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WIRED
@wired.com

NEW: “By withdrawing the CFPB’s data broker rulemaking, the Trump administration is ensuring that Americans will continue to be bombarded by scam texts, calls and emails," says Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress. A scoop:

wired.comCFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data BrokersRussell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

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Grae
@graez.bsky.social

So, they want to make it easier for scammers to scare grandma and grandpa out of their life savings. If you're just a self-absorbed piece of trash, they're helping scammers steal your hard-earned inheritance.

John Hatchard
@johnhatchard.bsky.social

Culty culty.

John Hatchard@johnhatchard.bsky.social

#Trump #Hegseth #MAGA #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #InternationalDemocracyUnion #IDU #Dominionism #Nationalism #ItsACult archive.is/bHsfv Russell Vought "Project 2025 plans are a response to a "Marxist takeover" of the USA" likening the moment to 1776 and 1860. Call it what it is. It's a cult.

msnbc.comLeaked videos of Project 2025 architect reveal planned MAGA takeover of federal governmentAs Donald Trump delivers his closing attack on fmr. GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, a new report by ProPublica and Documented reveals leaked videos of Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect and former Trump ad...
Pete
@petet3535.bsky.social

Hint I heard about to help track which companies are selling your data. Whenever you give your email to a company, add “+name of the company). Ex: emailaddress+netflix@gmail.com. You still receive the emails like normal, but any new spam list will show the email you put in.

Pete
@petet3535.bsky.social

Basically, if you get spam with +netflix, you know Netflix sold your data. Then you can start the “delete all my data, lawsuit for selling without permission, etc..