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GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

March 3, 2020 0 Comments adtech, advertising, branch, braze, data loss, Data Sharing, facebook, goodrx, Google, hipaa, Marketing, medical information, Mobile, mobile marketing, personal data deletion, prescription drugs, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, surveillance, targeted advertising, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ring makes 2FA mandatory to keep hackers out of your doorbell account

February 20, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, amazon, credential stuffing, Data Sharing, doorbell, Internet of Things, IoT, neighbors, password reuse, ring, security threats, video doorbell, webcam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:03:25 +0000

Amazon is following Google’s lead by forcing all users to use two-factor authentication when logging into their Ring accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZP4hOfnjH24″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter may have shared your data with its ad partners without your permission

August 8, 2019 0 Comments Bug, Data Sharing, Privacy, targeted advertising, twitter, Uncategorized, user data

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:48:11 +0000

Some user data, such as country and device type, was exposed to some advertisers for over a year.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zUx2z5TCqdU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>