Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that is interested in your privacy and has designed its web browser to protect it and keep you anonymous. Not that it appears many of us out here in internet land care about our privacy – Google builds dossiers about us from out use of …
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Year in tech: The stories making headlines in 2021 – BBC News
Meta (Facebook) has taken steps to remove companies and organisations from it’s platforms it accuses of “… targeting individuals including journalists and human rights activists.” Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users – BBC News More on this here: Facebook takes down accounts for seven “cyber-mercenary” firms – The Record …
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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