by Media Release | Dec 6, 2021 | Privacy, Security, Spyware
Originally posted at GovInfoSecurity by Dan Gunderman Spyware from sanctioned Israeli firm NSO Group has reportedly been detected on at least nine Apple iPhones belonging to U.S. State Department officials with “state.gov” email addresses, who are located...
by Media Release | Nov 23, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at The Markup by Todd Feathers Leaked internal Facebook documents show that a combination of technical miscommunications and high-level decisions led to one of the social media giant’s biggest broken promises of the 2020 election—that it would stop...
by Media Release | Nov 19, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Tech Republic by Jack Wallen This past weekend, my mother-in-law came for a visit. During her stay, something happened to cause her great concern. Let me set the stage. Everyone was gathered around the dining room table, having a grand time. One...
by Media Release | Nov 12, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Independent by Justin Vallejo The mother of Kabul blast victim Kareem Nikoui has been unbanned from Instagram after the company said it had removed her account by accident. Shana Chappell said her account was deleted after posting a tribute to her...
by Media Release | Nov 4, 2021 | Facebook, Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Fortune by Jonathan Vanian Mark Zuckerberg’s pursuit of the metaverse, the reason behind Facebook’s rebranding as Meta, raises significant questions about data privacy in the next frontier of tech. Despite Facebook’s repeated data lapses over the...
by Media Release | Oct 25, 2021 | Privacy, Security
Originally posted at Fast Company by Ivan Indriawan, Adrian Fernandez-Perez, Alexandre Garel, and Alex Edmans We like to think our purchase decisions are based on rational calculations and facts, but we know they are often driven by emotions, too. When we splurge on...
