Anirban Roy reports: … Senior Malware Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, Roman Unuchek, has examined how a number of fitness wristbands interact with a smartphone, and discovered some surprising results. According to his research, the authentication method in several popular fitness wearables allows a third party app to connect invisibly to the device, execute commands, and, in…
Category: Breaches
Nevada Joins Objection to Sale of Consumers’ Personal Data in RadioShack Bankruptcy Case
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt joined 31 other states and the District of Columbia in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s objection to the bankruptcy sale of personally identifiable information of RadioShack’s 117 million customers. RadioShack has nearly 50 locations throughout the state of Nevada. “As privacy concerns become more prevalent, it is…
Including psychotherapy records in interoperable EHR systems is a really bad idea
Clinical psychologist Peter Zelles had a commentary in the Star Tribune last week with which I wholeheartedly agree. Minnesota is one of the first two states to mandate that all health care providers use an “interoperable” electronic health care record (EHR), allowing all doctors to view every other doctor’s notes — supposedly privately and with a purpose. Since 2014…
Apple and Apps Still on Hook for Data Mining
William Dotinga reports: Apple and 14 app developers – including giants like Yelp, Twitter, Instagram and “Angry Birds” maker Rovio – must face the majority of a class’ claims that they swiped and shared data from iPhones and iPads without users’ knowledge or consent, a federal judge ruled this week. Read more on Courthouse News….