Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic
In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior…
Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior…
Rob Ford gets stern letter from Ontario Privacy Commissioner about destroyed records. http://t.co/Xb2XDcVWBi -> Leaky Apps Raise Privacy Concerns in This Week’s Dangerous Android Apps. http://t.co/NlPUqFNNeZ -> Bar groups rally…
Canada needs to update its tools to protect privacy. Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has advice. http://t.co/dPWF2hJDm3 -> Canada Post makes an appeal… for junk mail? http://t.co/t3aRLzNKlG -> Serious Privacy Flaw…
Welcome no more in U.S. courts, snooping copyright trolls look to Canada. http://t.co/pfALrnuwCz -> RT @Ghostery: Web users, tracked by corporations, try to turn tables – http://t.co/no1KBmuzTp #privacy -> Apple…
Microsoft warns of a new Trojan hijacking Facebook accounts. http://t.co/PfNDXBQLgs -> Lookout targets privacy-invading mobile ad networks. http://t.co/B7V31r2LkM -> What if Facebook updated your privacy settings in real life? ->…
The genome hacker: Yaniv Erlich shows how research participants can be identified from ‘anonymous’ DNA. http://trl.ca/62 German court says ‘Nein’ to Apple’s ‘global consent’ on Fanbois’ privacy. http://trl.ca/67 Canadian federal…