This week, it came to light that Twitch has suffered a massive data breach, with 125GB of confidential files stolen and spread across the internet. In a short statement yesterday afternoon, the company confirmed a hack took place and now, some more details have been shared. While Twitch's initial statement …
Read More »Personal data of 533 million Facebook users leaked online
It looks like Facebook is going to be making headlines for all the wrong reasons again this week, as personal data from 533 million accounts has leaked online. The leak sees accounts from users in 106 countries compromised, including 32 million users in the US and 11 million users from the UK.
Read More »WhatsApp delays privacy policy update amid concerns over data sharing with Facebook
If you tend to use WhatsApp regularly, then over the last week you've likely encountered a pop-up about the app's new privacy policy. This new policy immediately stirred controversy due to new rules that would allow data sharing between WhatsApp and Facebook. As a result, the introduction of this newly …
Read More »Facebook once considered selling user data directly
Although Facebook maintains that it hasn’t ever sold user data, internal documents pulled by the UK Parliament suggest that the firm did consider the option between 2012 and 2014.
Read More »Oculus responds to Rift privacy policy concerns
When Oculus was first bought by Facebook, the reaction was fairly negative and while things have settled down a lot since then, recently the Oculus Rift began shipping and unfortunately, not everyone is happy with the Oculus privacy policy. The policy says that Oculus can collect user data ranging from …
Read More »Facebook’s Internet.org doesn’t sound very secure
Facebook is opening up its free Internet.org platform to developers, allowing them to create services to be delivered through the social network's curated and stripped down version of the internet. However, the platform is set to face yet another round of heavy criticism, as it seemingly neglects user security and …
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