Tagging along with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending May 14th., 2024

Episode 189.  Ever feel like you are being followed? This week we have both Apple and Google making efforts to quell that effect.  We have leak updates from two sources that should be among the last to ever have to send out breach notices.  One a computer manufacturer and the other a US Government agency.From there, its on to the latest craze in extortion and what you can do to secure against it.We get what we think could be an AI version of Mad Cow disease.  The first round of Mad Cow was scary, but this one includes hallucinations.There’s the rushed US extension of section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).  Wait what?  What’s that?  It’s an NSA undertaking that could effect almost anyone globally.And finally we get some insight into what happens when your company’s Cloud Service Provider (CSP) hiccoughs, and deletes all your company infrastructure.  Could it be time for CSP specific Disaster recovery plans?This week’s updates might leave you feeling a little uncomfortable, but ...better the devil you know. Find the full transcript to this podcast here.