I wrote about Apple suing the NSO Group, the manufactures of our friend the Pegasus spyware. Now Google are going after named individuals, they allege are involved with hackers that have attacked and stolen Google user information from around the world. Google sues alleged Russian cyber criminals – BBC News …
Twitter’s new privacy policy – “rules weaponised”
What seemed like a good idea at the time has some unforeseen results – of course. I have already written about Twitter’s new privacy rules here: You cannot win – one person’s privacy is other’s “stifling free speech” – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is a piece in The Guardian, showing …
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Big Tech again
Read this: Elon Musk jokes about whistleblowers with new Tesla product – BBC News
You cannot win – one person’s privacy is other’s “stifling free speech”
Twitter has introduced new rules, enabling the removal of images and videos of private individuals on request. This looks like a good thing – it respects people’s privacy on Twitter’s platform and takes great steps to improve their policies that prevent harassment of individuals. However critics are objecting that it …
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Changed the words but not the way we operate – WhatsApp
WhatsApp (owned by Facebook/Meta) has changed it’s privacy policy in the EU and UK following a fine by the Irish GDPR watchdog. The fine of £190m is the second largest delivered because of GDPR violations. The new policy better explains how WhatsApp uses your data, in particular in it’s relationship …
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