Because of the soon to be law, requirements for VPN companies operating in India, to keep full logs of their user’s activities for five years, so India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and law enforcement can have access to them – so removing the levels of privacy that a VPN …
What is it about politicians and privacy?
Before we go any further Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology support any effective and legal means to protect the vulnerable and minors. Politicians, they want privacy to cloak their personal, business and political lives – but seem to hate it when private law abiding citizens want the same as them! …
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Would you like to go large on the tracking with that coffee? UPDATED
This post was first made on 6 June 2022 Updated 2 August 2022 A coffee and a doughnut as compensation At least this time it appears the people will be getting compensation: Tim Hortons offer free coffee, donut to settle privacy claim • The Register Original Post: Tim Hortons is …
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Twitter fined in the US for selling user data
Elon Musk having an on/off affair with them, robot accounts, share price falling and now they have been fined $150m, by The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for selling user information that should have been private. Twitter does not seem to be having a good time… Twitter fined $150m …
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Pegasus Spyware – if you are a Prime Minister – anywhere – then watch out… UPDATED 27 May 2022
This post was originally published on 3 May 2022 Update 27 May 2022 Following the hacking of Spanish governmental phones, Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez, will be bringing forward new legislation to regulate and oversee the nation’s spy agencies: Spain’s PM vows to reform intelligence services following phone hacking scandal …