Texas sues Netflix over alleged data practices that create ‘surveillance machinery’ without user consent

Multiple major privacy, regulatory, and security stories: Texas has sued Netflix alleging illegal collection and sharing of user data and seeks a court order to stop default autoplay on kids’ profiles. The FCC delayed a ban on security updates for foreign-made routers and drones from 2027 to at least January 1, 2029. The UK ICO fined South Staffordshire Water £963,900 after a Cl0p ransomware incident exposed ~633,887 customer and employee records that went undetected for nearly two years. A new “Dirty Frag” Linux kernel vulnerability — a second serious bug in the same subsystem as last month’s