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Mark Zuckerberg was sued Monday by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, who says the Facebook founder should be held financially responsible for the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The lawsuit was filed in DC Superior Court and demands that Zuckerberg pay civil penalties and restitution or damages. "We're suing Mark Zuckerberg for his role in Facebook's misleading privacy practices and failure to protect millions of users' data," Racine wrote on Twitter . "Our investigation shows extensive evidence that Zuckerberg was personally involved in failures that led to the Cambridge Analytica incident. This lawsuit is not only warranted, but necessary. Misleading consumers, exposing their data, and violating the law come with consequences, not only for companies that breach that trust, but also corporate executives." Racine's lawsuit says that "Facebook's 2010 decision to open up the Facebook Platform to third parties" was "the brainchild of Zuckerberg." This change … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg must pay for Cambridge Analytica data scandal, DC lawsuit says

Right on schedule, a new Chrome release is ready to greet the world. Chrome 102 includes more enhancements for web apps, new keyboard shortcuts for tabs, and useful information about new online stores. It arrives on May 24, 2022. Reorder Tabs With a Keyboard Shortcut Chrome’s keyboard shortcuts are a great way to speed up your web navigation. Chrome 102 is adding some new shortcuts to the fold. You can now rearrange tabs without touching your mouse . To move a tab, press Ctrl+Shift and Page Up or Page Down depending on which direction you want to move the current tab. Depending on your keyboard, you may need to also use the Function key to use Page Up or Page Down. RELATED: 10 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Browser Tabs Web Apps Can Open Files One of Google’s big areas of focus is making web apps feel more like native apps. Nearly every release includes some features to work toward this goal. Chrome 102 now allows web apps to open certain files . … [Read more...] about What’s New in Chrome 102, Arriving Today

Google announced a new version of Google Earth today with features that focus on what is under our ocean, in our past, and above our heads. Ars Technica did some vicarious adventuring to check out the new features. Google Earth 5.0 (beta) is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux users, though we should note that Google has become even more aggressive with the installation of its software update mechanism. Instead of covertly installing the software like it has in the past or offering the option to disable said updater like it should, Google now presents a dialog that forces the user to agree to the software license and installation of a phantom software update tool that cannot be uninstalled if the user wants to run Google Earth. But let's not dwell on the negatives, because there is a lot to love about this new version. Look under Initial gripes aside, Google Earth 5.0 exhibits yet more UI refinements and polish that bring it more in line with Google's other desktop … [Read more...] about Hands on: Google Earth 5.0 goes under the sea, back in time

In late 2019, the government of New South Wales in Australia rolled out digital driver's licenses. The new licenses allowed people to use their iPhone or Android device to show proof of identity and age during roadside police checks or at bars, stores, hotels, and other venues. ServiceNSW, as the government body is usually referred to, promised it would “provide additional levels of security and protection against identity fraud, compared to the plastic [driver's license]” citizens had used for decades. Now, 30 months later, security researchers have shown that it’s trivial for just about anyone to forge fake identities using the digital driver's licenses, or DDLs. The technique allows people under drinking age to change their date of birth and for fraudsters to forge fake identities. The process takes well under an hour, doesn’t require any special hardware or expensive software, and will generate fake IDs that pass inspection using the electronic verification system used by … [Read more...] about “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge

The Washington D.C. attorney general is suing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the social media giant’s misleading privacy policies and failure to protect user data. The Washington Examiner reports that Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Facebook (now known as Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the company’s misleading privacy policies and failure to protect sensitive user data. According to the lawsuit filed on Monday in D.C. Superior Court , Racine is accusing Zuckerberg of violating privacy protection laws and claiming that Facebook has profited from the acquisition and monetization of user data. Mark Zuckerberg surrounded by guards ( Chip Somodevilla /Getty) Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Racine alleges that Facebook also worked with developers and researchers to analyze user data in an effort to influence what they buy and even who they vote for in the 2016 election. Racine stated : “This … [Read more...] about D.C. Attorney General Sues Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook Privacy Failures

Update: This story now includes updates and corrections based upon responses from Suburban Express and attorney James Long. In a repeat performance that would make even Barbara blush, Illinois bus company owner Dennis Toeppen is pushing the so-called Streisand Effect to its limits by again trying to get reddit to shut up about his company. Once notorious as a domain squatter, Toeppen more recently became notorious for his war with social media users who speak ill of his Suburban Express bus service. Toeppen has now taken it up a notch, moving to revive legal threats and trolling his critics on reddit more ferociously. In this latest round, Toeppen's lawyer, James Long, and sent another legal threat to a redditor over a banner on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign subreddit. The demand was not over the full statement on the banner, as was previously reported, but rather over the phrase "they're likely to sue." The banner on the UIUC subreddit—a discussion area for … [Read more...] about Update: Bus co. threatens redditor yet again, records users’ IP addresses

You can’t summarize the webcomic Mr. Boop better than its first panel, which emerged out of what felt like the raging id of the internet on February 28, 2020. “My wife Betty Boop is really hot,” says Alec, the strip’s spectacled, grinning protagonist, a cartoon avatar for actual writer and artist Alec Robbins. His wife, you see, is Betty Boop. She’s really hot. At first blush, Mr. Boop might not seem all that different from the webcomics that largely defined the genre’s boom a decade or so ago: imperfectly drawn pan els, constant flirtation with copyright violation, and a horny, endlessly self-indulgent hero based directly on the author. But Robbins isn’t just channeling the tropes of a largely bygone era of fanfiction; he’s weaponizing them, delivering a note-perfect satire of a very specific time on the internet with layers that only reveal themselves as the story unfolds. Over 216 comic strips, several videos, and one alarming free-to-play visual novel , Robbins — a … [Read more...] about Mr. Boop, the psychosexual webcomic that is a scathing critique of copyright

The Senate has just confirmed the appointment of Eric Holder as the new attorney general. That means we'll soon get to see the follow-through on two commitments he made during his confirmation hearings, which Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News highlighted earlier today. First, as we noted last week , the ACLU has been trying to get their hands on the heretofore closely-guarded legal memos produced by the Office of Legal Counsel justifying the administration's warrantless wiretapping and "enhanced interrogation" practices. Holder seems at least tentatively open to finally permitting their release: Once the new Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel is confirmed, I plan to instruct that official to review the OLC's policies relating to publication of its opinions with the goal of making its opinions available to the maximum extent consistent with sound practice and competing concerns. Second—and as we also noted last week —Justice Department … [Read more...] about New AG on state secrets privilege

Almost one in five Amazon delivery workers were injured during 2021, a study Tuesday said. The study was published by the Strategic Organizing Center , a coalition of four labor unions representing more than 4 million workers. Using data that Amazon and its delivery contractors submitted to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2020 and 2021, the SOC found that workers delivering packages for Amazon delivery service partners were injured at a rate of 18.3 per 100 workers last year, up almost 40% from 2020. The small businesses that deliver packages for Amazon are known as DSPs. "According to DSP operators and to lawsuits lodged by DSP owners across the US, Amazon sets unmanageably high quotas for delivery drivers," the SOC's study said. "Claims in one lawsuit state that during peak times, Amazon expected a DSP operator in Sacramento to deliver 350-400 packages per day per van. To complete this number of deliveries in a 10-hour shift, drivers would need to … [Read more...] about Amazon Drivers Suffer Injuries at Rate of Almost 1 in 5, Union Study Says

A hack on police servers in China’s Xinjiang region has yielded thousands of graphic images and videos of Uighur detainees suffering in detention camps in one of the starkest accounts yet of the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the country’s persecution of ethnic minorities. The images are accompanied by training manuals, detailed police work rosters, and instructions for guarding the camps. Using a euphemism to describe inmates, one document states: “If students do not respond to warning shots and continue to try to escape, the armed police shoot to kill,” the BBC reported . Images show one prisoner in an iron torture device known as a tiger chair, which immobilizes the arms. Der Spiegel, one of the other outlets that published the tranch of hacked photos and documents, said it confirmed their authenticity in part by analyzing GPS data included in some of the images. “The material is unprecedented on several levels,” Dr. Adrian Zenz, director and senior fellow in China … [Read more...] about Server hack yields harrowing images of life inside Chinese detention camps