An ID-verification company, IDScan.net, appears to have leaked scans of 153 million driver's licenses, then sold on a dark-web market called Nexus. This week I break down why this breach is the perfect example of everything wrong with ID uploads, plus Chrome officially pulling uBlock Origin and AdGuard from the Web Store, California's age-verification bill carving out a Linux exemption, and Florida and Texas stepping back from Flock license-plate readers, plus the usual data breaches, threats, and open-source updates.
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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT 00:40 HIGHLIGHT: ID BREACH 05:52 F IN THE CHATS FOR MV2 08:00 CALIFORNIA'S LINUX CARVE-OUT 12:42 TEXAS & FLORIDA DEFLOCK 14:22 DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES 17:40 DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS 21:24 DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ #privacy #id #leak