Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
There is an interesting opinion piece in The Register today by Mark Pesce, making us think about Facebook’s (Meta’s) metaverse announcement. You should read it – in fact the way Mark Zuckerberg spoke of it, everyone should read everything they can about it and carefully consider the implications if they …
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A class action against Google alleging the misuse of private information by the company has been stopped by the High Court. Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking | UK supreme court | The Guardian
Up to seven million users of the share trading app have had their personal information compromised. It appears to be a ransomware attack as Robinhood has said it was a limited breach and have rejected a demand for a payment. Robinhood trading app hit by data breach affecting seven million …
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Facebook to shut facial recognition system and delete 1bn ‘faceprints’ | Facebook | The Guardian I think it is more probable that a cost benefit analysis of implementing and using a system that has too many flaws in it, with the subsequent court cases, legal costs, fines and compensation pay …
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The politicians thought that they were safeguarding us (the citizens they were charged with protecting) when they debated and then voted in the GDPR amendments to the Data Protection Act. As citizens we have the right to believe that those MPs who lack a technical education got advice from a …
