Associated Press reports: The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in their daily lives. The government’s admission that it shares the list…
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NATO Group Catfished Soldiers to Prove a Point About Privacy
Issie Lapowsky reports that a “red team” exercise by NATO’s StratCom demonstrated that you can find out a lot about a military exercise just from open source data, and you can also find out about the participants…. whom you can then influence to disobey their orders. Yikes. Read more on WIRED about the government’s findings.
Even years later, Twitter doesn’t delete your direct messages
Zack Whittaker and Natasha Lomas report: Twitter retains direct messages for years, including messages you and others have deleted, but also data sent to and from accounts that have been deactivated and suspended, according to security researcher Karan Saini. Saini found years-old messages in a file from an archive of his data obtained through the…
You could face 15 years in jail for clicking a link under new UK anti-terror law
Connor Jones reports: A new UK law, which has just received royal assent, will see anyone found to have clicked on terrorist propaganda handed a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. The new Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 which gives UK law enforcement greater powers to investigate suspected hostile activity, also updates…