EU's Cybersecurity Strategy gets harsh criticism from data protection advocate
A posting from Naked Security on Cybersecurty Strategy : A top EU data privacy advocate has criticised the European Union's plans to combat cybercrime, saying they don't provide enough protection for personal data. In the same statement, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx suggested that too little attention has been paid to existing regulations and […]
Texas becomes first US state to ban warrantless email snooping
A posting from Naked Security: Texas has become the first US state to ban email snooping without a warrant. Governor Rick Perry signed the new privacy bill - HB 2268 - into law on Friday. It went into effect immediately. The bill enacts a law that sets Texas residents apart from the other 49 states by protecting […]
US law enforcers want to see a kill switch on our mobile phones
US law enforcers want to see a kill switch on our mobile phones
Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked
A posting from Naked Security on Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked: Twitter has announced the availability of two factor authentication (2FA) for its service, meaning that users can opt-in to something stronger than just a username and password to protect their accounts. In a blog post, Twitter explains how the […]
Facebook Home - Great if you think privacy is dead
An posting from naked seciuty about face book home: Is Facebook Home the long rumored Facebook phone? Nope. Rumors of a Facebook phone are nearly as common as OS X users who don't think they need anti-virus, but that doesn't make either one of them true. Facebook is avoiding the hassles of designing and manufacturing […]
Don't Be Dumb About Smartphone Privacy
An interesting article from forbes.com about smart-phone privacy: If you’ve got a smartphone, it’s probably become so indispensable that you’d be lost without it (often literally, thanks to its mapping and location apps). “It’s your whole life in a small device,” says Eduard Goodman, the Phoenix-based chief privacy officer for the blog Identity Theft 911. That’s […]