Following the revelations by Peiter Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter: Is Twitter a decade behind in its security practices? – Smart Thinking Solutions It now emerges that one of the essential steps in a Twitter password reset – logging out of any and all devices already logged …
The Online Safety Bill
The Conservatives having spent the summer choosing our new Prime Minister, will let the MPs return to work and The Online Safety Bill will be back in the House. I have written about this bill and its ups and downs a lot. I like the protection it gives to the …
Travelling to the US?
I have given this advice to a number of clients who were heading for the United States, for both business and pleasure – do not carry any confidential data on your devices, laptops, phones, USB drives etc, as US Border Security can copy those devices without a warrant. If you …
Is Twitter a decade behind in its security practices?
This is what a recently fired, Twitter employee is claiming. It could be sour grapes, but Peiter Zatko, the former head of security at Twitter is making these claims in sworn testimony. Twitter whistleblower tells Senate of ‘egregious’ security failings by company | Twitter | The Guardian With the number …
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AirTag Abuse and Cyber Stalking
A gadget the size of a 10p coin, the AirTag was intended to help people find their keys. Instead it has facilitated a boom in terrifying behaviour from abusers Anna Moore – The Guardian 5 September 2022 AirTags – a great idea but a privacy nightmare. Worse than that, they …
