Jessica Lyons reported: A handful of bugs in LG smart TVs running WebOS could allow an attacker to bypass authorization and gain root access on the device. Once they have gained root, your TV essentially belongs to the intruder who can use that access to do all sorts of nefarious things including moving laterally through…
Are Hospital Websites Upfront About User Privacy and Data Sharing?
Rachael Robertson reports: Nearly all hospital websites transferred user information to third parties, and almost one-third did not have a privacy policy, an analysis of hospital websites showed. Of the 100 hospital websites analyzed, 96 transferred user information to third parties, but only 71 had privacy policies listed, researchers led by Matthew McCoy, PhD, of…
Worldcoin will allow users to erase their biometric data
CryptoDNES reports: Worldcoin (WLD), the cryptocurrency initiative that pioneered an iris-scanning identification system to distinguish humans from bots online, is giving its users more control over their personal data. According to statement, published by Worldcoin, users now have the option to permanently erase their iris code – a digital representation of their unique iris texture that…
Bad Amendments to Section 702 Have Failed (For Now)—What Happens Next?
Brendan Gilligan, Matthew Guariglia, and Cindy Cohn of EFF write: Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted against considering a largely bad bill that would have unacceptably expanded the tentacles of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, along with reauthorizing it and introducing some minor fixes. Section 702 is Big Brother’s favorite mass surveillance law…