MakeUseOf: “As tempting as it sounds, re-using old passwords for multiple accounts can expose you to potential data breaches and cyberattacks. Creating complex and undecipherable passwords with a proper balance of alphanumeric characters can be a real struggle at times. Therefore, we are all guilty of recycling our old passwords. While password managers exist for… Continue Reading
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Facial recognition firm Clearview AI tells investors it’s seeking massive expansion beyond law enforcement
Washington Post via MSN: “The facial recognition company Clearview AI is telling investors it is on track to have 100 billion facial photos in its database within a year, enough to ensure “almost everyone in the world will be identifiable,” according to a financial presentation from December obtained by The Washington Post. Those images —… Continue Reading
What to Do When You’ve Been Hacked
PC Mag: “When your email, credit card, or identity gets hacked, it can be a nightmare. Knowing what to expect can be a help; knowing how to head off the hackers is even better. Our guide helps with both. In the modern online world, privacy is a rare commodity. Big corporations know all about you,… Continue Reading
How to stop those annoying spam texts
Washington Post: “Spam texts are the new spam calls. Thankfully, there are ways to cut down…First, the bad news: These texts aren’t going away any time soon. A report from spam-blocking app RoboKiller found that spam texts increased 58 percent in 2021 from 2020. That’s a big jump, and it’s likely because scammers are realizing… Continue Reading
Google to overhaul ad tracking on Android phones used by billions; French watchdog says Google Analytics poses data privacy risks
Washington Post: “Google announced it will begin the process of getting rid of long-standing ad trackers on its Android operating system, upending how advertising and data-collection work on phones and tablets used by more than 2.5 billion people around the world. Right now, Google assigns special IDs to each Android device, allowing advertisers to build… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 12, 2022
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 12, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
ID.me gathers lots of data besides face scans
Washington Post – “…A private company that government agencies have used to verify the identities of millions of Americans through facial recognition used a variety of other data techniques to screen users, including collecting people’s phone location records and using software from the data-mining company Palantir to assess whether they have ties to “organized crime.”… Continue Reading
The Kid Surveillance Complex Locks Parents in a Trap
Wired: “…From smartphones to schools to entertainment, parents can track the near totality of their children’s lives with ease. Share Location features come out of the box with any smartphone, and extremely popular apps like Life360 or Bark offer “enhanced” features such as driving monitoring and camera roll scanning for a small price. Unsurprisingly, the… Continue Reading
TikTok shares your data more than any other social media app — and it’s unclear where it goes, study says
CNBC: “Two of your social media apps could be collecting a lot of data on you — and you might not like what one of them is doing with it. That’s according to a recent study, published last month by mobile marketing company URL Genius, which found that YouTube and TikTok track users’ personal data… Continue Reading
A Place of One’s Own: How Law Libraries Support Democracy by Protecting Citizens’ Right to Read
A Place of One’s Own: How Law Libraries Support Democracy by Protecting Citizens’ Right to Read. Amy A. Emerson. LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL Vol. 113:4 [2021-14 – This is a PDF edition – please scroll down the document to locate this article.] “By offering places for private reading and contemplation, law libraries foster well-informed citizens capable… Continue Reading
How to take control of your Google Workspace search history
TechRepublic: “Starting March 29, 2022, people with Google Workspace accounts gain the ability to choose settings for Workspace search history. This setting controls whether the system stores and suggests prior searches when you enter text in a search box in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Currents. By default, Workspace search history will be on…” Continue Reading
Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 5, 2022
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 5, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
