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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 09/09/2026

"We were even able to capture microphone audio while the TV was unplugged from the network. Burke said the audio was reportedly stored locally via plaintext, which could potentially allow the data to be sent to LG [if] the TV connects online again."

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LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices

“It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.”...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views. www.theverge.com/tech/988536/...

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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The movie Obsession could've also been called Limerence, I suppose. (You should watch Obsession though.) www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

washingtonpost.com

How social media is fueling an intense form of romantic obsession

The digital world is primed to fuel episodes of profound infatuation known as limerence.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

NEW: Meta reviewed, approved, and ran more than 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. They ran for nine months. Some were live this week. After WIRED asked about them, researchers found ~30 more

wired.com

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

wow I REALLY want to fly on that Nintento JetBlue plane

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

There's bills to protect kids from #AI/#ChatBots. There's bills to protect aging adults from AI/chatbots. Can we just pass general protections from AI/chatbots and avoid introducing #privacy-invasive #AgeVerification then????

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Aliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

What does footy have to do with content moderation? A lot. Between AI-generated Kimmel rants, racist speech targeting French players, and VARgentina conspiracies, T&S teams have their hands full ahead of the World Cup semi finals beginning today: cdt.org/insights/its...

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It’s Game Time for Content Moderation

What can we do?-down-approaches-miss-nuanced-coverage" href="#top-down-approaches-miss-nuanced-coverage" class="toc-anchor">Top-down approaches miss nuanced coverageltural-linguistic-and-football-expe...

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

if they record anything at all (and perhaps they shouldn't), they should definitely have lots of signs of active recording, including sirens and lights that look like THIS, not like a single tiny white dot no one will ever see

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If your website has a dark pattern where you can click "accept all cookies" and "more options," you suck. Even more so, once in "more options," if you let people unclick a bunch of options and then STILL have the brightly colored "accept all cookies," screw you. Lookin at you, kick.com.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

NEW: buried within the trove of hacked documents from Madison Square Garden, the folks @404media.co found the company was keeping files on activists that criticized their use of facial recognition. Including me. Here's @fightforthefuture.org's statement: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-06...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I don’t know if SCOTUS will release Trump v. Slaughter today, but if it does and Roberts writes, prepare for the most selective, bad-faith, outcome-driven “history” to appear in a Supreme Court opinion since Heller. Actual legal historians are going to lose their minds.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Last week, I was on a fun podcast, the Data Diva, to discuss lots of #privacy related issues, including #SECUREDataAct, #competition, and #AgeVerification!

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

One of the best weekends of the year -- #WarpedTour. See you there, DC! #ItWasNeverAPhase

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

404media.co

Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People

There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change “We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...

404media.co

FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs

The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Last week, I was on a fun podcast, the Data Diva, to discuss lots of #privacy related issues, including #SECUREDataAct, #competition, and #AgeVerification!

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🚨 🚨 🚨 THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE IS VOTING ON DATA PRIVACY TODAY!!! Call your Reps and tell them to support the ACLU-backed amendments that make H. 4746 stronger, and OPPOSE amendment 18 that makes it weaker. Reskeet to get this in front of as many massholes as possible!!! FFTF.link/madataprivacy

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Amanda Cerny's Shout Out to Mass-Holes

Alt: Amanda Cerny's Shout Out to Mass-Holes

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If industry is tripping over themselves to compliment your #privacy bill, you can be pretty sure it’s an industry burden reduction bill, not a consumer protection bill. #SecureDataAct

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EPIC @epic.org · 02/06/2026

🚨Tomorrow at 10:15 a.m., EPIC Deputy Director and Policy Director @caitrionafitz.bsky.social will testify before a subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce about the recently introduced SECURE Data Act, which EPIC strenuously opposes.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I have SO much anecdotal evidence to back Jake as well

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Many interesting tidbits here, but this quote re ease of de-anonymization using #AI: “I wanted to show that it is feasible to use the current, off-the-shelf AI chatbots to conduct ... [a] reidentification attack,” Dr Tianshi Li, of Northeastern University, said. www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/g...

straitstimes.com

AI chatbots know more about you than you realise

From a few basic questions, an AI chatbot can learn more about you than those who have known you for years. The privacy implications are profound.

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Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Rewatching 30 Rock and I think this is still possibly one of the best constructed jokes in anything, ever.

I finally understand the ending
of The Sixth Sense. Those names are the people
who worked on the movie.

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Mario Trujillo @mariotrujillo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The SECURE Act is not a serious piece of privacy legislation. To take one example, this is not real data minimization: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Provision of the SECURE Act that reads: "DATA MINIMIZATION.—A controller shall limit the collection of personal data to what is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation to each purpose for which the data is processed as disclosed to the consumer."

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

<3 a vermonter who sings about vermont!

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

they're only going to get worse with ... chatbots, that can create backronyms until the end of time.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I ran this piece in Tech Policy Press today, explaining just how weak the House E&C Republican #privacy bill is. It's a partisan bill, so it's not entirely surprising, but this bill is worse than nothing. www.techpolicy.press/congresss-ne...

techpolicy.press

Congress's New Privacy Bill Is Built on Empty Promises

The SECURE Data Act marks a significant step backward in the privacy debate, writes Eric Null, Director of the Privacy & Data Project at CDT.

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techpolicy.press

Congress's New Privacy Bill Is Built on Empty Promises

The SECURE Data Act marks a significant step backward in the privacy debate, writes Eric Null, Director of the Privacy & Data Project at CDT.

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Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Privacy advocates are alarmed by a new data privacy bill introduced Wednesday by House Republicans. It includes several exemptions for what data is protected and is therefore toothless, they say. It also preempts at least 20 state laws, many of which are tougher therecord.media/house-republ...

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House Republicans unveil data privacy law that would override state protections

The bill, known as the SECURE Data Act, is backed by top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce and Financial Services committees.

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Caitriona Fitzgerald @caitrionafitz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The SECURE Data Act is not a serious effort at tackling the urgent privacy crisis facing this country. It is weaker than many existing state laws (the very state laws that it would wipe off the books with its broad preemption provision). Some examples:

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Finally, the House E&C R comprehensive #privacy bill is out. It's basically KY with some provisions made worse and some provisions removed (like impact assessments). We hope the bill improves with time, but this is a major step back from ADPPA and APRA.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#Privacy matters! It makes you money. "Brands with strong privacy practices saw 12.31% higher purchase intent than brands with weak practices. The effect was even greater (255%) for brands that customers already liked." hbr.org/2026/05/data...

hbr.org

Data Privacy Is a Growth Strategy

Protecting customer data is more than a legal or IT obligation. It can be a meaningful driver of business growth. Researchers analyzed 360 real-world company announcements about new or improved privac...

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

CDT recently sent a letter to the California Senate Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection asking them to add #privacy and #security protections to the BASED Act, given the potential harms that could occur without such protections. Letter is below. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

cdt.org

CDT Letter to California Senate Committee Highlights Need for Effective Privacy Protections in Pro-competition BASED Act

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) sent a letter to the California Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection, strongly supporting the pro-competition goals of...

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Here's Meta inventing new data to collect to satisfy its AI machine. The significant loss of privacy and the intrusiveness of the data they're collecting is galling.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Kick.com requires a login for 1080p viewing? Obnoxious.

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#FTCOversight hearing over, only 1 hour 45 minutes and not many fireworks (except Lujan and probably Markey).

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Ferguson: FTC is not and should not be a general #privacy enforcer. Unfair/deceptive is from 1935, doesn't address privacy harms of today. Congress should pass a law. I wish Congress could've done that in 2022 or 2024 when they had the chance! #FTCOversight

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#FTCOversight live stream went down during Markey's questioning on gender-affirming care (and whatever else he may be asking about).

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Commissioner Meador unable to identify gaps in protecting kids from AI/online harms. Says all they do is enforce laws given to them. Strange framing, honestly. #FTCOversight

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Ferguson: "we are the first FTC to bring a case under the BOTS Act." There have only been two FTC's before now, Trump I and Biden. So, it's not that big of a boast. #FTCOversight

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Eric Null @nullset.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Nothing motivates like an oversight hearing, apparently. Ferguson has referenced many actions his FTC has taken in the past week. #FTCOversight

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