PERSONAL DATA: Users will have until the 8th February 2021 to validate the new terms of use, otherwise they will no longer be able to use the WhatsApp application. Take it or leave it. At the start of 2021, WhatsApp will change the conditions of use of its services, and in particular, the way in which the application processes users’ personal […]
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PRIVACY: The video conferencing application Zoom, has been updated and the leaders have apologized to the users A Vice article recently embarrassed the Zoom video conferencing application by revealing that it shared some data with Facebook. Its officials insisted on reacting immediately. Thus, Friday 27th March, an update was deployed to end the sharing of data with the social network, […]
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CYBERSECURITY: WhatsApp links generated to invite other users to a conversation have been indexed by search engines, thus becoming visible to all. Private conversations on WhatsApp may not really be… Several media outlets in recent days have exposed a huge scandal linked to the privacy of hundreds of thousands of email users belonging to Facebook. Search engines, including Google or Bing, […]
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SURVEILLANCE: The establishment has been the subject of numerous criticisms For many universities, attendance at classes is not compulsory. It is a way of empowering students. But some do not share this policy, including the University of Missouri in the United States. The American academic institution has recently implemented a more modern system than pencil and paper to know which […]
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JUSTICE: Singer, Dounia Batma is forbidden to leave the territory of Morroco Moroccan singer Dounia Batma was charged on Monday and banned from leaving Morocco for alleged links to anonymous Instagram and Snapchat accounts that slander and peddle rumours about other Moroccan stars. According to the official MAP agency, the investigating judge of the Marrakech court of first instance decided to prosecute […]
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SOCIAL NETWORKS: Instagram is removing the “Subscribers” page which allows a user to follow the smallest actions of his friends On the tab representing a heart, we find all the notifications related to our account; likes, comments, new subscribers. But this page also offers to follow the news of our subscribers in another way. Indeed, in the top left, […]
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PRIVACY: Some connected TV transmits data to Netflix, Google, Amazon, even though no account has been associated with the connected site. Connected TVs deliver our data to third parties. A study conducted by US and British researchers shows that many connected objects transmit private information to Facebook, Amazon, or Google, reports Futura Tech. The researchers looked at 81 connected objects sold in […]
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After long denying such a practice, Facebook admits having transcribed sound recordings of conversations – with the authorization of users. One more scandal for Facebook. The Bloomberg agency revealed Tuesday that the social networking giant was using contractors to transcribe audio clips of private conversations of users on Messenger. The goal, as always: to better customize and target its ads […]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook group has reached an amicable agreement with the US Communications Regulatory Authority but has an independent privacy committee. The penalty was negotiated and the axe fell as expected after a lengthy procedure. The FTC, the federal regulator of communications, imposed on Wednesday a record fine of $ 5 billion (€ 4.48 billion) to […]
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BIG BROTHER: San Francisco, the world’s high-tech capital, bans the use of facial recognition tools by police and other local government agencies The ban on facial recognition in San Francisco , the world’s high-tech capital, illustrates the growing concern over this fast-growing technique of the future, which is being watched with concern over the risks of encroaching on individual freedoms. […]
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