@wbm312.bsky.social
I nudge people to care about privacy and security. CPO/DPO. Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Ex @EA @FTC |my views are my own. I used to post on Twitter at @wbm312.
Lots of folks asking how to join the class. My lawyers' emails and contact-form here. As well as the complaint if you want to take a look.
prf-law.com/current-case...
I really wonder what the internal discussions about this decision looked like. Where was their legal team? To me either they have 0 power in the company or their risk tolerance is incredibly incredibly high.
BREAKING--A bipartisan coalition of states will proceed on Monday in our monopolization case against Live Nation for their actions harming consumers and undermining competition. The DOJ's settlement was plainly inadequate and we are now moving ahead without them. Thread 👇
For all the people saying that Grammarly should be sued over its "expert review" feature, here is the Grammarly class action lawsuit, alleging violation of the right to privacy and the right of publicity: prf-law.com/current-case...
That’s not the future. That’s what they’re doing now. So what changed future is he talking about?
People don’t want this.
Also we are living the consequences of good information living behind paywalls and bad information continuing to be free, it’s not great.
Why we need to support platforms like Wikipedia.
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NEW: A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill requiring warrants for FBI searches of Americans' communications under FISA, aligning federal law w/ a 2025 ruling that found the practice unconstitutional.
It would also ban the government from buying Americans' private data from data brokers.
Scoop: Here’s the bonkers story of how a foreign hacker inadvertently (?) broke into an evidence server holding FBI Epstein material in 2023 and then threatened to call in law enforcement when they found it was full of CSAM.
www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
More, detailed information about the new numbers station sending numbers in Farsi: priyom.org/number-stati...
A new numbers station! Popped up 12 hours after the US bombed Iran.
www.rferl.org/a/mystery-nu...
I’m familiar. But for separate reasons I’d still never allow MDM on my phone. I don’t ever want my phone collected for litigation purposes. Work should stay on work devices.
I don’t want to establish officially that my phone is used for work.
"I also think of privacy as a check on power. It’s a way that whoever you are, you have some protection against people who have more power than you," EFF's Cindy Cohn told @wweek.com when discussing her new book, Privacy's Defender. www.wweek.com/arts/books/...
Do you trust all employers to set that up correctly?
Ha! I swear I didn’t see your post! Great minds for sure!
Reason #37482 why you should NEVER let your employer put MDM on your personal device and you should instead opt for a second work phone.
krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/iran...
Including people who work at orgs dedicated to filing lawsuits seems like a bad risk call, imnsho
Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.
The Pentagon is demanding AI companies allow them to use their products to mass surveil Americans.
Congress must step in and take action now.
If there’s anyone who follows me doing consumer protection (FTC or state). Here’s a lead: autorenwal practices of Coterie. Definitely deceptive!
It is true that Proton is located in Switzerland and responded to a legal request from the Swiss authorities. But it is also true that most people do not know what an MLAT is and there is a widespread misunderstanding that using Proton will protect your account from US govt requests.
*dead father. You don’t have heirs until you die.
Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran.
Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.
www.wired.com/story/from-u...
Most of the footage should never leave the user’s device. But of course the worst company doesn’t do privacy.
Meta Workers Say They’re Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users’ Smart Glasses
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Also if you work in sales at a company, do not call me. Email, fine.
No matter how many times I tell zoominfo to not sell my personal data, they continue to sell it to companies.
I am so frustrated with their non compliance with California law.
When we talk about the problems with Bluetooth-enabled physical trackers, we usually talk about AirTags, but let us save some rage for Tile, powered by this paper discussing Tile's privacy, security, and accountability problems: arxiv.org/abs/2510.003...
Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
www.wired.com/story/data-b...
In the end, ethics and safety standards are no match for the promise of potential $$$ and profits… time.com/7380854/excl...
