Tag: privacy

Facebook timeline security & privacy: steps to keep your account & identity safe

September 26, 2012

Now that Facebook’s timeline feature is in the final stages of being rolled out to all users (including, finally, to my account), it is important that everyone understands how to use the feature and, most importantly, how to secure your identity and privacy in its new context. Timeline is quite a simple feature, introduced by … More Facebook timeline security & privacy: steps to keep your account & identity safe

FinSpy and FinFisher spy on you via your cellphone and PC

September 3, 2012

We read that “FinFisher spyware made by U.K.-based Gamma Group can take control of a range of mobile devices, including Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry…”, at the opening of a Bloomberg article that several readers of the ESET blog sent us yesterday, along with a number of questions that boil down … More FinSpy and FinFisher spy on you via your cellphone and PC

Photo tagged on Facebook = getting tagged at physical stores now too?

August 20, 2012

A new tech startup that produces facial recognition camera systems tied to Facebook tagged photos, plans to offer the technology to more traditional physical stores so they could offer you appropriate deals as you enter their business. That’s great for stores who want to have more targeted information about you, based on a bit of … More Photo tagged on Facebook = getting tagged at physical stores now too?

Passwords: what 442773 leaked Yahoo! accounts can tell us

July 16, 2012

While the ongoing floods of leaked account credentials from Formspring, LinkedIn et al. are potentially disastrous for the owners of those accounts, analysis of those data doesn’t only provide a way of seeing whether our own accounts are at risk. It also provides an incentive for us all to re-examine our own password (and passcode) selection … More Passwords: what 442773 leaked Yahoo! accounts can tell us

Instagram vulnerability can allow strangers access to your photos and more

July 12, 2012

Are you one of the 50 million users of Instagram, the photo-sharing service bought by Facebook in April for $1 billion? If so you need to look out for an Instagram update to fix a vulnerability that has just been published by Spanish security researcher Sebastián Guerrero. This vulnerability, which Guerrero has dubbed the “Friendship … More Instagram vulnerability can allow strangers access to your photos and more