Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 27, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss, highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.
Four highlights from this week: Algorithms That Curate Feeds & Tech Company Secrecy; Public Employees’ Use of Personal Phones, Tablets Puts Local Governments at Risk; How to Find Hidden Cameras Using Your Mobile Phone; and Why non-human workers can increase security issues in your business.
Facebook stops collection of user health data after New York investigation
Source: Becker’s Health IT
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/facebook-stops-collection-of-user-health-data-after-new-york-investigation.html
Bruce Schneier’s CRYPTO-GRAM, 15 Feb 2021
Source: RISKS Digest
https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/32/50/#subj38.1 Bruce Schneier’s CRYPTO-GRAM, 15 Feb 2021 – Peter Neumann <neumann@csl.sri.com>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:52:16 PST
Public Employees’ Use of Personal Phones, Tablets Puts Local Governments at Risk
Source: Route Fifty
https://www.route-fifty.com/tech-data/2021/02/public-employees-use-personal-phones-tablets-puts-local-governments-risk/172283/
A cybersecurity report found that 25% of state and local government employees use personal digital devices to telework while only 9% of federal employees do so. Nearly a quarter of state and local government employees use personal phones and tablets for work, putting them at higher risk for phishing attacks and other cyber intrusions, according to a new cybersecurity report.