The Hidden Market in DMV Records
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The Hidden Market in DMV Records

ByPrivacyStan

The Hidden Market in DMV Records How state agencies feed data brokers. And how scammers exploit the fallout. You’ve probably seen one of those fake DMV or “Final Notice” text messages threatening to suspend your license or block your registration unless you pay immediately. They feel uncomfortably real. They use the right acronyms, legal-sounding codes,…

Credit Headers: The Unseen Data Firehose
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Credit Headers: The Unseen Data Firehose

ByPrivacyStan

Your personal data isn’t just sitting in a credit bureau vault. It’s being actively spread across the internet through a little-known practice called credit header sales. What Are Credit Headers? Credit headers are a snapshot of your key identifying information, including: Full name Addresses Phone numbers Emails Even your Social Security Number and other identifiers…

Functional Privacy
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Letting AI Summarize Unknown Email, Docs

ByPrivacyStan

Letting AI Summarize Unknown Email, Docs… Gives attackers a way to execute hidden commands. Your “summary” is their payload. AI is being forced into everything. Now it’s in Gmail. And it’s exploitable. This is a problem Google is trying to address but it’s not an easy fix.  We also don’t believe that it’s a problem…