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Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands

January 9, 2020 0 Comments AI, Alexa, Android, bixby, Cortana, Google, google voice assistant, ok google, Privacy, Siri, smart speakers, voice control

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:02:58 +0000

Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/suVe_eSbeHg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google’s Project Zero highlights patch quality with policy tweak

January 9, 2020 0 Comments bug bounty, bug disclosure, bug-hunting, Google, Project Zero, responsible disclosure, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:26:07 +0000

Google’s Project Zero bug-hunting team has tweaked its 90-day responsible disclosure policy to help improve the quality and adoption of vendor patches.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/45XsE2-NHPY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable

January 8, 2020 0 Comments children online, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Coppa, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Google, kids, Law & order, Privacy, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:29:40 +0000

The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_7NLfWyE57Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google suspends Xiaomi from Home Hub over camera privacy glitch

January 7, 2020 0 Comments Cloud Security, contributor by google, Google, ip cameras, Organisations, Privacy, security threats, xiaomi

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:51:23 +0000

A user reported to Google that he was seeing images from other people’s devices.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/obA4FzgLKds” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Smartphone location data can be used to identify and track anyone

December 23, 2019 0 Comments facebook, Google, gps, location data, nyt privacy project, Privacy, smartphone privacy, smartphones, the new york times

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:29:18 +0000

In today’s smartphone economy, hiding your location has become a major challenge.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wo6BHh–3_s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Man jailed for $122 million scam that fooled Google and Facebook

December 23, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, email fraud, facebook, fake invoice, Google, IC3, Law & order, whaling, whaling attack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:35:28 +0000

Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas has been sentenced to five years in jail for successfully defrauding two US companies out of $122 million.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5CAYrR74gs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook’s location tracking policy still worries US Senators

December 20, 2019 0 Comments facebook, Google, gps, location data, location tracking, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, Social networks

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:37:45 +0000

Does Facebook continue to track the locations of its users even when they’ve told it not to? Yes!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2grE-GBLP8Y” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome 79 patched after Android WebView app chaos

December 19, 2019 0 Comments Android, android webview, Bug, chrome, chrome 79, chromium, data loss, Google, Google Chrome, Operating Systems, Patch, security threats, Web Browsers, webview

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:01:28 +0000

Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gdacxbn3fBw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google to choke off ‘less secure applications’

December 18, 2019 0 Comments g suite, Google, less secure apps, lsas, oauth, oauth 2.0, security threats, trusted apps

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:50:20 +0000

If you’re entering a username and password to give an app access to a G Suite account, beware: you won’t be able to do it for much longer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cmm98FFm0vQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers

December 17, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijacking, chrome, firefox, firefox extension, Google, Google Chrome, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, rogue extensions, two-factor authentication, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:57:53 +0000

Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/I5Jz7uFWAdM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>