Techlore Surveillance Report Facebook Suing the EU & Microsoft Buying TikTok - Surveillance Report 21
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Aug 5, 2020 Learn about Facebook's lawsuit against the EU, claiming invasion of employee privacy. Dive into the politics surrounding TikTok's potential US ban and Microsoft's interest as a buyer. Discover the alarming mass source code leak from 50 companies due to cloud misconfigurations. Unpack vulnerabilities in Zoom meeting security that allowed brute-force entry. The podcast also highlights a significant data breach at Ledger, increasing phishing risks for users, and concludes with a critical vulnerability found in the Grub2 bootloader.
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TikTok Action Driven By Politics
- The TikTok situation is political, not purely about privacy or security.
- Henry argues the U.S. targets apps based on geopolitics rather than consistent privacy standards.
Compartmentalize Before Signing Up
- Use pseudonyms and compartmentalization to reduce exposure from inevitable data breaches.
- Henry recommends pseudo emails, private mailboxes, and pseudo phone numbers when buying devices like Ledger.
Don't Rely On Default Zoom Passwords
- Avoid relying on default Zoom numeric meeting passwords without extra protections.
- Henry suggests switching to alternatives like Jitsi until such issues are fixed.