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Facebook suspends 400 data stealing apps. Dumps its own data-stealing Onavo

Ray ShawAugust 27, 2018

Facebook has suspended 400 apps due to concerns around the developers who built them or how the information people chose to share with the app may have been us... (Read More)

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Data Transfer Project makes it easier for us to swap data around

Ray ShawJuly 23, 2018

Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Facebook have jointly announced the Data Transfer Project. When finished it will enable data to move from one platform to another... (Read More)

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Don’t give away too much by oversharing on social media

Ray ShawJuly 16, 2018

Oversharing on social media can create huge security issues. It does not matter if you think you are safe – social media has ‘ways of making you talk’. ... (Read More)

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Facebook F-up again. How can you trust this company? (opinion)

Ray ShawJune 30, 2018

Facebook F-up again. Will the badly dressed ‘kid in the hoodie’ apologise yet again? Can you trust a company that stumbles from one disaster to another? ... (Read More)

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Deloitte 2018 Privacy Index – it is about transparency and trust

Ray ShawMay 18, 2018

The Deloitte 2018 Privacy Index assesses the privacy practices of the top 100 Australian brands. It confirms that consumers choose brands that are transparent a... (Read More)

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ACCC calls Google and Facebook to account (opinion)

Ray ShawApril 27, 2018

In December 2017 the Federal Government asked the ACCC to investigate Google and Facebook power in the Australian media landscape. ... (Read More)

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Fake reviews – the scourge of the internet (opinion)

Ray ShawApril 25, 2018

Fake Reviews have become the scourge on the internet. As many as 90% are declared ‘unreliable using the same text, hyperbole or suspiciously positive words’. ... (Read More)

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Facebook backs down fighting Californian consumer privacy legislation

Ray ShawApril 16, 2018

Facebook, Google, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast each kicked in a lazy $200,000 to a ‘Committee to Protect California Jobs’ – ostensibly to protect high-tech job... (Read More)

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