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Test your outrage over Google's new Topics advertising system

February 2, 2022 0 Comments Data privacy, Google, Internet, Privacy

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 04:00:00 -0800

Google sure has taken an awful lot of heat over its advertising practices lately.

But why, exactly? Today, I’d like to explore that. I’ve concocted a four-question quiz that’ll gauge your rage and help determine whether it’s aimed at the right source or perhaps misplaced. But first, we need to catch up on what exactly is happening right now and how we reached this point.

The whole recent Google advertising debacle started with the crumbling state of the digital cookie, y’see — the pressure for Google to move away from its age-old practice of using tiny (and rather tasty-sounding) tidbits of data provided by websites to see what sort of stuff you’re interested in and then show you ads that match those subjects.

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MalwareBytes Security

Senate Committee passes new antitrust bill aimed at Big Tech companies

February 2, 2022 0 Comments aicoa, amazon, american innovation and choice act, amy klobuchar, antitrust bill, antitrust law, Apple, chuck grassley, david cicilline, Google, security world

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:14:15 +0000

A highly criticized new antitrust bill is on its way to the full Senate after a Senate committee approved it.

Categories: Security world

Tags: AICOA amazon American Innovation and Choice Act Amy Klobuchar antitrust bill antitrust law Apple Chuck Grassley David Cicilline Google

Security Sophos

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

March 3, 2020 0 Comments adtech, advertising, branch, braze, data loss, Data Sharing, facebook, goodrx, Google, hipaa, Marketing, medical information, Mobile, mobile marketing, personal data deletion, prescription drugs, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, surveillance, targeted advertising, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack

March 2, 2020 0 Comments Android, Apple, bixby, dolphin attack, dolphinattack, Google, Google Assistant, Huawei, lyrebird, motorola, Privacy, Samsung, security threats, Siri, surfingattack, ultrasonic waves, Ultrasound, voice assistants, xiaomi

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:07:04 +0000

Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d4GKhM4slSc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Let’s Encrypt issues one billionth free certificate

March 2, 2020 0 Comments acme, automated certificate management environment, Cisco, Cryptography, digital certificates, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, facebook, Google, http, https, ietf, internet engineering task force, internet security research group, internet society, isrg, lets encrypt, Mozilla, ovh

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:06:25 +0000

Thanks to this flood of free certificates, the web is a lot more encrypted than it was a few years ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m_p5aVh50cI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US

February 28, 2020 0 Comments chrome, Cloudflare DNS, DNS-over-HTTPS, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, https, Mozilla, mozilla firefox, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:31:00 +0000

Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U2NXSe69Ao0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube

February 28, 2020 0 Comments appeal, censorship, conservative, dennis prager, false advertising, first amendment, Google, gun rights, islam, Law & order, nonprofit, political bias, prager university, prageru, private forum, restricted mode, state actors, terrorism, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:44:18 +0000

It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OVLHTQuoTUc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Brave beats other browsers in privacy study

February 27, 2020 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, Brave, browser privacy, chrome, Edge, firefox, Google, Google Chrome, Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Privacy, Safari, Web Browsers, Yandex

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:32:13 +0000

Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nYYmchFylNA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Chrome 80 encryption change blocks AZORult password stealer

February 27, 2020 0 Comments azorult, browser security, chrome, chrome 80, Google, Google Chrome, kela, malware, mimikatz, password manager, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:02:49 +0000

Evidence is emerging that a change made to Chrome 80 might have disrupted the popular data and user profile stealing malware AZORult.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kjIQgx4g7bk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

10 steps to smarter Google account security

February 26, 2020 0 Comments Google, productivity software, Security

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800

There are important accounts to secure, and then there are important accounts to secure. Your Google account falls into that second category, maybe even with a couple of asterisks and some neon orange highlighting added in for good measure.

I mean, really: When you stop and think about how much stuff is associated with that single sign-in — your email, your documents, your photos, your files, your search history, maybe even your contacts, text messages, and location history, if you use Android — saying it’s a “sensitive account” seems like an understatement. Whether you’re using Google for business, personal purposes, or some combination of the two, you want to do everything you possibly can to keep all of that information locked down and completely under your control.

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