1.5 Million "Anonymous" Crime Stoppers Tips Exposed | Hashtag Trending

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips were exposed in a database breach. What happens when a service promising anonymity retains identifying information for decades? Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending for Friday, October 23, 2026, covering privacy promises, AI backlash and a security company whose private signing key was simply "4." Today's stories: • Crime Stoppers breach: A CBC investigation found identifying information in more than 850,000 tips stolen from platform provider P3 Global Intel. Toronto Crime Stoppers stopped accepting submissions, and Toronto Police temporarily suspended its use of the service. • Meta's US$25 billion privacy ruling: A Ne...