Big Tach did not like the Indian Personal Data Protection Bill – but when do they like laws that expand the citizens privacy and limits their profits – and after three years of work it is no more. However it was the 81 amendments to the bill that killed it off… …
European Commission bans EU formal cooperation with UK on online data issues
When Boris Johnson’s UK government “got Brexit done”, a number of things were agreed upon as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol but British union leaders have been opposed to many of the planned checks of goods going from the rest of the UK into Northern Ireland. As a result …
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Really big numbers when it comes to leaking user’s personal data
One of the earliest posts on Smart Thinking was about Twitter being hacked: Twitter hack – Smart Thinking Solutions Now here we are again. What appears to be a lone threat actor, got inside their systems, with enough time to exfiltrate a substantial amount of Twitter user personal information. This …
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Social engineering – your trust abused on YouTube
Here is a story featuring another Google product – that makes a huge profit for Google – that is being used and abused by threat actors against legitimate users: Convincing ‘YouTube’ Google ads lead to Windows support scams (bleepingcomputer.com) If you just make the YouTube videos look as though they …
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Big Tech and EU lobbying
Here is a weekend read for you – grab a beverage of your choice and see what “big tech sums of money” can buy you: I saw first-hand how the tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy | Georg Riekeles | The Guardian
UK Government to change the cookie laws – they are too much bother as they are
Sorry but the headlines below all contain the obvious biscuit pun! Knowing, explicitly, what an organisation plans to do with your personal data when you access a web site or sign up for an online service is an essential step in maintaining your privacy. Have a look at this article …
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India, India, India…
I think it is a good thing that the Indian government is giving it’s full support to tightening up cyber security in the country. However it seems that their responses, which seem good on paper are not so when translated into the real world: Indian authorities issue conflicting advice about …
