PRIVACY

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Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims

February 13, 2022

Twitter is transitioning away from from its two-factor authentication(2FA) provider, Mitto AG, a Swiss communications company. The social media giant broke…

Portrait of a young teenage boy sitting on the sofa at home texting on a smartphone and watching something on screen at the same time. He is illuminated by the light from the screen whilst everything else around him is dark.

Online Safety Bill will legally require porn sites to verify users’ age

February 11, 2022

When Ioannis Dekas, a father of four boys, found that one of his sons had access to pornography, he and his…

Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed

Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed

February 7, 2022

An unsecured AWS server, found open to the public Internet, is the root cause of a huge compromise of data of…

Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids

Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids

January 28, 2022

Every year on Data Privacy Day, we’re greeted with countless arguments about the absolute merits of data privacy (protections good, invasions…

Let's Encrypt to revoke "mis-issued" certificates

Let’s Encrypt to revoke “mis-issued” certificates

January 27, 2022

If you use a Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate, you may wish to check your account over the coming days. Revocation is…

Google sued over deceptive location tracking

Google sued over deceptive location tracking

January 26, 2022

Four Attorneys General (AG) from the District of Columbia and the states of Indiana, Texas, and Washington have filed separate lawsuits…

Microsoft warns of phishy OAuth apps

Microsoft warns of phishy OAuth apps

January 26, 2022

Microsoft is warning Office 365 users to watch out for a phishy emails asking you to install an app called Upgrade. The…

Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

January 23, 2022

Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much…

Open Subtitles breach: The dangers of password reuse

Open Subtitles breach: The dangers of password reuse

January 20, 2022

Popular website Open Subtitles has been breached. The impact so far: almost seven million accounts “breached and ransomed” back in August….