Hackers who breached the security at Medibank, one of the biggest health insurance companies in Australia, have released more personal information of Medibank’s clients online: Medibank prognosis gets worse after more patient data leaked • The Register
When does an app need access to your all your contacts?
Whenever I install an app and it asks for access to my contact list, it always sets off alarm bells for me. If I cannot see a valid reason for access, I will definitely deny the request and often will just delete the app. My contacts are mine and the …
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More argument over the Government’s Online Safety Bill
Whatever side of the argument you come down on, whether this softening of the proposed bill protects free speech or reduces the protection of the vulnerable – some of the toughest parts of the Online Safety Bill aimed at some of the richest companies on the planet are no longer …
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Suffolk Police apologies after publishing highly sensitive information on its website – UPDATED
This post was originally made on 16 November 2022 Update 25 November 2022 There is no good news for the Suffolk Police force in this follow-up report, only bad news for the victims. Suffolk Constabulary first published sex offence victims’ data in 2019 – BBC News Original Post Names, addresses …
Warrantless police access to 250 million devices
This story is from the United States and applies to law enforcement over there – but what happens over there often comes here: Sneaky ways cops could access data to widely prosecute abortions in the US | Ars Technica Our privacy is important so we all need to be aware …
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Can Apple identify us from “anonymous” data?
Apple declares that sharing device usage information with them is anonymous, but researchers are claiming this is not true and Apple can associate actual iCloud users to this shared information. Apple Device Analytics Contain Identifying iCloud User Data, Claim Security Researchers – MacRumors Would Apple do this? They are already …
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Is Facebook is breaking UK data laws? But there is good news from Facebook.
Cambridge Analytica was someone else’s problem (SEP) but a high court case is soon to decide whether Meta and Facebook are breaking UK data privacy laws: Facebook sued for collecting personal data to target adverts | Meta | The Guardian Tanya O’Carroll is claiming Facebook is ignoring her requests to …
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