Month: March 2020

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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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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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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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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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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