Modern browser extensions and ad blockers are legally collecting and reselling user data, including streaming habits and B2B sales intelligence, under the guise of "analytics." This unregulated "legal spyware" creates massive security gaps as employees unwittingly leak corporate URLs, SaaS dashboards, and research activity to third-party databases. With the rise of AI-native browsers and personal device syncing, security leaders must evolve beyond simple permission checks to implement rigorous extension governance and privacy policy reviews to prevent targeted attacks and corporate data leakage.

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How modern age-verification laws, like the California Digital Age Assurance Act, dismantle the principle of data minimization by mandating the collection of sensitive personal data, effectively turning "don't know" into "must know" and knowledge into liability.

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ProPublica has a scoop:

In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings.

The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica.

Or, as one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.”

For years, reviewers said, Microsoft had tried and failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server across the digital terrain. Given that and other unknowns, government experts couldn’t vouch for the technology’s security...

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The March 2026 Cyber Strategy shifts focus from private sector compliance to national power and adversary disruption. Explore the tension between geopolitical deterrence and the economic realities of cybercrime.

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Analysis of the Trump administration’s concise 2024 cybersecurity strategy arguing for policy-led government, private-sector implementation, deregulation to spur innovation, and elevation of AI security as a national priority.

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Europe’s plan to build sovereign search infrastructure highlights a growing security concern: dependence on foreign platforms for access to information and AI knowledge may represent a systemic vulnerability.

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TikTok has shifted to a majority-American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, LLC, to comply with U.S. national security requirements and avoid a ban. This week we discuss why a recent privacy policy update went viral—especially language about sensitive data like immigration status and precise location—and argue much of it reflects longstanding practices and required California […]

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