Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)
Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.
The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)
A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.
Snowflake releases statement denying its systems were breached - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
So apparently the hackers targeted Snowflake customers, Ticketmaster Santander etc, who FOR SOME REASON, DIDN'T HAVE 2FA TURNED ON ON THEIR SNOWFLAKE ACCOUNT?! HUH!!?
Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
Quote: "To put it bluntly, a single credential resulted in the exfiltration of potentially hundreds of companies that stored their data using Snowflake, with the threat actor himself suggesting 400 companies are impacted. The goal of the threat actor, as in most cases, was to blackmail Snowflake into buying their own data back...
France considers approval of European chat control plan (stackdiary.com)
The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.
Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing (stackdiary.com)
Access was gained through a third-party cloud database provider, which we know to be Snowflake.
Meta will train AI with data from European users (stackdiary.com)
The only exception is private messages, and some users have reported difficulty opting out.
Google’s AI Overviews are out of control (stackdiary.com)
Would you like a spicy spaghetti dish? Just use some gasoline.
Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
Spy.pet is harvesting your Discord history with no ability to opt-out (stackdiary.com)
The service offers the ability to purchase credits through cryptocurrencies, as well as offers the data for AI training purposes.
Microsoft patents a system to care for your well-being using AI (stackdiary.com)
Microsoft is working on a Jarvis that will monitor anything and everything about your digital life to try and optimize your life for "well being".
German court bans LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals (stackdiary.com)
Who really does hope something from the "DnT"...
Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe (stackdiary.com)
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook's parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
The data of 760,000 Discord.io users was put up for sale on the darknet (stackdiary.com)
An unidentified individual has listed the data of 760,000 Discord.io users for sale on a darknet forum. This discovery was brought to light by the "Information Leaks" Telegram channel, associated with the Russian service for tracking vulnerabilities, data leaks, and monitoring fraudulent online resources....
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out (stackdiary.com)
Zoom's updated policy states that all rights to Service Generated Data are retained solely by Zoom. This extends to Zoom's rights to modify, distribute, process, share, maintain, and store such data "for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable law.", including AI and Machine Learning.
A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training (stackdiary.com)
