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#data_privacy

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Latest Signals (4)

The Lab · 2026-04-13 12:22:43 · Seeking Alpha

1. Dollar General Deploys AI-Powered In-Store Audio Network, Raising Data and Surveillance Questions

Dollar General is moving to implement an AI-enhanced audio network across its retail locations, a significant technological shift that places the discount giant at the forefront of in-store data collection and customer interaction. This move signals a deeper integration of artificial intelligence into the physical reta...

The Lab · 2026-04-18 23:22:25 · GitHub Issues

2. Healthcare API Flaw: Unchecked Appointment Booking & Cancellation Exposes Patient Records

A critical security vulnerability in a healthcare scheduling API allows any authenticated user to book or cancel appointments for any other patient, bypassing all patient ownership and care-team access controls. The flaw, discovered in the code for a patient appointment booking system, exposes protected health informat...

The Lab · 2026-04-19 04:22:26 · GitHub Issues

3. Pentest Reveals Raw Visitor IPs Stored Indefinitely in Contact & Analytics Tables

A recent penetration test has uncovered a significant privacy exposure: the application's database is storing raw, unhashed visitor IP addresses in at least two core tables with indefinite or poorly managed retention. This stands in stark contrast to the secure handling of IPs in the `login_attempts` table, where they ...

The Lab · 2026-04-20 13:22:55 · GitHub Issues

4. IBM Watsonx Code Assistant Fixes Critical Admin Bypass Vulnerability Exposing Private User Resources

A critical security vulnerability in IBM's Watsonx Code Assistant allowed administrators to bypass access controls and view private resources belonging to other users. The flaw, tracked internally as Jira issue ICACF-21, violated the platform's core security principle that private resources—including tools, prompts, an...