Tag: Computing Security
Quishing is the QR code scam you need to watch out for
Banks and regulators have warned of the growing risk of quishing A type of phishing that uses fraudulent QR codes to steal information These malicious links aren’t easily recognized by users or email scanners It’s not just suspicious links you need to watch out for in your email inbox: QR…
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Give Meta my face recognition data? I’d rather lose my Instagram account
Meta has just announced plans to bring back facial recognition technology to Facebook and Instagram. This time it’s a security measure to help combat “celeb-bait” scams and restore access to compromised accounts. “We know security matters, and that includes being able to control your social media accounts and protect yourself…
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PayPal wants to share your data – unless you do this
Another week, another online service tried to silently change its data collection and sharing practices by default. The good news is that you still have time to opt out before any of your information gets automatically given away without your consent. As per PayPal’s policy updates page (issued on September…
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Beware, Facebook and Instagram are the worst social media for your privacy
Update: On October 4, 2024, we made some edits as LinkedIn reached out following some corrections made to the report by Incogni. As per the new ranking, LinkedIn isn’t one of the worst social media for privacy, but ranks as the 9th less privacy-invasive platform out of the 15 tested…
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Audio and video calls on Discords are now end-to-end encrypted
Popular messaging and VoIP platform Discord rolled out end-to-end encryption protection for both audio and video calls. The so-called DAVE protocol protects all your calls across private channels, small group chats, server-based voice channels during conversations in larger groups, and real-time streaming. Messages, however, remain non-encrypted. The move is set…
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Forget pay to view, pay for privacy is the latest problem for people online
It was a cold Parisian day in 1948 when privacy became a recognized human right. As our lives become increasingly digitalized, new laws have popped up across the world to draw a line on the restless abuse of our data online. Now, in the worst capitalistic dystopian nightmare, the concept…
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