Personal Privacy News Roundup - November 2024
Noteworthy Digital and Internet Privacy News From November 2024
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November started out slow but picked up towards the end. Lot of AI privacy news this month, to nobody’s surprise given the pace at which AI is advancing and being adopted.
Sticking with our format update, this post is organized by the following categories:
Secrets of Privacy Posts from around the web
AI Scams and other AI related privacy news and notes
Privacy Coins and CBDC related privacy news and notes
All other digital and internet privacy news and notes
As always, feel free to drop a story in the comments that we overlooked.
Secrets of Privacy Posts from November:
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AI Scams and other AI Privacy Related News and Notes
Watch out - OpenAI is being spoofed as part of a major phishing attack (source)
AI 'deepfake' videos make investment scams harder to spot as Americans lose billions (source)
AI Pulse: Election Deepfakes, Disasters, Scams & more (source)
Navigating AI Risks and Regulations - privAIcy Insights Newsletter #004 (source) via
The role, opportunities and challenges of AI in detecting financial fraud (source)
AI-Assisted Attacks Top Cyber Threat for Third Consecutive Quarter, Gartner Finds (source)
Defenders Outpace Attackers in AI Adoption (source)
New AI-Powered Phone Hack Attack—This 1 Popup Can Stop Them (source)
OmniWatch Extends Its Impact with Advanced Developments in AI-Driven Scam Prevention (source)
The Dark Side Of AI: How Deepfakes And Disinformation Are Becoming A Billion-Dollar Business Risk (source)
AI scam nearly cheats mom of $50,000 by cloning daughter’s voice (source)
Experts warn coming wave of AI-created cyber scams will be much harder to spot (source)
FinCEN Warns US Banks About AI Deepfake Frauds (source)
This 'lifelike' AI granny is infuriating phone scammers. Here's how - and why (source)
Hackers Are Using AI Against You: Here Is How To Protect Yourself (source)
Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes (source)
AI chatbot builder leaks hundreds of thousands of records online (source)
Meet 'Chameleon' – an AI model that can protect you from facial recognition thanks to a sophisticated digital mask (source)
Privacy Coins and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) News and Notes
CBDC transactions set to soar, reaching 7.8 billion by 2031 (source)
Bank of Korea signs agreement with regulators for CBDC, tokenized deposit trials (source)
Norway supports MiCA, considers CBDC for financial stability (source)
Treasury Advisory Committee Calls for CBDCs to Replace Stablecoins (source)
How Onchain and Key Image Analysis Make Monero Traceable, Rendering Churning Ineffective (source) via
Dispelling Monero FUD (source) via
Chainlink, Microsoft, Banco Inter collaborate on Brazil’s CBDC pilot (source)
ECB official calls for urgency on digital euro amid global CBDC race (source)
EIB issues €100m digital bond to be settled with wholesale CBDC (source)
Malaysia exploring wholesale CBDC (source)
China bares CBDC upgrade; Australia's Project Acacia underway (source)
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All Other Privacy News and Notes
Host your own private internet search engine (source)
‘My phone number shouldn’t be public’: U. Georgia students question Harris campaign texts (source)
FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas (source)
Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data (source)
IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing (source)
Pregnancy Tracking App ‘What to Expect’ Refuses to Fix Issue that Allows Full Account Takeover (source)
How To Self-Host Without Actually Self-Hosting (source) via
Amazon confirms employee data breach after vendor hack (source)
Bing Wallpaper app, now in Windows Store, accused of cookie shenanigans (source)
Use this simple privacy checklist to enhance your privacy! (source) via
Australian Privacy Commissioner’s FRT ruling could have major implications for retail (source)
The UN Is Using Africa as a Testing Ground for Controversial Digital ID Systems (source)
BackBack Deloitte India partners with Securiti to enhance data privacy and compliance solutions (source)
Why End-To-End Encryption Is The Best Privacy Protection (source) via
Push to Pass KOSA Spurs Fears Over Privacy and Free Speech (source)
Why I gave up trying to delete myself from the internet (source)
Data privacy experts predict some wins under Trump 2.0 (source)
Startup Show: This scanner protects your privacy while keeping you safe (source) via
I Don't Own a Cellphone. Can This Privacy-Focused Network Change That? (source)
Can humans purge the bots without sacrificing our privacy? (source)
Hand over your ID or your facial data? The would-you-rather buried in the teen social media ban (source)
Over 600,000 Records Exposed in ‘SL Data Services’ Data Breach (source)
8 Ways to Fight for Privacy Today (source) via
How Contact Tracing Apps Sold Out Your Privacy (source) via
The Rise of Doxing (source) via
They’re Coming for Your Privacy—and They’re Doing It Fast (source) via
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