Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This issued can arise because under aged users – YouTube states its video service is not intended for anyone under 13 – can view child content on family devices logged into an adult account: YouTube accused of collecting UK children’s data – BBC News A complaint has been made to …
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No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as thepublisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. Jeff Kosseff. Cybersecurity Law Professor at the United StatesNaval Academy This means, that unlike a newspaper or magazine who would be legally responsible for what …
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By abusing copyright and YouTube cyber criminals were able to steal millions of dollars of royalties. No mention is made of the profit YouTube made from the adverting revenue from these videos involved in the heist! The largest YouTube royalties heist in history spotlights a much larger problem | Mashable
Here is an interesting article from Kent Walker, President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet, looking at how Google reached it’s current stance on sharing cybersecurity information. Transparency in the Shadowy World of Cyberattacks (blog.google)
You must remember that companies such as Alphabet and Meta, apparently give away services for free and so consequently have huge use bases for their apps. However the cost to you is usually some information about your usage, which they can then monetise, because it takes a lot of money …
John Naughton for The Guardian has an excellent article looking at Big Tech and asking is it too late for anyone to curb their enthusiasm! Can big tech ever be reined in? | Computing | The Guardian
