It’s been a predator’s playground, where children’s photos have been public by default and trolling adults could message them.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Dow Jones Watchlist of risky businesses exposed on public server
A company with access to the Dow Jones Watchlist of risky people and businesses left it on a public AWS server without a password.
US House and Senate debate new data privacy law
A steady stream of hair-raising revelations about the treatment of users’ data by Facebook, et al. is pushing Congress to do *something.*
Millions of utilities customers’ passwords stored in plain text
Plain-text, unencrypted passwords were sent instead of having users reset them. There was no breach, the firm claims, but how would it know?
Mozilla fears encryption law could turn its employees into insider threats
Mozilla has told the Australian government that its anti-encryption laws could turn its own employees into insider threats.
Facebook apps secretly sending sensitive data back to the mothership
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation into how Facebook is still allowing blabby apps to violate its privacy policies.
Missile warning sent from hijacked Tampa mayor’s Twitter account
Tampa’s mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images.
Facebook lets Android users block location tracking
Facebook announced it’s tweaking its Android version, which was tracking your location even when the app wasn’t in use.
Password managers leaking data in memory, but you should still use one
Several popular password managers appear to do a weak job at scrubbing passwords from memory once they are no longer being used.
Sorry, we didn’t mean to keep that secret microphone a secret, says Google
It’s been off by default, Google says – not much consolation to those who don’t cotton to the notion of a “secret” listening gadget.