Brandon Vigliarolo reports: Protecting your privacy online is hard. So hard, in fact, that even a top Israeli spy who managed to stay incognito for 20 years has found himself exposed after one basic error. The spy is named Yossi Sariel allegedly heads Israel’s Unit 8200 – a team of crack infosec experts comparable to the USA’s…
Fresno High tracks student bathroom visits with app. Not everyone likes it
Leqi Shong reports: Oliver Buchanan, a 10th grader at Fresno High, is using his first bathroom privilege for the day. He inputs his student ID number into an app and if the system detects fewer than 25 students campus-wide are on bathroom trips, the screen turns green and the countdown begins. He now has seven…
Protect my driving data! A Consumer Reports Petition
FTC: Hold automakers accountable for sharing consumers’ data without their knowledge Background: A New York Times investigation revealed that some automakers may be misleading consumers about how they are collecting and selling their driving data, which is being sold to insurance companies and used against drivers to raise the price of their insurance premiums. In…
K12 SIX Applauds Launch of K-12 Education Cybersecurity Council
On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facilitate formal, ongoing collaboration between all levels of government and the education sector on issues of K-12 cybersecurity risk management. Organized in response…