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Category: Security & Privacy

Security & PrivacyPosted on29 June 2020

Advertisers hit Facebook where it hurts – the balance sheet

Back in March I wrote up my six reasons why Facebook might be dying. Top of the list were the scandals surrounding fake news and…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on24 April 2020

Hurdles to making digital contact tracing work

Why we should think twice before rolling out digital contact tracing…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on11 April 2020

Apple and Google team up in bid to use smartphones to track coronavirus spread

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/apple-google-coronavirus-us-app-privacy Apps that track who you have been in contact with will aid with contact tracing, but at what cost to privacy and civil liberties?…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on28 March 2020

Zoom is eating up market share for video conferencing. It’s also eating up all your private information.

A report from respected internet marketing expert Doc Searls highlighted a worrying amount of data being sucked from users by video conferencing app Zoom and fed to online advertisers such as Facebook and Google.

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Security & PrivacyPosted on27 March 2020

Up to 500,000 WordPress websites hit by InfiniteWP security vulnerability

The Register is reporting that a security problem in the popular InfiniteWP plugin may have exposed over 300,000 websites to being hacked. The issue, which…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on27 March 2020

Don’t put your Face in a Book

Biometrics is the next battleground of privacy. We can control what we share with social networks and tech companies, but there is far more data…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on27 March 2020

Anyone can join your private WhatsApp group using a simple Google search

Google has indexed the invite links for lots of “private” WhatsApp” groups. So, if you have a private group for your company, your team, or…

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Security & PrivacyPosted on27 March 2020

Having traffic problems? I feel bad for you, Google. I got 99 phones but a car ain’t one

Have you ever dodged a traffic jam using Google Maps? I have… or at least I thought I had until today. Turns out, all you need to create a fake traffic jam is 99 mobile phones and a hand cart.

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About Chris

Hi, I'm Chris Lynch. I'm a writer, technologist, digital marketing expert, film maker, comic book guy, radio host, hypnotist, and amateur cook.

     

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