The App Security Project is run by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance Foundation (TPAF).
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Large-scale cybersecurity attacks were on the rise in 2023 – check out App Security Project Wrapped for all the info on how you can protect your information 👀👇
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🚨NEW: A malware campaign in India is the latest reminder that sideloading comes with real security risks.
Policymakers shouldn’t mandate alternative app distribution at the expense of consumers who prefer the security of trusted app stores.
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NEW: Cyber threats are evolving, and cybersecurity must evolve with them.
Microsoft's new AI-powered Project Perception shows how private-sector innovation can strengthen digital security.
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🚨NEW: Foreign hackers are increasingly using residential devices to mask cyberattacks.
Now is the time to reinforce cybersecurity—not roll back the safeguards that help protect consumers.
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🚨NEW: AICOA would functionally reduce consumer choice by preventing tech companies from offering maximally secure product to consumers who prefer them.
When considering how to regulate the digital world, lawmakers must prioritize cybersecurity.
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🚨Hackers stole data tied to millions of students & teachers after breaching a major education platform.
Forcing companies to collect more personal information through mandates like age verification only creates bigger targets for cybercriminals.
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🔥NEW: "Lawmakers in recent years have used the goal of expanding competition to justify all manner of bad policy. Cybersecurity should not become a casualty of an interventionist regulatory agenda."
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Hackers exposed a huge database tied to an ID verification vendor, including 200M+ Americans’ sensitive data.
Mandates like age verification force companies to hoard more info, making bigger targets for hackers.
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🚨NEW: The EU is moving to strengthen cybersecurity. Congress is flirting with bills like AICOA that risk weakening device security and privacy. We should be raising the bar, not lowering it.
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🚨NEW BLOG: Cyber threats are evolving fast—from infrastructure attacks to AI-powered scams. Defense must evolve faster.
Congress should strengthen protections, not revive policies like mandated sideloading that weaken consumer security.
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🚨NEW POST: "Cybersecurity is now a shared-risk enterprise—one that demands closer coordination and heightened vigilance among government, industry, and contractors."
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🚨NEW BLOG: Discord’s experience shows that in the digital age, the greatest threat to online safety may come from bad government policies that purport to protect the public.
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🔥NEW: A cyberattack disrupted major European airports by targeting check-in systems—proof that aviation’s growing reliance on interconnected tech comes with serious vulnerabilities.
Efficiency without robust cybersecurity is a risk.
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🔥NEW: Age verification that requires users to aggregate tremendous amounts of sensitive personal data should be avoided.
In the digital world, privacy and cybersecurity must be top priorities.
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🔥NEW: Age verification that requires users to aggregate tremendous amounts of sensitive personal data should be avoided.
In the digital world, privacy and cybersecurity must be top priorities.
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🔥NEW BLOG: The UK’s Online Safety Act triggered mass age checks, leading to over-blocking and privacy concerns.
U.S. lawmakers should take note: mandated age verification has real, harmful consequences.
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Taiwan’s NSB warns Chinese apps like TikTok, WeChat & RedNote collect sensitive data and send it to servers in China for intelligence use.
Policymakers must weigh the cybersecurity risks before weakening app store protections.
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Chinese officials secretly admitted to cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, known as Volt Typhoon. This highlights the need for robust cybersecurity measures to protect against geopolitical threats. Read more in this week's ASP blog: appsecurityproject.org/news_…
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In today’s digital era, cybersecurity must be always at the forefront of policymakers’ minds. Properly crafting cybersecurity policy will be one of the most important tasks of the next decades. appsecurityproject.org/news_…
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In this environment, lawmakers should be supremely skeptical about any proposal that would weaken Americans’ cybersecurity. Cybercriminals aren't holding back in their attacks, and those seeking to thwart cybercrime shouldn’t, either.
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As the government is improving its own cybersecurity hygiene, it should not take steps to harm that of American device users. Recent congressional sessions have seen the introduction of bills that would create security vulnerabilities. appsecurityproject.org/news_…
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