Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:09:18 +0000

A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/85dspOTlfAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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What do online file sharers want with 70,000 Tinder images?

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:50:32 +0000

A researcher has discovered thousands of Tinder users’ images publicly available for free online.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HtlXzKkoA5E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Teen entered ‘dark rabbit hole of suicidal content’ online

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:49:07 +0000

Molly Russell’s grieving father has backed a psychiatrists’ report, saying that tech companies must be forced to hand over anonymized data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Yj7ryqZZEUA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook and Instagram ban alleged ‘brainwashing’ service

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:57:18 +0000

The Spinner personalises “subconscious influencing” for a specific target.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mqrBZgA8Jh0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Reddit bans ‘impersonation,’ but satire and parody are still OK

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:23:12 +0000

Relax: Nic Cage deepfakes aren’t going anywhere. It’s only “maliciously misleading” impersonations that are now verboten.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/e5EgZrSlk2I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook bans deepfakes, but not cheapfakes or shallowfakes

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:20:02 +0000

Quick-n-sleazy edits are still OK, such as the 75% slowdown that made Nancy Pelosi slur or the edit that turned Joe Biden into a racist.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7w8AhUNJatM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US military branches ban TikTok following Pentagon’s warning

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:11:55 +0000

The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-aP1_y68iB8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook will stop mining contacts with your 2FA number

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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Twitter trolls attack epileptics with seizure-inducing images

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:41:38 +0000

They hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s hashtags and name during national epilepsy awareness month, when the most people follow the feed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SluZeVlpPlA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook’s location tracking policy still worries US Senators

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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