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[?]CyberNetsecIO » 🌐
@netsecio@mastodon.social

📰 California Sues 23andMe Over 2023 Breach, Alleging Major Security and Privacy Failures

California's AG is suing 23andMe over its 2023 data breach. The lawsuit alleges the company failed to maintain reasonable security against credential stuffing & violated state privacy laws like CCPA. 🧬

🌐 cyber[.]netsecops[.]io

🔗 cyber.netsecops.io/articles/ca

    [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
    @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

    LA Times: Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology

    "...A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition technology at park and collecting sensitive data on guests...."

    (paywall)
    latimes.com/business/story/202

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      [?]Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers » 🌐
      @majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com

      Disney is increasingly becoming the least magical place on Earth.

      Disney faces a class action lawsuit over facial recognition tech - Engadget

      engadget.com/2176016/disney-fa

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        [?]PPC Land » 🌐
        @ppcland@mastodon.social

        ICYMI: Perplexity data lawsuit dropped - but the privacy questions remain: A class action accusing Perplexity of routing AI chat data to Meta and Google was voluntarily dismissed on May 1, 2026, leaving core privacy claims unresolved. ppc.land/perplexity-data-lawsu

          [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
          @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

          Mercury News: Residents sue San Jose in federal court over automated license-plate reader cameras

          Lawsuit filed by the Virginia-based Institute for Justice seeks class-action status, claims cameras and police database searches are unconstitutional and unwarranted surveillance

          "...SAN JOSE — Three San Jose residents backed by a national justice nonprofit have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the city’s vast network of automated license-plate reader cameras violate the Constitution by subjecting citizens to nonstop warrantless surveillance...."

          mercurynews.com/2026/04/15/res

            [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
            @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

            The Guardian: NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

            theguardian.com/technology/202

            The Guardian: NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

            Alt...The Guardian: NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis

              [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
              @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

              Oooh, Malibu is suing the local conservation district over their trails. (citing wildfires, but they have always been unhappy about any hiking trails in Malibu, afraid it will "attract the wrong kind of people").

              malibucity.org/m/newsflash/hom

                [?]steve mookie kong » 🌐
                @mookie@weredreaming.com

                Whoop is a scared company bullying smaller developers on things that aren’t valid. Dark mode? Really? Using the words “Recovery” and “Strain”? C’mon.

                They just sued Bevel on the basis that their app looks like the Whoop app because it has dark mode; uses the words “recovery” and “strain”; uses circles to represent data; uses boxes with rounded corners; and uses white text.

                This video from Bevel shows that Whoop lawyers didn’t even bother to look at the screenshots they were using in the complaint. And lays out a case that Whoop’s complaint is frivolous.

                A company confident in their own product doesn’t do this. Whoop’s business is based on cheap hardware and expensive subscriptions. It’s not a great place to be. They know it.

                #fitness #bevel #whoop #lawsuit #apps

                  [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                  Via Steve Herman: "WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta"

                  flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/1

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                    [?]Hackread.com » 🌐
                    @Hackread@mstdn.social

                    ⚖️ agrees to pay $8.25M to settle a class-action over claims it tracked children’s data in Play Store apps without parental consent and violated children’s privacy protections

                    Read: hackread.com/google-settlement

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                      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                      @octade@soc.octade.net

                      This is gold. The police who arrested him would have to wear his name on their uniforms.

                      Arrested for Telling a Cop to Shut UP-James Freeman is Suing to Rename This Texas City

                      https://youtu.be/zyLnHzg4Xrg


                        [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                        @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                        The Guardian: Tesla sued by family of California teenager killed in fiery Cybertruck crash

                        "...When power to the truck’s electric doors was shut down by the fire, the four passengers were locked inside with no way out.

                        The lawsuit alleges the design of the Cybertruck’s door handles is at fault for Tsukahara’s death. From the inside of the truck, when electricity is cut off, the only way to exit a rear door is by pulling a cable that’s underneath a pocket liner under the door’s storage compartment, according to a report by Bloomberg. From outside the vehicle, the doors also remain locked and the flush handles make it difficult for rescue workers to jimmy their way inside....She was alive after the crash. She called out for help. And she couldn’t get out.”

                        theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

                          [?]Emory » 🌐
                          @emory@soc.kvet.ch

                          omfg wow:

                          > "one of the central arguments is that in a book written by New York Times employees, ==they say that Mark Burnett discovered Trump. And Trump's argument, which is then laid out with a lot of facts and footnotes, is that he was actually a celebrity before Mark Burnett discovered him. So because he was a celebrity, he could not be discovered.==

                          > ==Ergo, you owe me $15B.==

                          From Pod Save America: Trump Cancels Kimmel, Sep 19, 2025
                          podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

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                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                            SMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.

                            The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

                            https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

                            Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

                            Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

                            Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

                            The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

                            @privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe

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