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Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 11:57:40 +0000
The IICSA report cited “unprecedented levels of depravity” and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ELFeXrr3UeQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreFacebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:44:10 +0000
Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ns3LDtnKrEc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreFacebook will let parents see kids’ chat history, peer into inbox
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:14 +0000
It’s revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YUhRiBvzy6c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read morePrivacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:09:18 +0000
A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/85dspOTlfAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read morePeekaboo Moments baby-recording app has a bad database booboo
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:05:46 +0000
No need to wait until you’ve gurgled out of your mother’s womb to experience the joys of having your privacy breached.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/s_aas9nhhmI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreYouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:29:40 +0000
The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_7NLfWyE57Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreTikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:36:08 +0000
The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AJarV9pQvjA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreUS parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:10:31 +0000
Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BxgELatt-Vk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreS2 Ep12: Dark Web, O.MG Cable spying and securing new laptops – Naked Security Podcast
Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:58:13 +0000
Listen to the latest episode now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oPZOvi9QmuE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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