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Facebook's data debacle is a wake-up call for Android users

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:06:00 -0700

Whew. This whole Facebook data mess sure is spiraling into quite the fiasco, isn’t it?

Seems every day lately, there’s some new shocking twist to how everyone’s personal data was used (and abused) without their knowledge. While much of the issue revolves around Facebook itself and practices that are out of our control, there’s an angle that ties in directly to Android — and it’s one that’s important to think through, whether you use Facebook or not.

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Microsoft jiggles — but doesn’t fix — buggy Win7 patches KB 4088875, KB 4088878

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:17:00 -0700

Last night we were treated to new versions of the badly banged-up March Win7 patches. It looks like the new ones are the same as the old ones, but the internal handling instructions (the metadata) now force installation of a “Total Meltdown” fix-up patch prior to installing the old patch.

Of course, none of this is documented anywhere.

Starting with Günter Born’s report, and checking the Microsoft Update Catalog, I can see modified versions of:

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Maybe you shouldn’t use LinkedIn

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000

In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problem, we examined another important social networking platform’s protection of users’ data. The results for LinkedIn users? Not pretty.

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