A report on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management breaches that exposed sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people has sparked a cavalcade of finger pointing, politicking and squabbling over who knew what first.
Tag Archives: Privacy
You have less than 30 days before Whatsapp shares your information with Facebook
You now have less than 30 days to change your mind if you recently accepted Whatsapp’s new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
OneLogin SecureNotes Breach Exposed Data in Cleartext
OneLogin confirmed this week an attacker took advantage of a bug in its system and was able to view sensitive notes, thought to be secure, posted by users.
68 Million Credentials Spilled in 2012 Dropbox Hack
When hackers infiltrated Dropbox in 2012 they made off with credentials for roughly 68 million users.
1.7 Million Opera Browser Users Told To Reset Passwords
Browser maker Opera warns 1.7 million Opera sync accounts possibly compromised and urges users to change passwords.
Dropbox Forces Password Reset for Older Users
Online storage service Dropbox began notifying users over the weekend that if they haven’t updated their password since 2012, they’ll be prompted to update it the next time they log in.
Several shades of online privacy
Flipping the web browser to the Incognito might be the first – and last step – many people make to insure their online security. That’s too bad since Incognito does virtually nothing to secure your activities from surveillance…
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WhatsApp to Share Your Data with Facebook — You have 30 Days to Stop It
Nothing comes for Free, as “Free” is just a relative term used by companies to develop a strong user base and then use it for their own benefits.
The same has been done by the secure messaging app WhatsApp, which has now made it crystal clear that the popular messaging service will begin sharing its users’ data with its parent company, Facebook.
However, WhatsApp is offering a partial
Tor Update Fixes ReachableAddresses Problem
Tor updated its software to 0.2.8.7 and fixed a number of issues, including a bug in the ReachableAddresses option that possibly degrades anonymity.
Germany and France declare War on Encryption to Fight Terrorism
Yet another war on Encryption!
France and Germany are asking the European Union for new laws that would require mobile messaging services to decrypt secure communications on demand and make them available to law enforcement agencies.
French and German interior ministers this week said their governments should be able to access content on encrypted services in order to fight terrorism, the
