Meanwhile, another security researcher, Anurag Sen, discovered that an unsecured server had been exposing billions of Oracle BlueKai records including names, email, Web browsing history and more. No word on whether anybody with malicious intent actually got their hands on it.
Foxbook – I mean, Facebook – has paid few financial penalties for its defacto support of right-wing hate groups. But a one-month boycott organized by civil rights organizations has been gaining support among advertisers and agencies. The North Face, REI and Patagonia are suspending their ads while agencies including Dentsu 360i and Mediabrands Reprise are encouraging clients to follow suit.
And here’s one from Jamie in our Department of the Obvious. This Harvard Business Review report – actually a Webinar summary – reports that the biggest obstacle to becoming a data-driven company is the lack of a data-driven culture. Glad we straightened that out.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.