privacy

  1. Luis

    Smart glasses privacy warning for South Africa

    Smart glasses privacy warning for South Africa ESET Southern Africa cybersecurity researcher Allan Juma has warned South Africans of the significant security and privacy risks associated with smart glasses. Speaking to Cape Talk, Juma cautioned that recordings captured by smart glasses could...
    • Luis
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    • allan juma cape talk data breaches privacy security smart glasses
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Expert worried about future of end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp

    Expert worried about future of end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp Social media giant Meta Platforms has announced it will remove end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs) on its Instagram app, and a university professor said he is worried WhatsApp is next. From 8 May 2026, Instagram...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    WhatsApp settles with Information Regulator over new privacy policy

    WhatsApp settles with Information Regulator over new privacy policy WhatsApp has settled its court case against South Africa’s Information Regulator over forcing users to accept a new privacy policy to continue using the service and agreed to make several changes. Information Regulator...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers

    How Truecaller can balance business rights and protect people against spammers Call screening apps that allow companies to pay for "whitelisting" are benefiting the wealthiest and most aggressive marketers, not those with legitimate rights to contact customers. That is according to Coega...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • andile april call screening coega development corporation information regulator popia privacy scammers spam calls spammers truecaller
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Fulcrum29

    Would you trust an online AI platform with your private or company secrets?

    I am curious what the MyBroadband community's view is on this. First, we had digital migration, and now there is a push for AI adoption. What is your company's and your own policy in regard to using an online AI platform?
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon kills two privacy features on Alexa smart speakers

    Amazon kills two privacy features on Alexa smart speakers Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices. Starting today (March 28), Alexa devices...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Joburg's draft CCTV by-law under scrutiny

    Joburg's draft CCTV by-law under scrutiny Anti-crime activists and private security companies have warned that a new City of Johannesburg (CoJ) draft by-law for private CCTV cameras facing public areas will harm community-driven crime-fighting. The by-law requires that people and companies...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's big battle against spam callers

    South Africa's big battle against spam callers South Africa's Information Regulator has its sights set on tackling annoying spam calls in the country. It decided that telemarketing amounts to electronic communication and must be regulated under the Protection of Personal Information Act...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • information regulator nomzamo zondi pansy tlakula privacy protection of personal information act (popia) spam spam callers telemarketers telemarketing
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach

    Meta fined another R4.8 billion over data breach Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm €251 million (R) following two inquiries into a personal data breach that it said impacted 29 million users worldwide. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Intricate app settings making privacy management a big hassle

    Intricate app settings making privacy management a big hassle Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy — who can see which actions you take — across all of the app’s functions. But default...
  12. spamsam

    People do not really care about their info security

    Odds are the following applies to most average human beings out there: - Your name and ID number are floating around somewhere in a spreadsheet as a lead. - You are highly traceable on the web. - There is way more information available on social media about you than you think. - You have opted...
    • spamsam
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    • data abuse governement information information age police popi privacy privacy issues surveilance
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    • Forum: Networking and Security
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms up against tough privacy review

    Meta Platforms up against tough privacy review Meta Platforms Inc. was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of repeatedly violating privacy promises it made to US regulators and now faces a possible government ban on launching new social-media products without an independent review. Meta...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    ChatGPT and other AI tools will make spotting phishing attacks more difficult

    ChatGPT and other AI tools will make spotting phishing attacks more difficult Cisco Systems Inc. warned that artificial intelligence software such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will make phishing attempts much harder to detect, requiring companies to adopt new defences. About 80% of illicit access into...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court rules US government can block Twitter from publishing details about national security investigation demands

    Court rules US government can block Twitter from publishing details about national security investigation demands The US can stop Twitter Inc. from releasing details about the government’s demands for user information in national security investigations, a court ruled, in the same week House...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Information Regulator has not issued one POPIA-related fine after over 500 reports

    Information Regulator has not issued one POPIA-related fine after over 500 reports No fines have been issued against any South African company for violating the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This was revealed by Information Regulator president Pansy Tlakula during a recent...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter will no longer allow jet-tracking accounts

    Twitter will no longer allow jet-tracking accounts Twitter Inc. suspended multiple accounts that track the locations of private jets using publicly available flight data, including one that followed the plane of the company’s owner, Elon Musk. Musk publicly declared last month that he would...
  18. spamsam

    lol, how did BusinessTech only realise now that TrueCaller isn't POPI compliant?

    The link below serves: https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/649601/major-red-flags-over-the-use-of-spam-blockers-like-truecaller-in-south-africa/ It's kinda funny that most people still don't know that whoever has TrueCaller on their phone is sharing their contacts' info across the border...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google victorious in case claiming it tracked Chrome users without permission

    Google victorious in case claiming it tracked Chrome users without permission Alphabet Inc.’s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    TikTok facing ban in the US

    TikTok facing ban in the US Two US senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the US. “It’s not just the content you upload to TikTok but all the data on your...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Whistleblower claims Twitter has severe security shortcomings

    Whistleblower claims Twitter has severe security shortcomings A whistleblower complaint from Twitter Inc.’s former head of security, claiming severe shortcomings in the social media company’s handling of users’ personal data, will have wide ramifications for the business. US lawmakers vowed to...
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