Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:17 +0000

It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Nf5pxYH4NiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:09:42 +0000

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s-5lDDIutIw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Yodel parcel tracking app blabs about other people’s parcels

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:31:29 +0000

Yodel’s mobile parcel delivery app was leaking people’s delivery data to others using the app, a security researcher discovered.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JLW56DeeTmY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI: Russia-based FaceApp is a ‘potential counterintelligence threat’

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:18:02 +0000

It’s a grabby little app, data-wise, but how is it different from, say, Google or Facebook?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nPnVqJv23S8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SMS company exposes millions of text messages, credentials online

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:55:22 +0000

Researchers at VpnMentor claim that the TrueDialog data leak exposure could have compromised tens of millions of people.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Srdi-OEg2qo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Data as property’ promises fix for privacy problems, but could deepen inequality

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data property supporters in the US argue that, through data payments, Americans could rebalance the relationship they have with the technology industry, giving them more control over their data privacy and putting some extra money in their pockets. But the cost to privacy, some say, is too high.

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How blockchain will kill fake news (and four other predictions for 2020)

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0800

As blockchain’s hype cycle continues to befuddle many about its potential beyond  cryptocurrencies, businesses and governments are moving ahead with projects involving everything from digital identities to voting and supply chain tracking.

Blockchain has slipped into the “Trough of Disillusionment” (see Gartner Hype Cycle), because it got ahead of its technical and operational maturity. As a result, interest has waned as most experiments and implementations failed to provide expected results.

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Convicted murderer wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:42:42 +0000

Google must remove details of a convicted murderer from its search results in Europe following a German court ruling, it emerged last week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/47Q_Tu6HuIg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TikTok owner to separate company over US national security worries

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:30:01 +0000

Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok might be under fire from US politicians but it’s not going to go down without a fight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xsQAPLk_lYI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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