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Online privacy in 2019: a legislative review

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 17:41:31 +0000

Americans enjoy no federal rights to access their data, correct their data, easily move their data from one company to another, or individually sue a company that invades their private lives online. Several US Senators want to change that.

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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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Congress passes anti-robocall bill

December 23, 2019 0 Comments call scams, congress, Law & order, Privacy, robocaller, robocalls, stir/shaken, traced act

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:20:16 +0000

A bill to punish robocallers has finished its passage through Congress and is expected to become law any day now.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/udpJFCXhb-g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook will stop mining contacts with your 2FA number

December 23, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, facebook, facebook privacy, Privacy, Social networks, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:03:45 +0000

Facebook clearly likes to use as much of your personal data as it feels it can, and that includes the phone number linked to your 2FA setting.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8FHvy_UlUI0″ 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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Proposed standard would make warrant canaries machine-readable

December 19, 2019 0 Comments Apple, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, patriot act, Privacy, reddit, security threats, warrant canary

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:20:22 +0000

For years, organisations have been using a common tactic called the warrant canary to warn people that the government has secretly demanded access to their private information. Now, a proposed standard could make this tool easier to use.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CmOKFRN2Bk4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla adds NextDNS to list of DNS-over-HTTPS providers

December 18, 2019 0 Comments CloudFlare, Cloudflare DNS, dns over tls, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, nextdns, pihole, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:07:38 +0000

Firefox users interested in turning on the browser’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) privacy feature now have two providers to choose from.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jIAyGMDzDjE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Don’t fall for this porn scam – even if your password’s in the subject!

December 17, 2019 0 Comments Privacy, rat, Scam, sextortion, Spam, spyware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:03:19 +0000

This “I am well aware” email is just another sextortion scam where crooks try to blackmail you with a video they don’t actually have.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/IYX-tv1HR4k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would empower American users

December 17, 2019 0 Comments Big Tech, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data portability, Data privacy, data privacy compliance, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Federal Trade Commission, federal trade commission act, FTC, maria cantwell, pre-empt, pre-emption, Privacy, private right of action, right to access, right to correct, right to data security, right to delete, right to transparency, senator maria cantwell, US Federal Trade Commission

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:28:37 +0000

The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would give everyday Americans the right to sue a company that violated their privacy rights, extending enforcement capabilities directly to the public.

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Facebook employees’ payroll data nabbed in car smash-and-grab

December 17, 2019 0 Comments data loss, employee data, facebook, Law & order, payroll, Privacy, smash and grab

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:01:48 +0000

Bye-bye, payroll data for 29,000 US Facebook employees that got left on an unencrypted drive in an employee’s car.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SYgU8CTDbEs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>