Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:17 +0000

It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Nf5pxYH4NiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:09:42 +0000

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s-5lDDIutIw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:55:04 +0000

Python developers have once again fallen victim to malicious software libraries lurking in their favourite package manager.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/84sg5-2L6eI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:25:24 +0000

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z6rqHUlLVrM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Yodel parcel tracking app blabs about other people’s parcels

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:31:29 +0000

Yodel’s mobile parcel delivery app was leaking people’s delivery data to others using the app, a security researcher discovered.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JLW56DeeTmY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook made to ‘correct’ user’s post as Singapore flexes fake-news muscle

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:59:03 +0000

“Facebook did a great job,” said Alex Tan, who admitted that his story about a whistleblower’s arrest was based on hearsay.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M8F1E6yjtlY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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