Comment: With connected cars and TikTok, privacy emerges as a US national security problem, not just a personal one

By Mike Swift ( August 28, 2024, 21:34 GMT | Comment) -- With the US Department of Commerce poised to formally launch a national rulemaking process that would set cybersecurity standards for cars that connect to wireless networks amid concerns about Chinese hacking, and TikTok battling a new US law that requires it to be divested of Chinese ownership, 2024 might be remembered as the year when privacy and data security leapt from being personal issues to national security ones.The US Department of Commerce could formally launch a national rulemaking process as soon as September that would set cybersecurity standards for cars that connect to wireless networks. In the past, such a move probably would have been intended to protect the driver. Now, it’s about protecting the nation....

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Comment: With connected cars and TikTok, privacy emerges as a US national security problem, not just a personal one

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