data protection

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How safe are health apps?

No other app contains as much sensitive data as a health app. Quite a few people shy away from using the digital helpers for fear of the transparent patient. It should be a matter of course for developers to pay particular attention [...]

Date: 13 Mar 2023 Tags: health data, health app, data-safe, patient, transparent, data protection

 

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Amazon records and analyzes conversations

Amazon can access, use and retain all files to provide the service and enforce the terms of the agreement, according to the terms of service, and you give Amazon all the permissions it needs to do so. [...]

Date: 22 Sep 2022 Tags: amazon, conversations, analyze, NSA, data protection, recording

 

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What’s my data worth?

What’s my data worth? There are many different guidelines for measuring the value of the data. There are some descriptions on the internet, e.g. a dataset is rated at about 25 centimes. [...]

Date: 11 Sep 2022 Tags: Data, data protection, Worth, NSA

 

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Cameras monitor the area around Tesla

At Tesla, the surroundings of a vehicle are actually monitored by cameras. Data protectionists are sounding the alarm, and Tesla is being targeted and sued because of this monitoring. [...]

Date: 01 Aug 2022 Tags: Tesla, cameras, monitor, surroundings, Target, data protection

 

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Total surveillance in the car

Different systems are combined, such as speed limiters, cruise control and traffic sign recognition. This is intended to provide support for the driver. The permitted speed is immediately detected and checked. [...]

Date: 11 Jul 2022 Tags: car, surveillance, cockpit, data protection, data traffic

 

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Vulnerabilities in Wyze Cam IoT camera firmware

According to security research and experts from Bitdefender, there are problems with the firmware of Wyze Cam IP video cameras in terms of security. The authentication process can allegedly be bypassed quite easily by criminals. [...]

Date: 02 May 2022 Tags: Wyze Cam, Smart Home, cameras, configuration data, data protection, authentication

 

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What does Amazon know about me?

With the help of a data disclosure, anyone can find out exactly what information and personal data is known to the market giant Amazon. The data is more comprehensive than most would believe. [...]

Date: 18 Mar 2022 Tags: amazon, personal data, collected, data protection, data hunter, recordings

 

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How dangerous is PimEyes?

How dangerous is PimEyes? A Polish company is currently abolishing anonymity, which is what the so-called PimEyes search engine stands for. The potential for abuse concerns more than 900 million faces. Anyone whose [...]

Date: 10 Mar 2022 Tags: PimEyes, stored, biometric, dangerous, search engine, data protection

 

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Data protection in video conferences

In the last two years, the number of video conferences has increased significantly. This raises the question of what data protection looks like for these videoconferences. Many people work in the home office and therefore use a corresponding video conference system via the Internet to connect. [...]

Date: 09 Feb 2022 Tags: videocall, conferences, Data, users, Homeoffice, data protection

 

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Does digital vaccination card mean goodbye to data protection?

The European Union has promoted the so-called digital vaccination card as a solution for data protection. However, this digital vaccination card massively interferes with data protection and, in particular, with sensitive data. [...]

Date: 21 Jan 2022 Tags: digital vaccination card, pandemic, data protection, green certificate, vaccination, Corona

 

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Introducing TeleGuard - Safe. Secured. Amazing.

I am happy to announce that we can finally introduce our Messenger: TeleGuard! We worked on it for a long time and of course we hope that you like it and that it meets your expectations. [...]

Date: 02 Feb 2021 Tags: Teleguard, Messenger, facebook, Whatsapp, secure, data protection

 

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The awaking’s of data sovereignty – or enough is enough!

Our daily live is relentless shaped by digitalisation, regardless we act in our private, business or political sphere. Vast amounts of data are collected, stored, processed, analysed and often profitable distributed legally or illegal. [...]

Date: 19 Oct 2020 Tags: GDPR, data collection, data protection, sovereignty, US-privacy shield

 

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Data protection officers warn! Surveillance on a large scale! ‌

In various European and international countries, the state now accesses the previously and continuously collected data from the movement analysis of users. [...]

Date: 31 Mar 2020 Tags: GDPR, surveillance, Corona virus, data collection, data protection

 

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Tausende Android-Apps zapfen unerlaubt Daten ab

Sicherheitsforscher untersuchten Android-Apps und stellten fest, dass mehr als 1300 Anwendungen Daten unerlaubt abgreifen, obwohl die Nutzer die Berechtigung entzogen haben. [...]

Datum: 07 Aug. 2019 Tags: App, Überwachung, Datenschutz, data protection, Handy, Privatsphäre

 

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Datenschützer warnen vor FaceApp

Eine App mit dem Namen "FaceApp" erobert die App-Stores und steht seit neuestem unter den Bestenlisten. FaceApp wird immer häufiger kritisiert und der Datenschutz in Frage gestellt, warum das so ist, versuche ich drauf einzugehen. [...]

Datum: 31 Juli 2019 Tags: FaceApp, App, Data, data protection, Datenschutz, Gesichtserkennung

 

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Saxony-Anhalt gets out on Facebook

Saxony-Anhalt has now also recognized it. Saxony-Anhalt will be the first federal state to remove its Facebook presence from the net. It has recognized that data protection is an important issue and wants to close the Facebook page with more than 12,000 subscribers. [...]

Date: 24 Jun 2019 Tags: facebook, data protection, privacy, privacymatters

 

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Into the Stasi era with Alexa

When Amazon introduced the voice-operated assistant, the world was thrilled. After all, it's also a good idea, because with Alexa you can play music, set an alarm or manage calendars, and all that is voice-controlled. [...]

Date: 22 May 2019 Tags: amazon, Alexa, privacy, secure, Cam, Cyber

 

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Google with new business model "Privacy"

You can earn a lot of money with user data. Google is a showcase example. No other company knows us better and because of this data, the group can place ads perfectly. [...]

Date: 21 May 2019 Tags: Google, Datenschutz, privacymatters, privacy, secure, Search Engigen