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Changes in WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy

Schneier on Security

In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. Some of the data that WhatsApp collects includes: User phone numbers. Some of the data that WhatsApp collects includes: User phone numbers. Diagnostic data collected from app logs.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

The 911 user interface, as it existed when the service first launched in 2016. net available at the Wayback Machine shows that in 2016 this domain was used for the “ ExE Bucks ” affiliate program, a pay-per-install business which catered to people already running large collections of hacked computers or compromised websites. .

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Meta subsidiaries must pay $14m over misleading data collection disclosure

Malwarebytes

Meta has run into yet another bout of court related issues—two subsidiaries have been ordered to pay $14 million regarding undisclosed data collection. The Australian case, which has rumbled on for the best part of two and a half years, has focused on claims related to a now discontinued Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates

Security Affairs

Network data collected by the NetBlocks internet observatory confirm that Turkey has blocked access to social media as Idlib military crisis escalates. In December 2016 , the Turkish blocked social media in the country to prevent the sharing of a video of the executions of Turkish soldiers by the IS group. It's 5:30 a.m.

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The UK Is Secretly Testing a Controversial Web Snooping Tool

WIRED Threat Level

The country passed its Investigatory Powers Act in 2016. Now, its building what could be the most powerful data collection system used by any democratic nation.

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Browser Guard now flags data breaches and better protects personal data  

Malwarebytes

Two things are true of data online: It will be collected and, just as easily, it will be lost. The notifications will also include direct access to the Malwarebytes Digital Footprint Portal , allowing users to check in real time whether their data was included in any flagged breach.

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Facebook suspends Facial Recognition Program and deletes over 1bn face prints

CyberSecurity Insiders

From now on, the Mark Zuckerberg’s led company faced a lawsuit against its facial recognition related data collection early this year. FB made a step forward by offering a settlement of $650 million to a data advocacy group that filed a legal suit against the use of FacioMetrics technology acquired by FB in 2016.