Sir Tim Berners-Lee publishes plan to save the web from ‘digital dystopia’

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:27:10 +0000

Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has proposed a ‘Contract for the Web’ to rescue it from a headlong plunge into a moral abyss.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ei841Vw1q5s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:17:51 +0000

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/J1Y9CgBcaSw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:52:08 +0000

Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nExb-1DLtfU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:38:19 +0000

A roundup of important security news from the week of November 4–10, including the release of Malwarebytes 4.0, vendor email compromise, fake news, robocalls, and more.

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:58:41 +0000

Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C6Rb8RS3-Z8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter bans political ads

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:24:43 +0000

Interesting timing: Right before Facebook’s earnings call, two weeks after Facebook said it won’t pull political ads that spout lies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4ojwnOWi26U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter utilizó los números de teléfono de 2FA para publicidad personalizada

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:20:40 +0000

¿Conoce Twitter tu dirección de correo electrónico y tu número de teléfono? Dependiendo de cuánto tiempo hace que comenzaste a usar Twitter, es casi seguro que la empresa tiene al menos uno de ellos, la dirección de correo electrónico, porque las personas a menudo la dan al registrarse. En cuanto a los números de teléfono [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SDv4NhONsho” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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