Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves us

A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world’s dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for marketers, and other data Borg as Facebook’s CEO faces Congress.

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Google reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015

Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped “shed light on government surveillance laws and practices” around the world.

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Google Dorking: It’s All Fun & Games Until The Hackers Show Up

For anyone not in the know, Google Dorking is the practice of using advanced search techniques – more specifically, specialized search parameters – to locate hard-to-find web pages and information. As innocent as it sounds, Google Dorking has a dark side – so dark, federal…

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New Search Engine Indexeus Exposes Hackers, Data Breaches

A new search engine called Indexeus sought to expose hackers and their exploits unless they “donated” $1 for every record that they wanted to conceal from public view. In response to the claim that this is extortion, Portuguese founder Jason Relinquo says the aim of Indexeus…

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