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Dates : December 2021

WhatsApp and iMessage vulnerable to FBI searches – according to…the FBI

December 7, 2021
An internal FBI document obtained by Rolling Stone indicates that WhatsApp and iMessage, while billing themselves as secure messaging apps, are in fact very vulnerable to law-enforcement searches when the FBI has a warrant or subpoena. According to the document, WhatsApp will also provide more practically-real-time information about a user and their activities than nearly every other major messaging tool.
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LinkedIn tests “Group Identity B2B”, a privacy-first, first-party data solution to alleviate tracking

December 7, 2021
Looking for new ways to provide connectivity for its audience of 800 million customers amid new and evolving privacy regulations, LinkedIn is categorizing segments using Group Identity B2B. The tool, which is being tested by an initial group of users, will use data from LinkedIn profiles, including seniority and industry, to group individuals and enable marketers to reach relevant audiences without a need for tracking.
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Children’s Privacy: Smartwatches designed for children found to be vulnerable to hacking

December 7, 2021
Research on smartwatches that popular with parents for monitoring their kids found vulnerabilities that make them easy targets for hackers looking to steal private data. Cyber security company, Dr. Web, found that smartwatch brands, including Elari Kidphone and Wokka Lokka, often use third-party firmware and often don’t check for security allowing the products to be insecure.
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Two-Thirds of C-Suite Can’t Recognize Bad Data: Fivetran Report

December 6, 2021
Like the determined optimist who tells his boss the factory is on fire by reporting they’ll soon be able to update their equipment, let’s find some silver linings in a batch of gloomy surveys today, Dear Reader.  We’ll start with this Fivetran report, which finds that 85% of data leaders say their company has lost money by basing decisions on bad data, and 66% believe their C-suite can’t tell when that happens.  The bright side is there’s lots of room for improvement.
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Most Companies Use Third-Party Tools for Data Management: Piano Survey

December 6, 2021
Just 3% of the respondents to this Piano survey said their company can seamlessly exchange data across departments, and only 9% are able to share data effectively.  Data silos are the biggest obstacle to sharing (56%), and organizational issues are the biggest reason that silos exist.  The good news here is that 54% already use third party tools for data management, so there’s hope that they’ll be able to improve things faster than if they relied on in-house development.
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UK Anti-Trust Agency Orders Meta/Facebook to Sell Giphy

December 3, 2021
Here’s a de-acquisition story just to mix things up: the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has ordered Meta, owner of Facebook, to reverse last year’s purchase of animated GIF distributor Giphy.  The Authority felt the deal reduced potential competition for ad sales and could let Facebook/Meta reduce other competitors’ access to Giphy GIFs or demand more data from them.  It’s one more sign that regulators everywhere are turning on Meta/Facebook after years of neglect.
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