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> laws that require brokers to provide information about their business and, in some cases, give consumers an easy way to opt out.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/why-are-hundreds-data-brokers-not-registering-states" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/why-</span><span class="invisible">are-hundreds-data-brokers-not-registering-states</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Scientific study finds that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> IS using browser <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fingerprinting</span></a> to track people and so it no longer matters so much how good you are at blocking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackers</span></a> 😒</p><p><a href="https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025</span><span class="invisible">/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html</span></a></p><p>They call on browser makers to do more. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> is your team putting effort into this area?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnnyryan</span></a></span> I suggest this area is added to your investigations since it is linked to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> 🙏</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browserfingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserfingerprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
TechnoTenshi :verified_trans: :Fire_Lesbian:<p>A DHS contract reveals US airlines sold detailed domestic flight data to CBP via ARC, a broker they own, while barring disclosure of the source. Data includes names, itineraries, and financials. Civil liberties groups raise alarm over surveillance via data brokers. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/airlines-dont-</span><span class="invisible">want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a></p>
Blaidd Drwg<p>"A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected U.S. travellers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from"</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/airlines-dont-want</span><span class="invisible">-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/InternetPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/InternetSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/PersonalPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AirlineIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirlineIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CommercialAirlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommercialAirlines</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Hell No: The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a> Wants to Make it Easier for the Gov to Buy Your Data Without <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warrant</span></a></p><p>ODNI is attempting to create the Intelligence Community’s Data Consortium–a centralized online marketplace where law enforcement and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spy</span></a> agencies can peruse &amp; buy very personal digital data about you collected by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a>. Not only is this a massive escalation of the deeply unjust <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBroker</span></a> loophole: it’s also another repulsive signal that your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> means nothing to them</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/hell-no-odni-wants-make-it-easier-government-buy-your-data-without-warrant" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/hell</span><span class="invisible">-no-odni-wants-make-it-easier-government-buy-your-data-without-warrant</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole#effector" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/mont</span><span class="invisible">ana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole#effector</span></a></p><p>Good news for Montana residents. But lets face it the data is still out there for sale. That's what needs to stop.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@RedwoodSec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RedwoodSec</span></a></span> these <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> should be illegal as a matter of principle...</p>
#cryptohagen<p>🇺🇸 is looking for a company to build a centralized marketplace where smaller government agencies can buy commercially available information from <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a></p><p>Intelligence Community Data Consortium, the portal will aggregate data from different data brokers and <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to process and deduplicate the data</p><p>The portal ordered by Office of the Director of National Intelligence and will be made available to at least 18 different US 🇺🇸 government agencies<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in</span><span class="invisible">tel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/</span></a> <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Holy flying crap balls!</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is building a central online marketplace for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Community to buy private <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> about individuals from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unregulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unregulated</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in</span><span class="invisible">tel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers</p><p>Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-k</span><span class="invisible">ills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cfpb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cfpb</span></a></p>
gtbarry<p>White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data</p><p>A senior Trump administration official has scrapped a plan that would have blocked data brokers from selling Americans’ personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigdata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/whit</span><span class="invisible">e-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RussellVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussellVought</span></a>, acting director of CFPB, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.<br>CFPB proposed the new rule in early December under former director <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RohitChopra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RohitChopra</span></a>, who said the changes were necessary to combat commercial <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> practices that “threaten our personal safety and undermine America’s national security.”<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-k</span><span class="invisible">ills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/zYlMJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/zYlMJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Oakland Privacy<p>One of the results of gutting institutions, such as the CFPB: less protection for the American public.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/credit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-k</span><span class="invisible">ills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/</span></a><br>1/4</p>
Brian Greenberg :verified:<p>⚖️ Montana just became the first U.S. state to ban law enforcement from purchasing personal data from brokers — and it’s a privacy milestone 🚫📱</p><p>Under this new law:<br>📍 Government agencies can’t buy sensitive data (location, biometrics, etc.) without a warrant<br>🔍 It closes a major loophole used to sidestep Fourth Amendment protections<br>📄 Agencies also can’t require people to waive rights through service terms<br>🧱 It sets a precedent for digital due process in a data-saturated world</p><p>This isn’t just a state law. It’s a model for what digital civil liberties legislation should look like nationwide.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberLaw</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/mont</span><span class="invisible">ana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>License Plate Reader Company <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Flock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flock</span></a> Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leak</span></a> Shows</p><p>Flock, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ALPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALPR</span></a> company whose cameras are installed in more than 5,000 communities in the US is building a product that will use people lookup tools, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> , &amp; data <a href="https://mas.to/tags/breaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breaches</span></a> to “jump from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LPR</span></a> [license plate reader] to person,” allowing police to much more easily ID &amp; <a href="https://mas.to/tags/track" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>track</span></a> the movements of specific people around the country without a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warrant</span></a> or court order <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/license-plate-read</span><span class="invisible">er-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/</span></a></p>