Five things we learned from Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook hearing
The CEO’s privacy is as vulnerable as ours, and the social network faces a regulation battle. His data was sold to […]
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The Guardian view on Grindr and data protection: don’t trade our privacy
The idea that people’s HIV status and physical location should be used by advertisers is unsurprising in the tech world […]
Is Software More Vulnerable Today?
This note from ENISA provides an overview on the reasons for the growing number of disclosed vulnerabilities and the impact […]
More than 600 apps had access to my iPhone data
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users’ data – trying to mend its damaged reputation […]
Ransomware reigns supreme in 2018, as phishing attacks continue to trick employees
Ransomware was the cause of 39% of malware-related data breaches, more than double that of last year, according to Verizon’s […]
How Mark Zuckerberg Blamed Facebook’s Problems On Openness
Facebook’s first reactions to the Cambridge Analytical headlines looked very different from the now contrite promises Mark Zuckerberg made to […]
How to check whether Facebook shared your data with Cambridge Analytica
Facebook has started the process of notifying the approximately 87 million users whose data was harvested by the election consultancy […]
Cyber Resiliency Considerations for the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems
This is the initial public draft of NIST’s newest guideline that provides a flexible systems engineering-based framework to help organizations […]
Four cents to deanonymize: Companies reverse hashed email addresses
Your email address is an excellent identifier for tracking you across devices, websites and apps. Even if you clear cookies, […]
HIPAA-like protocols a good idea for apps like Grindr
Grindr had been sharing user information with third-party app-testing companies, unleashing a wave of criticism against the gay dating app […]
Grindr hit with privacy complaint in Europe over sharing user data
The Norwegian Consumer Council has filed a privacy complaint about Grindr, arguing it’s in breach of national and European data […]
Facebook Says Data on Most of Its 2 Billion Users Is Vulnerable
Facebook Inc. said data on most of its 2 billion users could have been accessed improperly, giving fresh evidence of […]