Twitter is a very popular promotional tool used by many businesses, now Peiter Zatko, a former security chief, has testified that Twitter has misled US regulators as to how secure the platform is: Twitter whistleblower alleges ‘egregious deficiencies’ in security measures | Twitter | The Guardian Bad news for us, …
Smartphone security
I think if you read this blog, you have a smartphone and that the security of that smartphone is important to you. By now you should also understand that the functionality of that smartphone is a trade off between your privacy with the various suppliers. I do not use some …
Mercenary Spyware
“Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warnsCybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools” Leyland Cecco – The Guardian Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warns | Canada | The Guardian
Facebook and Instagram tracking
Felix Krause, a privacy consultant and one time Google engineer has an article examining how Meta tracks users when they follow links from Meta websites using the iOS apps: iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser · Felix Krause (krausefx.com) …
Because It’s Friday – how old are deepfakes?
There is plenty of news around about deep fakes – we have all seen the fake videos of various politicians and celebrities saying things they never would. But when was the first deep fake carried out: xkcd: Deepfakes Here is a deepfake from the past that made the news: Piltdown …
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