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This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for September 3rd 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: US Federal Privacy Law, WhatsApp’s Google Drive Warning and Improved Security for Instagram.
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Hi everyone, this is Tom Eston, Co-host of the Shared Security podcast. Welcome to the Shared Security Weekly Blaze where we update you on the top 3 security and privacy topics from the week. These weekly podcasts are published every Monday and are 15 minutes or less quickly giving you “news that you can use”.
The New York Times reports that the technology industry in the United States is beginning to lobby the Trump administration to create federal privacy legislation. Sources say that this proposed federal privacy law would first overrule the recent California privacy law and second, be much softer and less restrictive than the California law in regards to the way personal data is handled by technology companies. You may remember that back in July of this year that the state of California passed their own privacy law which is very similar to the European Union’s GDPR privacy legislation that went into effect this past May. It’s no surprise that technology companies like Google, Facebook, and others who have come under great scrutiny over the way that they protect and use our data are now “freaking out” over the possibility that if they don’t act soon, to heavily influence the creation of a federal privacy law, their businesses and profitability suffer greatly. The California Privacy Act and GDPR have been huge wins for data privacy around the world but have caused much pain for companies like Google and Facebook that rely on advertising revenue which is built from the collection of your private data.
Look, there will most likely be a federal privacy law enacted in the US at some point. What that eventually looks like is anyone’s guess. I will say that it’s going to get complicated very quickly when the technology lobbyists that have tons of money, from companies like Facebook and Google, push their own agendas. Moreover, add in the various trade groups such as the US Chamber of Commerce and others that are trying to enact voluntary standards that businesses can follow vs. the federal laws. Federal laws would most likely enact fines for breaking the law. It’s unfortunate that our digital privacy seems up for grabs by corporations and governments more than ever before.
Are you an Android user that is storing your WhatsApp data backups in Google Drive? If so, you need to know that backups of your WhatsApp messages are not encrypted once it leaves your device and is stored within Google Drive. Last week, WhatsApp reminded its users that backup services like Google Drive may not have the same protections, such as end-to-end encryp
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