Just as threats and attacks against judges, police officers and social workers have increased dramatically over the past decade, so too have threats risen against other politicians and public officials.
Have your kids recently started their fall term in school – or are they already back? And like any loving parent did you capture that moment with a first-day-of-school photo proudly shared on your social media?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this too is now dangerous, thanks to the constantly increasing number of awful people in the world.
Every website has a privacy policy – that almost no one reads.
And with consumer privacy laws being passed in several states, policies are being updated to keep pace with the new rights and restrictions they specify. That’s the easy part – but changing how companies actually handle your personal data is proving more difficult.
These days, the policy doesn’t always match the practice – and that is a problem for anyone who visits these websites.
Media sources report that the Fulton County Grand Jury in the Donald Trump indictment has been doxed. If you search on social media it won’t take long to find jurors’ names, home addresses and photographs.
It was, sadly, predictable. But that doesn’t make it acceptable. Whether it’s targeting jurors here or going after Supreme Court justices at their homes last year – this is not about politics, it’s about basic human decency, and not expressing your anger over any one decision or legal action in a way that makes someone else feel personally threatened.
You’ll see plenty of blogs on our website about how easily your private data can be collected and sold. What still occasionally surprises us is the sheer volume of entities engaged in these collections and sales.
That’s why a recent article in Scientific American caught our eye. It states:
Who else is looking at photos of your home on Zillow?
People trying to sell their house don’t think about that – they just want to attract a potential buyer. But those photos are accessible to everyone, including thieves and scammers.
What can they learn about you and your family by looking at interior and exterior photos of your home, or taking the 3D tour often included in such listings?
We know you would probably prefer not to think about tax returns until next April approaches. But what if we told you that information in returns you already filed may have been given to Meta, Facebook’s parent company, by the firm you trusted to safeguard your private information?
Apparently that’s exactly what happened, according to a new federal government report.
Most ransomware attacks and phishing schemes in public and private sector entities are successful because someone in that organization clicks on a link that gives the hackers access to their systems – and personal data on their personnel.
There are numerous ways to make one of these links seem authentic, and one of the latest may be among the most deceptive.
With Twitter in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past couple of years, Meta (formerly Facebook) saw an opportunity to launch a competitor – and it seems to be succeeding.
The service, dubbed Threads, was promoted as “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations." Ten million people signed up in its first seven hours after launch, and it has now topped 30 million users in less than one week.
We believe every judge must have confidence in their personal security, and the safety of their families, as they work to deliver equal justice under the law. But new threats have emerged over the past decade that must be acknowledged, and addressed.
Our CEO, Ron Zayas, has written a whitepaper on this vital issue that offers potentially life-saving information for those who work in our criminal justice system.