⢠Meta found to have exposed info on North Korean defectors to advertisers (Meta found to have exposed info on North Korean defectors to advertisers | TechCrunch): Meta has added another privacy sanction to its extensive collection: South Koreaâs data protection agency fined the social media giant around $15.7 million for processing sensitive user data and passing it to advertisers without a proper legal basis, Reuters reports.
⢠New Microsoft Windows Password WarningâStop Doing This Now, U.S. Government Says (New Microsoft Windows Password WarningâStop Doing This Now, U.S. Government Says): The FBI has warned users of popular webmail accounts that passwords and even MFA can be defeated by new attacks. The US governmentâs cybersecurity agency has added its voice to the mix, alerting to new email threats and advising Windows users to stop using SMS based multifactor authentication.
⢠Voted in America? This Site Doxed You (https://www.404media.co/): Voting rolls are technically public records but can be laborious to get hold of. This site weaponizes that information by allowing anyone, anywhere, to search for a voterâs physical address and party affiliation.
⢠Australia to ban under-16s from social media â but canât say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it (Australia to ban under-16s from social media â but canât say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it | Internet safety | The Guardian): Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 apps.
⢠Flaw in Right-Wing âElection Integrityâ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data (Flaw in Right-Wing âElection Integrityâ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data | WIRED): A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Voteâs VoteAlert app revealed user informationâand an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme. [paywalled]