Personal Privacy News Roundup
Noteworthy Personal Privacy News From January 2024
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Trying something new here with a roundup of personal privacy related news from January 2024. These stories are intended to serve as case studies to help you prepare against current and future threats.
Feel free to drop in the comments any stories we overlooked.
Hundreds of pet owners across the UK have reported that they have received blackmail threats from scammers who claim to have found their lost pets (source)
How 50% of telco Orange Spain’s traffic got hijacked — a weak password (source)
Framework Computer disclosed a data breach exposing the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers after Keating Consulting Group, its accounting service provider, fell victim to a phishing attack (source)
Theft of Vancouver rape crisis centre server containing sensitive data raises privacy concerns (source)
Is Reddit selling user data to data brokers and advertisers? (source)
Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit (source)
Georgia United Credit Union updated their terms of service to prohibit the purchase of firearms and ammunition (source)
Google updates Chrome’s Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it’s tracking users (source)
Understanding Password Managers and How They Work
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For those who tried password managers in the past and gave up, please note that the tech has come a long way. Password managers are now more user friendly and accessible, making them a must have for protecting your online accounts. In this post we’ll walk you through the current password manager landscape so you can more easily integrate a password manager into your personal privacy stack.
Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches (source)
How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us (source)
Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies (source)
Companies Make it Too Easy for Thieves to Impersonate Police and Steal Our Data (source)
Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It (source)
How a Data Breach of 1M Cancer Center Patients Led to Extorting Emails (source)
AI, fake CFOs drive soaring corporate payment-fraud attacks (source)
The Apple advert that brainwashed America (source)
300 Mexican Journalists Doxed in Mexican Government Data Breach (source)
Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, according to new report (source)
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