identity management
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Oof, the Prospects of That Big New Privacy Bill In U.S. Congress Look Grim
House Republicans want to drastically change a federal privacy bill that Democrats in the Senate are also threatening to murder. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) is one of the few pieces of privacy legislation to get the time of day on Capitol Hill in the last few years — even if looks…
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Microsoft Wants to Prove You Exist with Verified ID System, if You’ll Let It
In the decade-spanning conflict between the need for online privacy and efforts to stop fake accounts from accessing sensitive info, the tech monolith that is Microsoft is putting its massive weight behind the creation of standardised online identities.
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Biden Wants to Get Tougher on American Data Given to Foreign Advertisers: Report
Digital privacy legislation in the U.S. is a bafflingly fractured mess, and it’s about to get even more so. On Thursday, Reuters reported that Joe Biden’s administration had whipped up an executive order meant to give the Department of Justice “vast powers” to stop foreign “adversaries” — like Russia or China — from tapping into…
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Hacker Group Claims Extraordinary Access to User Authentication Firm Okta
Hacker group LAPSUS$ posted images on its Telegram channel overnight claiming it achieved administrator access to Okta, a user authentication and data management company. And if that’s true, it’s potentially bad for a number of large firms that use Okta services.