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Is It Time to Delete Your Twitter Account? Here's What You Need to Know

Why It’s Time to Leave Twitter

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In episode 355, Tom discusses his decision to deactivate his Twitter accounts due to privacy concerns with Twitter’s new AI policy and changes in the blocking features. He outlines the steps for ...
Shared Security Podcast
Why You Don't Need to Worry About Your Phone Exploding: Debunking The Exploding Pager Incident

Supply Chain Sabotage: The Exploding Pager Incident, Instagram’s New Teen Privacy Measures

| | Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, education, Episodes, Explosives, Hezbollah, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, lebanon, Meta, Pagers, parental controls, Parents, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, Social Media Safety, Social Media Security, social network, technology, teens, Weekly Edition
In Episode 347, we discuss the recent alarming incidents involving exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, which resulted in multiple casualties. We clarify why this is not a cyber attack and ...
Shared Security Podcast

Facebook Whistleblower Fears Election Abuse

| | amazon, Cybersecurity, Elections, facebook, Meta, Telegram
Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, has renewed concerns over the social-networking company. This time, she’s laser-focused on misinformation during the 2024 presidential election ...
Security Boulevard
AT&T Data Breach Hits 110 Million Customers: What You Need to Know

Massive AT&T Data Breach Impact, Meta’s Privacy Policy Updates

| | AI, ATT, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, GDPR, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, Meta, Patreon, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, Privacy Policies, Privacy Policy, security, snowflake, technology, Weekly Edition
In episode 339, hosts Tom Eston and Scott Wright discuss the massive AT&T data breach affecting 110 million customers, which is larger than a previous breach from March affecting 73 million customers ...
Shared Security Podcast
Smokey Bear / This-is-fine crossover

Revealed: Facebook’s “Incredibly Aggressive” Alleged Theft of Snapchat App Data

| | Brian J. Dunne, class action, class action lawsuit, DeleteFacebook, facebook, facebook fine, free vpn app, Ghostbusters, IAPP, Man In The Middle, man in the middle attack, man in the middle attacks, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, mitm, MitM Attack, mitm attacks, mitm tool, mitm tools, Onavo, Onavo VPN, SB Blogwatch, Snapchat, SSL Bump, VPN
Meta MITM IAAP SSL bump: Zuck ordered “Project Ghostbusters”—with criminal consequences, says class action lawsuit ...
Security Boulevard
Who's to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts?

Who’s to Blame for Hacked Social Media Accounts, Spoofed Online Meeting Requests and Malware

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In episode 320, Tom and Scott discuss the contentious issue of who is accountable when Facebook or Instagram accounts are hacked, discussing potential failings on both the user’s and Meta’s part. They ...
Shared Security Podcast
Caricature of Mark Zuckerberg, with superimposed text: “oops.”

Facebook/Insta FAIL — ‘Anonymous Sudan’ has a Super Tuesday: ‘We Did It.’

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Shooper Choosday: Was yesterday’s Meta outage outrage caused by a Russian DDoS? ...
Security Boulevard

Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network

| | Data Privacy, facebook, Meta, Privacy, Reports, surveillance, tracking, Uncategorized
Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of ...
Schneier on Security
Parental Consent for Social Media: Ohio's Controversial Law

Ohio’s New Social Media Law, Meta’s Link History Feature, 175 Million Passcode Guesses

| | Apple, brute-force attack, children, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Information Security, Infosec, Instagram, iPhone, Link History, Meta, Ohio, Ohio Social Media Law, Ottawa, passcode, Passcodes, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, technology, Teenagers, Weekly Edition
In episode 312, Tom and Scott discuss the implications of a new law in Ohio that may require parental consent for children under 16 using social media, including the pros and cons ...
Shared Security Podcast
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Facebook’s New Privacy Nightmare: ‘Link History’

| | adtech, Advertising and AdTech, breach of privacy, browser, browser abuse, customer privacy, Data Privacy, DeleteFacebook, facebook, Facebook data, key loggers, key logging, Keylog, keylogger, keyloggers, keylogging, Link History, Meta, Meta Networks, Meta Pixel, Privacy, SB Blogwatch
How stupid does he think we are? You’ll want to turn off this new app setting ...
Security Boulevard
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