Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000
The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:28:30 +0000
The app’s rollout in the EU has been delayed until Facebook can show privacy regulators its data protection workings.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/roQf9-KHcLw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:57:10 +0000
In full glare of the world, Facebook admins have found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company’s Twitter accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BzYBIavuyPc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:46:42 +0000
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:44:10 +0000
Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ns3LDtnKrEc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000
It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:39:57 +0000
The flaw affecting WhatsApp’s desktop client when it’s paired with the iPhone app allowed attackers access to local file systems.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z97jnHoyCbQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:52:30 +0000
Twitter isn’t interested in how the “synthetic or manipulated” media is created, but if it has the potential to cause harm it’ll be removed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6IJPjMtC2sA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:14 +0000
It’s revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YUhRiBvzy6c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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