“For nearly two decades, Silicon Valley made net neutrality its highest policy priority. Under the banner of a “free and open” internet, Google, Facebook, and Twitter sought regulations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of information by treating every bit equally. Or so they said.”
CISA tells agencies to consider ad blockers to fend off ‘malvertising’
“The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urged federal agencies on Thursday to deploy ad-blocking software and standardize web browser usage across their workforces in order to fend off advertisements implanted with malware.”
NSA advises companies to avoid third party DNS resolvers
“The US National Security Agency (NSA) says that companies should avoid using third party DNS resolvers to block threat actors’ DNS traffic eavesdropping and manipulation attempts and to block access to internal network information.”
WhatsApp users ABANDON the app over fears their data will be shared with Facebook
“Millions of WhatsApp users ABANDON the app and switch to rivals Telegram or Signal ahead of privacy policy update that will force them to share their personal data with Facebook Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app ahead of a privacy policy update that will f”
Spike in new privacy-conscious users disrupt Signal’s servers
“Awareness around personal data privacy has been at an all-time high globally with users now extremely conscious of what sort of data is being collected by technology companies and most importantly how that information is being used.”
WhatsApp: Let us share your data with Facebook or else
“In a surprise move, WhatsApp recently gave many of its users a difficult choice: they could either accept a revised privacy policy that explicit allowed the service to share information with parent company Facebook by February 8th, or decline and risk not being able to use the service at all.”
Tesla unveils new map of upcoming Supercharger stations, adds stations and updates timelines
“Tesla has released a new map of its upcoming Supercharger stations, adding many new planned stations to the network, removing others, and updating timelines in the process. The Supercharger network is one of Tesla’s two charging networks along with the ‘Destination network’.”
Microsoft Just Dealt A New Blow To Zoom With This Bold Security Move
“Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last couple of weeks, you’ll know Zoom’s been having a pretty hard time. The firm has been under fire from all angles after a surge in “Zoom bombing,” privacy scandals and news that video chats are available online for anyone to see.”
For IT professionals: Privacy and security in Microsoft Teams
“Over the past week, there has been a lot written about video conferencing, privacy, and security. As an IT professional, you may be getting a lot of questions. We want to help.”
Microsoft Teams Add-in for Outlook: How to Download and Install
“If you want to combine Microsoft Teams with your Outlook email client, you can do that easily with the dedicated Microsoft Teams add-in. But a lot of users are unaware of this tool and have no idea how to use it.”