Topic: public information
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Climate Expert Restores Zillow's Missing Risk Scores
Zillow removed its climate risk feature due to scrutiny over flood data accuracy, creating an information gap for homebuyers assessing property vulnerabilities. In response, expert Neil Matouka is developing a browser plugin that overlays climate risk data onto Zillow listings in California, rest...
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Meta Blocks Users From Sharing ICE Agent Doxxing Sites
Meta has blocked links to the ICE List website across its platforms, citing violations of its policies on personally identifiable information, after the site had circulated freely for over six months. The site's creator argues the block aids ICE agent anonymity and suggests the policy is selectiv...
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NCSC Alerts Orgs to Vulnerabilities in Exposed Devices
The UK's National Cyber Security Center has launched a **Proactive Notifications service** pilot, which scans the public internet for vulnerabilities in UK-connected systems and alerts organizations with tailored advice to fix them. The service operates legally and sends communications only from ...
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Google Denies Major Gmail Breach, Insists Security Is Strong
Google has officially denied reports of a massive Gmail security breach, stating that no widespread compromise of user data has occurred and that the service remains secure. The confusion arose from unrelated incidents, including a limited breach of a corporate server with no exposure of sensitiv...
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Instagram Denies Data Breach Claims
Meta denied a system breach, attributing a wave of password reset emails to an external party exploiting a technical flaw that has since been fixed. A separate data scraping incident exposed largely public information from about 17 million accounts, with 6.2 million records including an email add...
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Web Scraper Sues Google, Accuses It of Web Scraping
A legal dispute centers on whether Google's search results are copyrighted, with SerpApi arguing they are not, as Google aggregates public web data. SerpApi defends its web scraping by comparing it to Google's own practices, framing the lawsuit as an anti-competitive move to control data access. ...
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