Adalytics has published a report that begins: When Elon Musk bought Twitter, he also bought a treasure trove of internet traffic data from websites like Reddit, NYTimes.com, Amazon.com, studentaid.gov (Department of Education’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid), and the website of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (dccc.org). Government agencies, hospitals, over half of all US…
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Twitter Files: Elon Musk’s Twitter Leak Raises Concern Over External Access to User Data
Kurt Wagner reports: Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter information, instructing the current head of trust and safety to provide screenshots of users’ accounts. Screenshots showing internal systems restricted to a relatively small number of people in charge of moderating content were shared by journalist Bari Weiss on Thursday. The images…
Indiana sues TikTok alleging Chinese access to user data, mature content exposure
The Straits Times reports: Indiana sued Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on Wednesday over allegations that it is deceiving users about China’s access to their data and exposing children to mature content. The office of Indiana Attorney-General Todd Rokita, a Republican, said the popular app, owned by ByteDance, violates the state’s consumer protection laws by…
Apple says most iCloud data can now be end-to-end encrypted
Mint reports: Apple announced on Wednesday that it will now provide full end-to-end encryption for almost all of the data users its users stores in its global cloud-based storage system, as part of an ongoing privacy effort. As a result, it will be more challenging for hackers, spies, and law enforcement organisations to access senstitive…