*"Leaked Senate Talking Points Say Internet Surveillance Warrants Would Force FBI To Let Terrorists Bomb Things"* Dell Cameron *GIZMODO (AU) *22 May, 2020* * https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/05/leaked-senate-talking-points-say-internet-surveillance-warrants-would-force-fbi-to-let-terrorists-bomb-things/
Requiring U.S. federal agents to have “probable cause” to eavesdrop on the internet activities of American citizens poses a direct threat to national security and would force the FBI to stand by while terrorist plots unfold on U.S. soil, according to a leaked copy of talking points distributed to Senate lawmakers this month. [ .... ] *"As the GDPR turns 2, Big Tech should watch out for big sanctions"* Get ready to see the EU's landmark privacy regulation flex its muscles as it prepares for a fight. Katie Collins *c|net* May 24, 2020 https://www.cnet.com/news/as-the-gdpr-turns-2-big-tech-should-watch-out-for-big-sanctions/ *"A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leaks"* Zack Whittaker *TechCrunch* May 24, 2020 https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/24/thai-billions-internet-records-leak/ Thailand’s largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions of Thai internet users. Security researcher Justin Paine said in a blog post that he found the database, containing DNS queries and Netflow data, on the internet without a password. With access to this database, Paine said that anyone could “quickly paint a picture” about what an internet user (or their household) does in real-time. *"AIS plays down 8.3bn-record leak"* American publisher says data could 'quickly paint a picture' of a user *Bangkok Post* 25 MAY 2020 AT 18:57 https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1924012/ais-denies-customer-data-are-compromised -- /Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil. Principal Technologist & //Distinguished Senior Research Scholar// //Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)// //University of Hawai'i/
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