Respecting privacy is a good start to an effective security policy – it is why thinking about clarifying and classifying your data is one of the first things I cover in my Cyber Security Master Class. Here are a couple of privacy articles I thought were interesting: Europe Is Building …
“…smartphones aren’t really about making our lives easier; they’re about allowing private companies to profit from areas of our lives that were previously closed to them.” Max Fletcher, The Guardian
The article from which I have taken the quote is further down the page – but please read the rest of the article first, it is relevant. I ran a post about a talk given by Matt Brittin, from Google, about their vision of privacy by design: Privacy by Design …
Misuse of an Apple Watch by a stalker
There has been a lot talk about the misuse of Apple AirTags to stalk people: AirTags articles at Smart Thinking Solutions The small size of the AirTags and the functionality built into them make them open to this type of abuse by criminals. Here is a case where an abuser …
Privacy by Design – A Google point of view
One of the ideas I explored in my MSc dissertation was the concept and implementation of “privacy by design” when writing software or in the case of my research when creating documents in an organisation. I read a lot stuff written by Ann Cavoukian, including her paper “Privacy by design: …
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A plus for child protection on the internet
Sites reported record 29.3m child abuse images in 2021 | Internet | The Guardian The large number is not so much a concern but a positive move forward in the improvements in detection and enforcement by the various online platforms – 35% more images detected and removed, this 35% represents …
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