Data Security / Privacy Protection
Advances in, news about, and failures in data/privacy protection and security.
Collection by Charles Baldwin
EFF
Apple's New WebKit Policy Takes a Hard Line for User Privacy
3 min · · Ever since mid-2017, Apple has been tackling web tracking in a big way. Various iterations of its Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) technology have been introduced over the past few years in… · Shared by 9, including Charles Baldwin
The Guardian
Police forces halt trials of facial recognition systems
3 min · · Government attempts to use the controversial surveillance technology are thwarted by UK forces · Shared by 35, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Charles Baldwin, Matthias Lampe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
BBC News (World)
'Million fingerprints' leaked by security firm
2 min · · Biometric security software Biostar 2 was found to have exposed sensitive user data online. · Shared by 7, including Charles Baldwin
TechCrunch
Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accounts
2 min · · Users of credit monitoring site Credit Karma have complained that they were served other people’s account information when they logged in. Many took to a Reddit thread and complained on Twitter about… · Shared by 10, including Sam Maule, Charles Baldwin
webkit.org
WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy
4 min · · This document describes the web tracking practices that WebKit believes, as a matter of policy, should be prevented by default by web browsers. · Shared by 14, including Charles Baldwin
Forbes
Facebook Just Gave 1.3 Billion Messenger Users A Reason To Delete Their Accounts
3 min · · Facebook has been eavesdropping on Messenger conversations, it has emerged. Here’s what happened and what to do. · Shared by 48, including Charles Baldwin, Jane, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Eric Seufert, Thomas Power, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Pam Moore, Gerrit Eicker
Dark Reading
The California Consumer Privacy Act's Hidden Surprise Has Big Legal Consequences
3 min · · The CCPA's provision devoted to 'reasonable' cybersecurity procedures and policies could trip up your business. Get ready now. · Shared by 8, including Charles Baldwin
Dark Reading
FBI Plans to Monitor Social Media May Spark Privacy Issues
1 min · · A new initiative to pull data from social media platforms may clash with policies prohibiting the use of information for mass surveillance. · Shared by 9, including Charles Baldwin
ZDNET
FBI seeks to monitor Facebook, oversee mass social media data collection
4 min · · Plans to track social media activity will potentially clash with existing privacy policies. · Shared by 10, including Thomas Power, Charles Baldwin
briankrebs
Krebs on Security
2 min · · The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885… · Shared by 9, including Charles Baldwin
BBC News (World)
Privacy law 'hack' exposed fiancee's personal data
4 min · · One in four firms holding a test subject's data released it to her partner without her permission. · Shared by 30, including Charles Baldwin, Bryan Onel, Matthias Lampe, Hans Bickhofe, Loughlin O'Nolan, Simon Carless
TechCrunch
Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found online
2 min · · How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings. New research just presented at the Def Con security conference reveals how… · Shared by 40, including Thomas Power, ἀποκαραδοκία, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Charles Baldwin, Oliver Raduner, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
EFF
Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
5 min · · Doors across the United States are now fitted with Amazon’s Ring, a combination doorbell-security camera that records and transmits video straight to users’ phones, to Amazon’s cloud—and often to the… · Shared by 27, including Charles Baldwin, Jochen Burkhard, Thomas Power, Mathew Ingram
EFF
ICE’s Rapid DNA Testing on Migrants at the Border Is Yet Another Iteration of Family Separation
6 min · · As the number of migrants at the southern border has surged in the past several months, the Trump administration has turned to increasingly draconian measures as a form of deterrence. While the… · Shared by 8, including Charles Baldwin
TechCrunch
Twitter ‘fesses up to more adtech leaks
5 min · · Twitter has disclosed more bugs related to how it uses personal data for ad targeting that means it may have shared users data with advertising partners even when a user had expressly told it not to.… · Shared by 13, including Charles Baldwin, Brooke B. Sellas, Matt Navarra
Forbes
Warning As New Malware Bypasses Network Security Measures To Enable Attacks On PCs
2 min · · A new strain of Windows malware has been found, this one masks the traffic for multiple other strains of malware—including banking trojans—to attack infected PCs. · Shared by 5, including Charles Baldwin