“The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist,” Marshall McLuhan

FCC Does The Bare Minimum: Asks Wireless Carriers To Be Honest About Location Data So basically the FCC is asking an industry with a history of lying about this stuff to be transparent about what they’re collecting and selling, and if they’re very clearly breaking fairly flimsy agency rules,

The FTC May (Finally) Protect Americans From Data Brokers   The agency’s lawsuit against Kochava should squash the industry’s core defense—and help keep sensitive info off the open market.

Ukrainian hackers created fake profiles of attractive women to trick Russian soldiers into sharing their location, report says. Days later, the base was blown up. The FTC May (Finally) Protect Americans From Data Brokers   The agency’s lawsuit against Kochava should squash the industry’s core defense—and help keep sensitive info off the open market.  (Synthetic human honeypots sirens call to soldiers wrecking OPSEC -ED)