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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about Threads vs. Twitter: Global Launch Unveiled, But What's Stopping it in the EU? Privacy Concerns and Recent Rulings Cause a Pause?

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This week on Privacy Please, we discuss the concept of feeling "normal" in the digital realm. Despite the increasing presence of surveillance and data collection, users in the United States seem unfazed and have developed a sense of acceptance within digital infrastructures. Feeling "normal" online provides a sense of comfort, connection, and social inclusion, even though it may not evoke strong emotions. This desire for normalcy explains why users identify with digital platforms, despite being aware of the potential harm associated with them.

My credited source for this episode is Tung-Hui Hu of the Wired

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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about Innovation vs. privacy and how this has become a contentious topic in today's digital landscape. 

This conversation explores the delicate balance between fostering technological advancements and protecting individual privacy rights. We delve into the question of which side should take precedence and whether sacrificing privacy is necessary for technological growth. 

Join us as we explore different perspectives, discuss potential solutions, and examine where we stand on this important issue. Are you ready to weigh in on the innovation vs. privacy debate? 

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This week on Privacy Please, we tell a short story about Max Malware and the Privacy Protectors.

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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about the overall costs of recovering from a ransomware incident and how they are increasing… 

"Mitigating these attacks takes time—if the organization even has reliable, tested backups of the systems compromised—and resources. Ransomware is so ubiquitous that it may simply be a threat that we will always have to protect against"

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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about how Microsoft Outlook, the popular cloud email service, faced a series of outages on Monday after a reported hack by a pro-Russian group called Anonymous Sudan. The group claimed to have launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Outlook as part of a campaign against US companies and infrastructure. 

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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about two new events that happened recently involving Toyota Motor Corporation's disclosing their data breach and Dish Network's ransomware attack after admitting they may have paid the ransom without saying they paid for it. 

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This week on Privacy Please, we talk about Facebook owner Meta being fined a record 1.2 Billion over European data transfers. 

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This week on Privacy Please, we go over two articles - the first in Cybersecurity news, T-Mobile's second data breach this year (2023), and the second in data privacy news, we talk about how Apple and Google are working together on industry standards to warn device users of unauthorized Bluetooth tracking.  

Article source: Scott Ikeda

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Are you ready to give Amazon the rights to your health data? 

This week on Privacy Please, we talk about a new online patient service offered by Amazon called Amazon Clinic. Now the catch is, in order to become a patient with amazon clinic, first, you must sign away some privacy. 

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