The problem with Roe digital security advice- POLITICO


With help from Eric Geller

— With a dwindling number of days left for the Supreme Court to issue a decision on Roe, privacy experts are increasingly warning that legislative and executive actions are the only surefire way to fend off digital surveillance threats.

— CISA will warn today about a set of more than two dozen security flaws affecting some of the top security vendors for critical infrastructure operators, according to the researchers who discovered the problem.

— A report out this morning underscores just how difficult tackling open source software’s cybersecurity woes will be — just in time for a major open source software summit kicking off today.

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A TEAM EFFORT — As everyone awaits the forthcoming Supreme Court decision dictating the fate of Roe v. Wade, more privacy advocates are warning that the digital security tip sheets they’ve been circulating on social media for weeks won’t be enough if the court overturns the case. And instead of waiting for the decision, advocates have been increasingly turning their attention to the people who have a much better shot at easing their digital surveillance concerns: lawmakers and Biden…

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