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Tag: privacy

  • #Hackerangriffe

    #Hackerangriffe

    Weil es gerade in allen Medien heiss diskutiert wird: ein paar kleine Tips, wie man den schlimmsten Problemen im Internet ein bisschen vorbeugen kann und potentiellen Schaden vorbeugend eingrenzen kann. Wikipedia zu den Vorfällen dazu. PC und TelefonAlle System-Updates Zeitnah installieren Privatsphäre-Optionen auf allen Geräten nutzenBerechtigungen von Apps auf Telefonen und Tablets stark beschränken (Kontakte,…

  • Apple considering offline mode for Siri

    Not sure about how you use Siri or other voice assistants. For me, it’s in the car mostly or in other locations that just don’t have connectivity in that moment I’d need assistance. Local voice processing – in other words no cloud required – would indeed be a huge step for Apple or the technology…

  • Security Planner – Improve your online safety with tools for your needs.

    The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security. released “Security Planner” early last week. Security Planner is a tool that will guide…

  • Smart TV Security

    So, this is the future of security with smart devices. Samsung has confirmed that its “smart TV” sets are listening to customers’ every word, and the company is warning customers not to speak about personal information while near the TV sets. The company revealed that the voice activation feature on its smart TVs will capture all nearby conversations.…

  • Inaudible sounds to track you for ads.

    Following the recent debate about ad-technology and how annoying it is and advertisers insight, you may have though it could only get better from there. Turns out, it can be worse if these claims about tracking through inaudible sounds from ads hold true. Privacy advocates warn feds about surreptitious cross-device tracking. Quelle: Ars Technica Even…

  • Who Has Your Back? 

    Who has your back? Electronic Frontier Foundation updated their scorecard of practices of major Internet companies, with regards to their publicly available policies for 2015. via: Who Has Your Back? Government Data Requests 2015 | Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Uber: Privacy Issues

    A few days old already, Richard Gutjahr reported Uber has a privacy issue. Apparently, the now 404ed Lost and Found page listed not only lost items, but also usernames and contact details. via Richard Gutjahr.

  • Samsung warnt.

    Samsung warnt: Bitte achten Sie darauf, nichts Privates vor unseren SmartTVs zu erzählen via netzpolitik.org.

  • Security vs. Privacy

    via Peter Piksa auf Twitter: “Oh man, thats actually a really brillant illustration about privacy and security. http://t.co/sk5jnZAa8Q”.

  • Laws related to privacy

    Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, as amended Guidance on Integrity Sharing of personal data – protecting personal privacy, OMB Memorandum, M-01-05 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999