“For new users who install and download Firefox for the first time, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be set on by default as part of the ‘Standard’ setting in the browser and will block known “third-party tracking cookies” according to the Disconnect list. We talk more about tracking cookies here. ”
“The Wikimedia Foundation believes that, working with checkusers, stewards and vandal-fighters, it’s possible to figure out a way to protect our users’ privacy while keeping our anti-vandalism tools working at-par with how they work now. Hence, it has decided to work on shielding IP addresses from our wikis — including restricting the number of people who can see other users’ IP addresses, and reducing the amount of time IP addresses are stored in our databases and logs. It is important to note that a critical part of this work will be to ensure that our wikis still have access to the same (or better) level of anti-vandalism tooling and are not at risk of facing abuse”
Source : IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation – Meta
“Amazon.com Inc has a promotion for U.S. shoppers on Prime Day, the 48-hour marketing blitz that started Monday: Earn $10 of credit if you let Amazon track the websites you visit.”
Source : Amazon offers $10 to Prime Day shoppers who hand over their data – Reuters
“Google says it has fixed an issue that allowed old owners of Nest security cameras to continue to view a feed from the device, even after deregistering it from their account. The issue could have potentially allowed an old owner of one of the cameras to continue to look through it, even after selling it to someone else. The new owner would have had no indication that a stranger could be able to look inside their home. ”
Source : Used Nest cameras had bug that let previous owners peer into homes – The Verge
“Using a Shazam-like technology, the app would record audio to identify soccer games, and use the geolocation of the phone to locate which bars were streaming without licenses. El Diario reports that fans have downloaded that app more than 10 million times, essentially turning them into undercover narcs.”
Source : LaLiga’s app listened in on fans to catch bars illegally streaming soccer – The Verge
“Mais comment fonctionne vraiment cet objet connecté, conçu en Allemagne, produit en Chine par la marque SilverCrest et commercialisé par Lidl en France, Allemagne, Belgique, Suisse et Grande-Bretagne ? Numerama a découvert, avec l’aide de deux Français, que certaines caractéristiques de l’appareil soulevaient des interrogations. Notre enquête montre notamment qu’un micro a été installé dans le Monsieur Cuisine Connect, sans que sa présence ne soit indiquée, et sans qu’il n’y ait de justification apparente.”
“In order to ensure the government is added to the conversation in secret, GCHQ’s proposal would require messaging apps, service providers, and operating systems to change their software so that it would 1) change the encryption schemes used, and/or 2) mislead users by suppressing the notifications that routinely appear when a new communicant joins a chat.”
Source : Apple and WhatsApp condemn GCHQ plans to eavesdrop on encrypted chats | UK news | The Guardian
“ The UpGuard Cyber Risk team can now report that two more third-party developed Facebook app datasets have been found exposed to the public internet. One, originating from the Mexico-based media company Cultura Colectiva, weighs in at 146 gigabytes and contains over 540 million records detailing comments, likes, reactions, account names, FB IDs and more. This same type of collection, in similarly concentrated form, has been cause for concern in the recent past, given the potential uses of such data.”
Source : Losing Face: Two More Cases of Third-Party Facebook App Data Exposure
“Pour dénicher les véritables artisans de ce coup d’éclat orchestré à l’encontre de Jeff Bezos, ce dernier engage son enquêteur privé Gavin de Becker, dont les collaborations multiples avec le FBI, la CIA ou le gouvernement Reagan font de lui un expert en la matière. Et l’intéressé, après plusieurs mois de travail, a publié le fruit de son enquête : selon lui, Riyad tire bel et bien les ficelles de cette affaire, malgré les démentis du National Enquirer.”
“Bienvenue sur le MOOC de la CNIL Vous y trouverez l’ensemble des informations pour vous initier au RGPD et débuter ainsi la mise en conformité de votre organisme.”
Source : L’Atelier RGPD
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