by Nabil | May 14, 2019 | Internet & Privacy
This morning we woke up to find that whatsapp has been hacked and we need to update the app. Loads of use whatsapp and many people in dodgy countries, journalists, business and government people and human rights activists will be worried as they rely on it’s...
by Nabil | May 22, 2018 | Cyber Security
About 6 months ago I listened to someone on the radio laughing at the theft of the NSA cyber snooping tools and saying that if someone wants to hear him ordering his pizza, who cares. Alas the radio commentator never pointed out to them that a rogue listener would...
by Nabil | Apr 12, 2018 | GDPR
Absolutely fantastic news, google has decided to not just comply with GDPR legislation for EU citizens but to extend it globally. This is a major turning point. Sure, maybe their hand was forced a bit but they did it with minimal fuss, hats off to them. Amongst...
by Nabil | Mar 19, 2018 | GDPR
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are back in the news. Seems Cambridge Analytica (CA) was data slurping user profiles to hep them build a platform for targeting propoganda. In this case, CA slurped details of American voters. Quite crafty actually. They paid 160,000...
by Nabil | Mar 16, 2018 | GDPR
The opening salvo of what promises to be a long and drawn out battle has just been fired. whatsapp has committed to not share the personal info of EU citizens with the FB mothership in the US. For now….. It’s going to be a very interesting battle between...
