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Not everyone is thrilled with Microsoft and Google. In many countries open source software, even for the end user, is becoming popular as a way to escape the clutches of Silicon Valley. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/more-countri...
More Countries Are Blocking US Tech - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
More countries are working on technologies developed at home to lessen US control over their IT infrastructure. While this is good for local businesses, it is not good for Silicon Valley revenue. One ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Not everyone is thrilled with Microsoft and Google. In many countries open source software, even for the end user, is becoming popular as a way to escape the clutches of Silicon Valley. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/more-countri...
Senator Cassidy introduced a bill to protect health data collected by apps that is not protected by HIPAA. It sounds good but we shall see what the legislative process does to it. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/republicans-...
Republicans Offer Privacy Bill for Health Data - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
No, not the data collected by doctors and hospitals. That data is already protected by HIPAA. Actually, the amount of data protected by HIPAA is dwarfed by the amount of data NOT protected by HIPAA. T...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Senator Cassidy introduced a bill to protect health data collected by apps that is not protected by HIPAA. It sounds good but we shall see what the legislative process does to it. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/republicans-...
News bites: Florida woman uses AI - to make false assault claim Third party risk is a MAJOR risk, Toyota says "subscription required" to use features, Microsoft, others to build AI data centers in authoritarian UAE, ClickFix now targets Macs and Windows. tcps-blog.com/11-07-25-sec...
11.07.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Florida Woman Uses AI – To Make False Assault Claim Brooke Schinault called St. Petersburg police on October 7th to report a stranger breaking into her house. While she didn’t know the person, she pro...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
News bites: Florida woman uses AI - to make false assault claim Third party risk is a MAJOR risk, Toyota says "subscription required" to use features, Microsoft, others to build AI data centers in authoritarian UAE, ClickFix now targets Macs and Windows. tcps-blog.com/11-07-25-sec...
ChatGPT bugs allow data theft, prompt injection, bypassing safety rules and other stuff. Neither the first nor last time. Details at tcps-blog.com/7-chatgpt-bu...
7 ChatGPT Bugs Allow Rampant Data Theft - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Other than allowing a hacker to inject arbitrary prompts, exfiltrate personal user data, bypass safety mechanisms and take other malicious actions, the collection of bugs do not represent a major prob...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
ChatGPT bugs allow data theft, prompt injection, bypassing safety rules and other stuff. Neither the first nor last time. Details at tcps-blog.com/7-chatgpt-bu...
Lawmakers say that Flock surveillance camera exposed to hackers due to poor police security practices. Details at tcps-blog.com/lawmakers-sa...
Lawmakers Say Poor Police Security Exposes Flock Surveillance Cameras to Hackers - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Flock doesn’t have a great privacy reputation in many quarters and although, maybe, this is not their fault, they are going to get beat up for it anyway. Flock, you may remember, is the company that s...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Lawmakers say that Flock surveillance camera exposed to hackers due to poor police security practices. Details at tcps-blog.com/lawmakers-sa...
The 4th Circuit Appeals Court has just made it easier for breach victims to sue companies who get breached, increasing the incentive to not get breached. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/us-appeals-c...
US Appeals Court Lowers Bar for Data Breach Lawsuits - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Under federal law you have to show that you have been damaged in order to sue, even in the case of a data breach. The courts continue to reevaluate where the bar is to sue. The 4th US Circuit Court of...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The 4th Circuit Appeals Court has just made it easier for breach victims to sue companies who get breached, increasing the incentive to not get breached. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/us-appeals-c...
News: Modelez uses AI to reduce marketing costs by 30-50%, Musk says "if she's a 10, you're an asset", US cybercorps crashes, iRobot faces bankruptcy, turning smart vacuums into dumb ones, Google is blocking 10 bil scams a month, how many are being sent. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-31-25-sec...
10.31.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Mondelez Uses AI to Reduce Marketing Content Generation Costs by 30-50% Mondelez owns Cadbury, Oreo, Ritz, Toblerone and many more brands. They spent $40 million on an AI ad generation tool to slash f...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
News: Modelez uses AI to reduce marketing costs by 30-50%, Musk says "if she's a 10, you're an asset", US cybercorps crashes, iRobot faces bankruptcy, turning smart vacuums into dumb ones, Google is blocking 10 bil scams a month, how many are being sent. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-31-25-sec...
So you think you BOUGHT that robot vacuum. Technically, you did fork over $300 for it, but if you don't let the company harvest your data, it might stop working. What data? Anything they want. Details at tcps-blog.com/your-smart-v...
Your Smart Vacuum May Be Spying on You - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
To some people this is no surprise. To most, it will be a big surprise. A software engineer that bought (well, at least he thought he bought it) a smart vacuum discovered that he didn’t buy it, he was...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
So you think you BOUGHT that robot vacuum. Technically, you did fork over $300 for it, but if you don't let the company harvest your data, it might stop working. What data? Anything they want. Details at tcps-blog.com/your-smart-v...
US did not not sign the UN cybercrime treaty in Hanoi last weekend. It was written (mostly) by Russia and China. What could be wrong with it? But they are considering it. Details at tcps-blog.com/us-declines-...
US Declines to Sign UN Cybercrime Treaty - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
This is not over until it is over. The cybercrime treaty forces signers to potentially break their own laws and criminalize actions that are legal in their own country if a foreign government asks the...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
US did not not sign the UN cybercrime treaty in Hanoi last weekend. It was written (mostly) by Russia and China. What could be wrong with it? But they are considering it. Details at tcps-blog.com/us-declines-...
Texas cities and agencies have been under [cyber] attack for the last several years and they have been losing the fight. They are standing up the Texas Cyber Command at UT San Antonio. Interesting plan. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/texas-stands...
Texas Stands Up Cyber Command - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Lets face it; Texas public sector entities don’t have a good cybersecurity track record. And that is only a small part of the list. So the Texas legislature passed HB 150 to stand up the Texas Cyber C...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Texas cities and agencies have been under [cyber] attack for the last several years and they have been losing the fight. They are standing up the Texas Cyber Command at UT San Antonio. Interesting plan. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/texas-stands...
Just because you are large does not mean you are secure, GPS spoofing events over 1000 a day, SpaceX disables more than 2,000 terminals used by scammers, UN resolution could criminalize security research and N. Korea infiltrates drone makers used by Ukraine. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-24-25-sec...
10.24.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
10.24.25 Security News Bites Just Because You are Large Does Not Mean You Are Secure Russia hacked into eight UK Air Force and Navy bases and posted Ministry of Defense staff names and emails on the d...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Just because you are large does not mean you are secure, GPS spoofing events over 1000 a day, SpaceX disables more than 2,000 terminals used by scammers, UN resolution could criminalize security research and N. Korea infiltrates drone makers used by Ukraine. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-24-25-sec...
Sex sells and AI maker Sam Altman figures that may be his only route to profitability. Learn about his plans and the potential downside at tcps-blog.com/sex-sells-an...
Sex Sells and ChatGPT Says AI Sex Sells Too - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
OpenAI will soon roll out a new version of ChatGPT, providing erotica for age-verified users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say the company will “treat adult users like adults”. Critics are not fond of this i...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Sex sells and AI maker Sam Altman figures that may be his only route to profitability. Learn about his plans and the potential downside at tcps-blog.com/sex-sells-an...
AI can bite you in the ...
Lawyers seem to be publicly shamed a lot for their use of AI.
Not sure why, exactly. Maybe they are just not technically adept.
Here is a amusing piece with a lesson to be learned.
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Lawyers seem to be publicly shamed a lot for their use of AI.
Not sure why, exactly. Maybe they are just not technically adept.
Here is a amusing piece with a lesson to be learned.
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AI Can Bite You in the *** - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
AI hallucinates. Everyone knows that. At least I think they know that. A New York attorney (what is it with attorneys and AI?) had a client who was involved in a lawsuit regarding a disputed loan. So ...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
AI can bite you in the ...
Lawyers seem to be publicly shamed a lot for their use of AI.
Not sure why, exactly. Maybe they are just not technically adept.
Here is a amusing piece with a lesson to be learned.
tcps-blog.com/ai-can-bite-...
Lawyers seem to be publicly shamed a lot for their use of AI.
Not sure why, exactly. Maybe they are just not technically adept.
Here is a amusing piece with a lesson to be learned.
tcps-blog.com/ai-can-bite-...
Amazon broke the Internet today. No, really. It is likely to happen again. Are you prepared? You should be. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/amazon-broke...
Amazon Broke the Internet Today - Really - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Sometimes there is too much news so planned items get moved down the list. Today is one of these days. As I am sure most of you know, starting around 12:11 AM Monday Pacific Time, Amazon Web Services ...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Amazon broke the Internet today. No, really. It is likely to happen again. Are you prepared? You should be. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/amazon-broke...
China is accusing the NSA of doing what it does every day. GASP! Of course they provide no evidence of the NSA's involvement. Still, whoever did it, it went undetected for years and could have done a lot of damage if the attacker wanted to. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-accuse...
China Accuses US of Doing What it Does - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is claiming that the US is doing what it does on a regular basis. NOTE: This information comes from the South China Morning Post (SCMP). While the newspaper is...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
China is accusing the NSA of doing what it does every day. GASP! Of course they provide no evidence of the NSA's involvement. Still, whoever did it, it went undetected for years and could have done a lot of damage if the attacker wanted to. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-accuse...
News bites: disconnect your chatbot from apps, Texas town tries to quiet crypto miner, Netherlands invokes special powers against chip maker, could lead to car assembly lines shutting down and Tor browser removes AI. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-17-25-sec...
10.17.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
10.17.25 Security News Bites If You Have Connected a Chatbot to Your Email/Calendar. Or other Apps. You May Want to disconnect it. Gemini and other chatbots (such as Grok) can be compromised by hidden...
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October 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
News bites: disconnect your chatbot from apps, Texas town tries to quiet crypto miner, Netherlands invokes special powers against chip maker, could lead to car assembly lines shutting down and Tor browser removes AI. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-17-25-sec...
What if China wanted to Strike a critical blow against us with out one bullet, one bomb or one missile. Some people think that is, in fact, their plan. Details at tcps-blog.com/us-water-uti...
US Water Utilities a Chinese Hacker Target - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
US water utilities are an interesting group. Let us talk about Colorado. Denver Water was founded in 1918, has a budget of $700 million according to Wikipedia and has over 1100 employees. It serves a ...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What if China wanted to Strike a critical blow against us with out one bullet, one bomb or one missile. Some people think that is, in fact, their plan. Details at tcps-blog.com/us-water-uti...
China says the US is a surveillance empire. Really? That is pretty funny. But they are. Here is why - all about negotiating, in my opinion. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-labels...
China Labels US "Surveillance Empire" - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Well, that is certainly the pot calling the kettle black. Wow. This comes from the US’s plan to put asset tracking tags in GPUs to cut down on black market sales to China. “While accusing others of sp...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
China says the US is a surveillance empire. Really? That is pretty funny. But they are. Here is why - all about negotiating, in my opinion. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-labels...
News bites: Flock surveillance now captures voice, crowdsourcing extortion, Texas cops use surveillance cams to find woman who got an abortion, NSA/cybercommand still don't have a chief and ICE buys surveillance vans. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-10-25-sec...
10.10.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
10.10.25 Security News Bites Flock Surveillance Camera Company Now Detects Voices The company that sells nationwide surveillance using license plate readers now also detects gunshots and voices. I thi...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
News bites: Flock surveillance now captures voice, crowdsourcing extortion, Texas cops use surveillance cams to find woman who got an abortion, NSA/cybercommand still don't have a chief and ICE buys surveillance vans. Details at tcps-blog.com/10-10-25-sec...
China is learning from the US's China playbook and has decided that turnabout is fair play. Depending on how long it lasts, it could have significant impact on the US economy. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-takes-...
China Takes a Page Out of Prez's Playbook for Rare Earth Elements - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
The president has been trying to pressure China by implementing restrictions on trade. Whether that is massive tariffs on many products US companies import from China or banning, on and off, the sale ...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
China is learning from the US's China playbook and has decided that turnabout is fair play. Depending on how long it lasts, it could have significant impact on the US economy. Details at tcps-blog.com/china-takes-...
Arizona just passed a law to try and reduce crypto scams. There is one very novel part of the law that I like and may actually have some impact. Learn what that is at tcps-blog.com/arizona-crac...
Arizona Cracks Down on Crypto ATM Scams - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
I don’t think this is going to work, but I don’t think it will do any harm. Arizona, the stereotype goes, is where old people go. People who are less cyber literate and much less crypto literate. How ...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Arizona just passed a law to try and reduce crypto scams. There is one very novel part of the law that I like and may actually have some impact. Learn what that is at tcps-blog.com/arizona-crac...
Virginia is wrestling with how to deal with data centers. Not successfully. But trying to figure it out is not easy. Including trying to keep everyone happy. But we are going to have to figure this one out. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/virginia-wre...
Virginia Wrestles with Cost, Impact of Data Centers. Others Should Watch. - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
Notice that I did not say that Virginia has figured things out, only that they are trying to figure it out. Virginia has the most data centers in the country, hence the biggest challenges. Challenges ...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Virginia is wrestling with how to deal with data centers. Not successfully. But trying to figure it out is not easy. Including trying to keep everyone happy. But we are going to have to figure this one out. Learn more at tcps-blog.com/virginia-wre...
News bites: Flock CEO says Privacy not his problems, Sen Cruz says privacy protections not for you, FCC to allow cell jamming, DoJ/DHS lost authority to mitigate drone threat and feds sued over $100k visa fee. details at tcps-blog.com/10-03-25-sec...
10.03.25 Security News Bites - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
10.03.25 Security News Bites Flock Surveillance Camera Network CEO Says Privacy is Not his Problem Flock Safety is the operator of a nationwide network of surveillance cameras that read and correlate ...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
News bites: Flock CEO says Privacy not his problems, Sen Cruz says privacy protections not for you, FCC to allow cell jamming, DoJ/DHS lost authority to mitigate drone threat and feds sued over $100k visa fee. details at tcps-blog.com/10-03-25-sec...
AI. It is everywhere. For better. And also for worse. At the same time. Are you prepared to defend your organization? Details at tcps-blog.com/is-ai-the-ne...
Is AI The Newest "Weak Link" In the Security Chain? Maybe! - Turnkey Cybersecurity and Privacy Solutions Blog
AI is very young and immature in the grand scheme of things. Even though we are investing billions into AI, companies are spending it on bright shiny features, not security. We saw this recently when ...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
AI. It is everywhere. For better. And also for worse. At the same time. Are you prepared to defend your organization? Details at tcps-blog.com/is-ai-the-ne...
California, often at the forefront of the legal world, just passed a law requiring large AI companies to explain how their models protect against catastrophic damage. Learn more at lnkd.in/gNip6DGv
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
California, often at the forefront of the legal world, just passed a law requiring large AI companies to explain how their models protect against catastrophic damage. Learn more at lnkd.in/gNip6DGv