Anti-consumerism Reaches Peak Crazy
Today on the Weekly News Roundup, we look at the out of control sharing of personally identifiable information, CCTV and children, and finally the peak crazy in anti-consumer trends.

Identifiable Information is Out of Control
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/18/1120466/a-major-ai-training-data-set-contains-millions-of-examples-of-personal-data/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/startup-takes-personal-data-stolen-by-malware-and-sells-it-on-to-other-companies

CCTV and Children
https://www.lawforfamilies.com/7727736-south-carolina-babysitting-laws.html

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/12/hacking-is-assumed-now-experts-raise-the-alarm-about-added-risk-of-surveillance-cameras-in-childcare-centres-cctv-ntwnfb

https://www.wired.com/story/daycare-app-privacy-security/

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/surveillance-tech-is-supposed-to-make-students-feel-safer-for-many-it-doesnt/2023/10

Anti-consumer Reaches Peak Crazy
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/dictionary-com-devastated-paid-users-by-abruptly-deleting-saved-words-lists/

https://notthebee.com/article/financially-troubled-ubisoft-tells-gamers-they-must-delete-the-games-they-purchased-from-their-hard-drives

Quicklines
https://news.itsfoss.com/plasma-bigscreen-comeback/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linux-users-are-about-to-face-another-major-microsoft-secure-boot-issue

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/uk-demand-backdoor-access-apple-users-encrypted-data

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-can-bypass-fido-mfa-keys-putting-your-accounts-at-risk-heres-what-we-know

https://securityaffairs.com/179840/hacking/mcdonalds-job-app-exposes-data-of-64-million-applicants.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/dangerous-new-malware-exploits-windows-accessibility-tools-to-hijack-banking-accounts

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/adoption-agency-leaks-over-a-million-records

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/car-crash-victim-calls-mother-for-help-and-15k-bail-money-but-its-an-ai-voice-scammer

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/research-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half/

https://searchengineland.com/gmail-demand-gen-ecommerce-ads-promotions-tab-test-458674

SillyVille
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/12/new-research-centre-to-explore-how-ai-can-help-humans-speak-with-pets

https://notthebee.com/article/the-internet-is-freaking-out-over-this-piano-playing-miniature-therapy-horse-/

https://notthebee.com/article/no-big-deal-chinas-just-creating-an-army-of-mind-controlled-cyborg-bees/