Google and Apple Privacy Relaxations
Recent changes announced by Google and Apple will harvest data from users without their consent. The Google changes have been announced but are not …
Data Privacy in Job Recruitment
The online job-market business model involves building up a bank of CVs and matching those with possible job vacancies. Unlike an old school recruitment …
Smart TVs – Getting Smarter At Watching You
Kindus has described how connected devices harvest personal data and how that can be misused or breached either by the hosting body or others …
The SPAM Bomb
The symptoms of a SPAM, email or subscription bomb attack are almost impossible to miss. The victim will suddenly receive a very large volume …
NHS Federated Data Platform Progress
Those with long memories will recall the time and money spent by the UK NHS in the early years of this century to build …
Doxing
Doxing (or Doxxing) is the dropping of documents or information onto the Internet. It is generally taken to mean the disclosing of information that …
Surveillance Pricing
In July 2024 the US Federal Trade Commission issued orders to 8 companies seeking information about their possible use of Surveillance Pricing. These orders …
Blocking AI Web Crawlers
In general web sites, posts, tweets and other on-line content all rely on sharing information. Links to other relevant content makes it easier to …
Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is forecast to release as a beta in Autumn 2024 and as a full version in 2025. It will be included in …
Push Notifications
Push Notifications are primarily seen as a marketing or advertising tool. Another popular use is within chat applications; ensuring that subscribers keep up with …
EU Digital Services Act Implications
Kindus has already outlined the EU Digital Markets Act. The Digital Services Act is another EU law that came into force on all platforms …
Web Browser Privacy
Various services offer the concept of private browsing. In most cases this means that browsing history is kept secret from other users of the …
EU Digital Markets Act
The EU Digital Markets Act became law in 2022 and its terms began to apply from May 2023. Major Internet content providers needed to …
New UK Digital Markets Legislation
On 25th April 2023 the UK government introduced the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to parliament. This was the formal first reading, …
WhatsApp Rules for the UK Government
WhatsApp has threatened to withdraw from the UK if the Online Safety Bill becomes law. Regardless of any such action its use within the …
UK Online Safety Bill Progress
Kindus discussed the principles and issues behind the UK Online Safety Bill in 2022. Since then it has moved through the parliamentary approval procedures …
AI Text Poses a New Risk from Scammers
Until very recently the first signs to look for in recognising a fake or scam was poor grammar. The evolution of AI that can …
Tackling Data Mining
Many of the free services that run through of the Internet work on the principle that you are willing to give up some personal …
Google Search Vulnerabilities
Dorking is a legal but specialised sub-set of Google searching Google dorks are keyword searches that look for specific website content rather than searching …
Is CAPTCHA Redundant?
Is CAPTCHA Redundant? Automated routines aim to prevent bots flooding websites with unwanted activity but also drive away regular users and are readily bypassed …