Amelia Harper writes: With the 2017-18 school year going on the books as the deadliest school year in decades, school leaders are looking at ways to prevent more school tragedies. The need to protect the lives of students and teachers has caused school districts to examine a number of solutions, including the increased monitoring of…
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Quiz App Left 120 Million Facebook Users’ Data Exposed as Recently as Last Month
Rhett Jones reports: Facebook’s race to prove it’s a good and trustworthy company over the last few months kicked off when it was revealed that a quiz app sold user data to a political firm. Now, a different quiz app is getting some heat. A researcher discovered that a third-party app called NameTests left the…
The 18 things you may not realise Facebook knows about you
Joe Cadillic sends along this news story by Tim Collins, Aaron Brown, and Cheyenne MacDonald about a massive report to Congress by Facebook. Of note, their reporting includes a list of 18 ways Facebook tracks users: 1. ‘Device information’ from ‘computers, phones, connected TVs, and other web-connected devices,’ as well as your ‘internet service provider…
Vietnam: Proposed cybersecurity law threatens to stamp out online freedom
Amnesty International writes: Viet Nam’s proposed new Cybersecurity Law will grant the government unbridled power to police the last safe space for freedom of expression in the country, if passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday, said Amnesty International. The law would give sweeping new powers to the Vietnamese authorities, allowing them to force technology…