These features are mainly concerned with how other people see you and they can see your actions when you are using WhatsApp: Mark Zuckerberg reveals new WhatsApp privacy features – BBC News An excellent idea.
Twitter confirms data breach and offers information security advice
Following a data breach in January 2022, Twitter is now issuing advice to users on management of their personal information, with regard to anonymity. Something that is becoming very important in the light of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the US Supreme Court Twitter confirms January breach, urges pseudonymous …
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Do you know what data you are sharing when you use your car
This is an interesting article about your privacy, if you have a connected car, by Jon Keegan and Alfred Ng over on the The Markup website. Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car? – The Markup I have a modern car and read this with interest. The section “Anonymization and Aggregation” …
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India does away with its data protection bill in favour of a new bill coming sometime in the future
Big Tach did not like the Indian Personal Data Protection Bill – but when do they like laws that expand the citizens privacy and limits their profits – and after three years of work it is no more. However it was the 81 amendments to the bill that killed it off… …
WhatsApp will not lower security
“If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be “very foolish” to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC.” BBC News website Will Cathcart is Head of WhatsApp at Meta. WhatsApp: We won’t lower security for any government – BBC News
How do threat actors get hold of your login credentials? They just ask you to send them over!
The US Government has issued a warning over the growth of text messages that are designed to manipulate you into giving away your secret information. US govt warns Americans of escalating SMS phishing attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) If it is happening in the US, why not extend the attacks to other English …
“Shoddy” customers’ identity security
JPMorgan Securities, UBS Financial Services, and TradeStation Securities have been fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – although to me the fines look like small change for these organisations! JPMorgan, UBS accused of shoddy identity theft protection • The Register
