This ban is about cyber security concerns with using WhatsApp to conduct official US government business in the U.S. House of Representatives The House’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has classified WhatsApp “as a “high-risk” communication platform” and suggests staff pick an alternative app such as Microsoft Teams or Signal. US …
Privacy your flexible friend – according to Meta
On the one hand – Meta gets caught exploiting privacy loopholes in browsers: Your Privacy is important | Smart Thinking Solutions But on the other hand they want to join the BBC and Apple contesting the UK Government’s privacy laws. WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK …
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Your Privacy is important
I know this, and you should realise this, because Big Tech and little tech are often caught abusing your privacy for their financial gane. How big? Meta and Yandex have both been caught de-anonymizing website visitors by abusing legitimate Internet protocols and causing browsers to send unique identifiers to apps …
Signal for privacy
The secure messaging app Signal has made the news recently with various members of the US Government using it to avoid accountability (possibly) and to inappropriately share their thoughts on secret operations with journalists and then the rest of the world (accually). I am a Signal user – I like …
Apple Encryption and the UK Government the next move.
The UK Governement wanted privacy for their courhearing with Apple – ironic as they want to reduce our privacy as part of this case: Privacy hearing in Private | Smart Thinking Solutions However a judge disagreed with the Home Office that national security would be damaged by facts revealed in …
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