Month: March 2020
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Articles
Zoom and Your Privacy: What to know when WFH
Updated April 3rd 2020 with new entries. This was originally a newsletter sent out on March 30th but given how…
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News
Microsoft to end investments in third-party facial recognition
Via The Verge Following a controversy surrounding a small facial recognition company Microsoft had an investment in, Microsoft has announced…
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Zoom shared user data with Facebook even if they didn’t have an account
Via Motherboard Zoom, the video-conferencing tool skyrocketing in popularity during these remote working times, recently confirmed that they’re sending user…
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Your SSN is only worth $4 on the dark web
Via Forbes A two-year long study has found the average price of various kinds of personal information on the dark…
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Hackers use Dropbox, Google Drive and similar links to bypass filters
Via Tech Republic Researchers have discovered that hackers are evading malware and spam filters by using cloud-based links from Dropbox,…
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Privacy Tools
Remove Your Personal Information from Online Data Brokers with BrandYourself
Did you know that anyone can search your name and quickly find out name, address, past addresses, relatives (names of…
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Coronavirus, Privacy, and Security: Privacy Amid Pandemic
This was originally a newsletter sent out on March 18th but given how current the information is, we decided to…
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Search Result: You – How your personal info gets shared online
Have you ever Googled your own name? If you haven’t, do so now – type your full name into DuckDuckGo…
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Editorial
Zoom’s features and policies concern privacy experts
Via Mashable The use of Zoom, a web video-conferencing tool, has skyrocketed as more and more of the U.S.’s workforce…
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News
US may use surveillance tools to combat coronavirus
Via The New York Times In order to better control and measure the spread of coronavirus, the U.S. government is…
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