Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Risks’

Want a football scholarship? Friend your coach

Who’s more invasive than State Governments & employers? Colleges.   Yes, the bastions of higher learning and organized sports are also erasing any concept of privacy.  To protect the multi-billion […]

Govt. agencies demand applicants' Facebook passwords

Want a job? Login to your facebook account please… From MSNBC: In Maryland, job seekers applying to the state’s Department of Corrections have been asked during interviews to log into […]

Want a job? hand over your facebook credentials

In the US, UK and several other countries, employers are requiring that employees hand over their Facebook / Linkedin / etc accounts during the hiring process.   Some are requiring […]

Minnesota school demands Facebook username & password from 12 year old Girl

CNN — A Minnesota middle school student, with the backing of the American Civil Liberties Union, is suing her school district over a search of her Facebook and e-mail accounts […]

What Should You Do If Your Employer Asks For Your Facebook Password?

What Should You Do If Your Employer Asks For Your Facebook Password? By Dave Copeland / March 12, 2012 8:30 AM / 24 Comments   Why are some employers asking […]

Nassau County Bar Attorneys & Accountants Committee 2/27/12

The Nassau County Bar Attorneys Accountants Committee has asked me to present on selected Cyber-Security topics.   When; Feb 27, 2012 Where: Nassau County Bar Association 15th & West Streets […]

FTC tears into Apple, Google over kids' privacy – or lack of

The FTC has notified Apple & Google that they actually need to read, abide by and enforce their own privacy policies.  Specifically, these two operators can’t turn a blind-eye to […]

Google Caught Tracking Safari Users – What You Need to Know

Don’t be evil.  That’s Google’s job.   In contravention of Apple’s policies, and their own statements about consumer privacy, Google bypassed Safari’s security settings to store permanent cookies on Apple […]

Feds Want to Warrantlessly Track Phones Bought with Fake Names

In US vs Warshak, the DOJ argued in court that since email accounts are hacked into, people die, and people forget their passwords, email should have no 4th amendment protections. […]

Germany’s intelligence services Ignore current neo-nazi threats, focus on elected Officials

According to the Economist, the German Federal & State intelligence services are stuck in the past.   Rather that focusing on current threats, like a neo-naze group that murdered 10 […]