The Register: Brit privacy watchdog reports on political data harvests: We’ve read the lot so you don’t have to – “‘Cambridge Analytica had data ferreted away on disconnected servers, Twitter actually kicked the firm’s ads off its platform, and Facebook still has a lot of questions to answer.”
Washington Post: Twitter is sweeping out fake accounts like never before, putting user growth at risk – “Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July”
Sophos: Apple and Google questioned by Congress over user tracking – “Inquiring minds want to know, for one thing, whether our mobile phones are actually listening to our conversations, the committee said in a press release.”
Sophos: Facebook stares down barrel of $660,000 fine over data slurping. David Bisson notes: Facebook Fined £500,000 by ICO for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal, And Graham Cluley comments: Facebook fined a paltry £500,000 (8 minutes’ revenue) over Cambridge Analytica scandal. Quite…
Pierluigi Paganini: Timehop data breach, data from 21 million users exposed. “The company admitted that hackers obtained access credential to its cloud computing environment, that incredibly was not protected by multifactor authentication.”
David Harley
