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YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims

Posted on April 10, 2018 by nocrackingzone

A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google’s YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children’s privacy.

Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked

Posted on March 28, 2018 by nocrackingzone

The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.

FTC goes after Facebook

Posted on March 28, 2018 by nocrackingzone

Time for Facebook to face the music on its data glad-handling in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

FCC plans weekly name and shame list of robocallers

Posted on October 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

With over 215,000 complaints last year, robocalling and telemarketing has become a massive issue for US federal regulators who now appear more determined than ever to quash the problem.

How a law making car hacking illegal could make us all less safe

Posted on October 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

Security and privacy watchdogs worry that a proposed law intended to improve cybersecurity of automobiles could also make it illegal for researchers to examine code in vehicles’ computers.

Snapchat, less ghostly than ever, now lets you pay to replay snaps

Posted on September 17, 2015 by nocrackingzone

The paid replay option only allows you to replay any given snap once, but that’s still one more time than you might expect for an image that’s supposed to “disappear” after it’s viewed.

Apple iMessage’s end-to-end encryption stymies US data request

Posted on September 10, 2015 by nocrackingzone

Apple recently told a US court that it couldn’t turn over to law enforcement messages that were sent between iPhones via Apple’s iMessage system, which uses end-to-end encryption. And the crypto-wars rage on.