Personal Privacy News Roundup - September 2024
Personal Privacy News Roundup - September 2024
Noteworthy Digital and Internet Privacy News From September 2024
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September was a huge month for AI privacy related news. This post is organized by category:
Secrets of Privacy Posts, both from Substack, LinkedIn and elsewhere
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 September:
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AI Scams and other AI Privacy Related News and Notes
Privacy Disasters - LinkedIn Spies With its (Not-So) Little AI (source) via
FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist (source)
AI scam leaves Bryan mother traumatized, hopes story helps others (source)
'It's invasive': Palm Beach County residents become victims to AI Facebook scheme (source)
Lethbridge Police report increase in ‘grandparent scams’ using AI (source)
What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy (source)
Stalker Allegedly Created AI Chatbot on NSFW Platform to Dox and Harass Woman (source)
AI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warn (source)
CJ calls for stronger legal role in AI privacy safeguards (source)
3 Questions: How to prove humanity online (source)
AI deepfake crypto scammers ramp up operations in Q2: Gen Digital (source)
How to stay safe from AI voice scams (source)
AI-Powered Deepfake Scams Wreck Havoc on Businesses (source)
How scammers used AI to profit from my brother’s death (source)
Online job scams continue to rise, with AI playing a larger role (source)
Scammers Using AI to Clone Voices, Drain Bank Accounts As Deloitte Forecasts $30,000,000,000 in AI Losses by 2027 (source)
Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison (source)
Snapchat Reserves the Right to Use AI-Generated Images of Your Face in Ads (source)
‘It is not real': Title company owner warns of new twist to title fraud (source)
AI is learning to read your emotions, and here's why that can be a good thing (source)
New Study Proves AI Models Are Beating Out CAPTCHA On Every Instance (source)
Rising Voice Cloning Scams Underscore Urgency for Stronger Public Safeguards and Fraud Prevention (source)
Brad Pitt Imposters Arrested for Scamming Two Women Online Out of $350,000; Pitt’s Rep Reminds Fans He Has ‘No Social Media Presence’ (source)
Privacy Coins and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) News and Notes
A Deep Dive on Monero Tracing And Key Image Analysis (source) by
Monero is for Criminals (source) by
Report: Digital Currency Projects Underway in 134 Countries (source)
India's CBDC Has 5M Users, Can be Phased in Gradually: Central Bank Governor (source)
Citi survey finds fewer institutions want CBDC for digital asset settlement (source)
JP Morgan, 8 Italian banks involved in Banque de France wholesale CBDC trials (source)
Brazil central bank confirms projects for next digital currency tests (source)
IMF Reflects on the Cyber Resilience of the CBDC Ecosystem (source)
Russian Central Bank Targets July 2025 for Widespread Digital Ruble Use (source)
Accenture invests in CBDC firm EMTECH (source)
Central bank digital currency momentum growing, study shows (source)
Bank of Korea to Launch CBDC Payment Trial in Supermarkets (source)
Australia Finds No ‘Clear Public Interest’ for Retail CBDC (source)
Consumer demand for central bank digital currency as a means of payment (source)
BitcoinOS ‘open-sources’ BitSNARK verification for enhanced privacy (source)
Wallet in Telegram app temporarily blocked for UK users due to restructuring (source)
Hong Kong’s e-HKD project expands into tokenization, programmability (source)
IMF explores CBDC adoption incentives for consumers, merchants (source)
Canada Moves Away From Retail CBDC, Shifts Focus to Broader Payments (source)
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All Other Privacy News and Notes
How to lock down your mobile phone - a simple primer on phone privacy and security. (source) via
TechLetters Insights - Increased risks of cyber, AI and autonomous systems is challenging our realm (source) via
Chat Control is Back on the Table (source) via
Sliding Scales & The Data Ownership Debate (source) via
Use these new iPhone features to protect your privacy and security (source) via
Bill Burns and Richard Moore: Intelligence partnership helps the US and UK stay ahead in an uncertain world (source)
Steak n Shake sued for alleged biometric data privacy violations (source)
Company plans to track workers' locations in return-to-office crackdown (source)
Signal is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (source)
Saskatoon police officers snooped on investigation files they had no right to access: Privacy commissioner (source)
Seventh Sense introduces privacy-preserving digital ID utilizing biometrics and PKI (source)
‘A Home Insurance Drone Spied on My House—Then My Premium Was Hiked’: Could Your Policy Be at Risk, Too? (source)
EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones (source)
The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves (source)
When privacy-preserving advertising measurement falls short (source)
The Dark Side of Deepfakes: Unmasking the Future of Digital Trust in a Hyperconnected World (source)
The best secure browsers for privacy: Expert tested (source)
Thousands of US politicians’ staffers are exposed (source)
Lions Dan Campbell has home address doxxed, creating series of security concerns (source)
Uniting for Internet Freedom: Tor Project & Tails Join Forces (source)
School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety (source)
Google’s revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK (source)
Telegram says it will share phone numbers and IP addresses of ‘bad actors’ to authorities (source)
All Proton Drive apps are now open source (source)
Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite (source)
Digital ID Isn't for Everybody, and That's Okay (source)
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