Title: Privacy Issues in Smartphone Applications: An Analysis of Headache/Migraine Applications Authors: Mia T. Minen MD, MPH Eric J. Stieglitz JD Rose Sciortino John Torous MD Journal: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Publication Date: July 4, 2018 Abstract: Headache diaries are a mainstay of migraine management, and many commercial smartphone apps have…
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Facebook suspends another analytics firm amid questions over surveillance
Olivia Solon and Julie Carrie Wong report: Facebook has suspended a social media analytics firm from accessing user data while it investigates potential violations of its policy barring surveillance. The firm, Crimson Hexagon, boasts an impressive list of blue chip clients and claims to have collected more than 1tn public social media posts from Facebook,…
Hackers’ blackmail scam claims to film you watching porn
Someone writes: Hackers have tried to blackmail at least 100 internet users by claiming they have proof they have viewed porn sites. The cyber criminals who have hacked millions of personal accounts from a string of “popular websites” are sending out mass e-mails in a “sextortion” internet scam. The crooks claim they have video footage…
Vietnam’s New Cybersecurity Law and Push for Internet Sovereignty Reduces Freedom
Scott Ikeda reports: On June 12th the Vietnamese National Assembly voted in a new cybersecurity law. The legislation did not come easily having gone through more than 12 drafts and much debate in government and the business sector. The claimed purposes of the legislation are to increase Vietnam’s Internet sovereignty, that is the data of…