section 12 Flashcards
NSA guide for choosing a safe text chat
NSA establishes a list of guidelines of which teleworking communication devices are the most intrusion safe for companies to use during the COVID social distancing era.
COVID and phone tapping
Countries are using mobile data to generate maps that indicate the degree of social distancing and commuting occuring from time to time. Some countries are taking this even further by monitoring individual behavior and there is a concern on how long this will continue (even after covid or will it be stopped) and privacy issues.
why location based marketing outperforms industry wages
Location based marketing is creating ads that are geared toward people at particular geographic locations. Burger king was very succesfull at sending them app notifications of when to buy a burger whenever they were in a mcdonalds store.
California privacy law requires companies to shed private consumer data
New california law requires companies to reveal the information they have collected about consumers. Because of this many companies are now using minimal collection of data as a selling point and only collecting data on consumers when they absolutely have to, and carefully examing the types of vendors they contract to do so in an effort to avoid paying for penalties.
Suedo reveals which of your favorite apps are sharing way too much data
Suedo an app that you can download uses AI to track data of the other apps on your phone and lets you know what data they are collecting of you and who they are sharing this data with. So far the app needs a lot of modification to be made as it is currently very slow, takes up a lot of battery power and continously delivers false positives.
Change these settings to protect your photos from facial recognition software
Clearview a company based on AI is using techniques to scan photos on social media and recognize people based on facial recognition software. To protect their privacy people should limit the types of people who can view their posts and what other people post on their social media pages to their friends and family.
why whatsapp is popular internationally but not in US.
Whatsapp become popular india and other countries because texting was pricy and free 3g only came out recently when whatsapp was introduced. In contrast facebook messenger and texting were very convinent in the US to the point where turning to whatsapp was unecessary and only attractive to those who wanted to communicate with members of the international community. These are a minority of individuals
How to make your new smart tv as secure as possible
To prevent your TV from being hacked you must avoid putting any financial information into your account, use apps that require a password, avoid using smart tv phone apps, do not share your password with anyone, and create secondary profiles for yourself. In addition also tape the camera on your tv to hide viewability, and make sure your network is secure.
Alexa as a security system
1) Say Alexa I’m leaving
2) Use guard service app on phone to change settings on the phone
3) Alexa will sense intruders and any one walking near your property to turn on lights and let you know that people are on your property
New York Times analyzes a leaked set of location data from a private broker
Data brokers who initially promised not to capture location data of individuals are capturing location data and are able to track every move they make. Even after being anomyzized they can easily be reidentified.
How to stop your i-phone from tracking you 24/7
The i-phone has the ability to monitor your location through apps that collect data on your whereabouts. To stop this log into settings, privacy, locations services, system services, significant locations, observe which apps are collecting location data from you and then select which ones you want to stop from a list of options. The only way to completly stop apps from accessing your data s by turning your iphone off.
Tick Tock lawsuit claims that tick-tock vaccums up US data and sends it to china
An individual filed a lawsuit against tick tock claiming that it created a profile for them after downloading it without their consent and collected all sorts of biometric data about them. More information reveals that tick tock has been collecting data on US citizens and sending it back to chinese companies for a long time.
The California’s DMV is making 50M a year selling drivers personal information
The DMV uses the information it gathers from companies and sells them to various customers such as car companies, private investigators etc. It profits from this information and it is controversial if the DMV should be doing this with consumers privacy.
The california consumer privacy act
This act requires buisnesses to reveal which third parties they are sharing information from, which data they are monetizing from consumers and must give consumers the opportunity to opt out of if they want to. Many companies are angry and are pushing for federal regulation but this could take time and the the CCPA is far from difficult to adapt to.
New Jersey is planning on banning online companies from selling your data
N.J is planning on banning online companies from cellphone companies from collecting information such as your location, and mobile activity and then selling it to advertisers. According to a congressmen individuals are unaware of the policy requirements they have to sign into and are being coerced to reveal their data which can be dangerous.
