The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Finds a Needle in a Haystack for the Week Ending March 5th., 2024

For this episode we go searching for the needle in the haystack and it appears that someone or something in our fourth story found it!But we end Q1 with what we end every Q1 with in the US. Taxes. And relief that the already onerous tax prep process that so many have to have buy special software for just to complete, now asks you for permission to sell your data …. and how you can avoid it.Americans see their privacy eroded at every lamp post, but North of the border in Canada the supreme court passed a bill that increases privacy for every Canadian.And while we hold our breath and turn blue waiting for Microsoft to fix their zero day vulnerabilities, we apparently have demonstrated an unwitting hospitality to guests visiting from North Korea.From there it’s AI, and while one finds needles in haystacks, others are generating things that crawl a network in an altogether more unsavory manner.The U.S. Whitehouse, apparently now a subscriber to our podcast continues to call out the dangers of “Smart” devices. This time it’s cars and the takeaway that has the POTUS calling out a new investigation.Finally we finish with a device called the ShotSpotter that is turning up in neighbourhoods across the US in high numbers. It doesn’t have a camera attached, but it still has potential to to remove even more of our privacy. Can you guess how?​This is our best update yet, so grab your metal detectors and let’s hit the hay! Click here for the full transcript to this podcast.