Beware Text Message Routing and SIM Swapping
It’s quick, stealthy and goes unnoticed for long enough to do devastating damage. It’s called text message routing and it’s the sinister cousin of SIM swapping. SIM swapping or SIM hijacking is switching control of a mobile from one user to another either by porting the target phone number to another SIM, or swapping out one SIM for another. Usually, the criminal bribes or tricks a mobile company employee into making the […]
10 Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online
Just as adults are spending more time online, so are children and young people. Now more than ever given COVID-19, they’re online to connect with friends, learn and be entertained. And just as it is for adults, sharing personal information online can be risky for kids. Since kids can’t always see the consequence of their actions, it’s important that parents, caregivers and […]
We’re celebrating Australia’s Privacy Awareness Week 2021
From May 3 to 9, 2021, our mates Down Under are celebrating Privacy Awareness Week 2021 under the theme,“Make privacy a priority”. Since Australia is one of our many valued markets for MySudo—the world’s only all-in-one privacy app—and Anonyome Labs’ has a development lab on the beautiful Gold Coast, Queensland—we’re showing our support for this annual event that highlights the importance of protecting personal information. […]
Do You Feel In Control of Your Privacy Or See It As a Lost Cause?
How do you feel about your data privacy in the age of COVID-19? Do you feel in control of your privacy or like it’s a lost cause? Because new data out of Cisco says fewer consumers in 2020 feel they can adequately protect their personal information today than in 2019. Those who feel positively about their privacy have dropped from 57 […]
Apple Now Tells You What Apps Are Doing With Your Data
You’ve probably heard the news: Apple is forcing app developers to disclose exactly what data they collect and how they use it, in the biggest shake-up to data privacy in years. Apple will be adding privacy labels to every app product page to give you a deep understanding of an app’s privacy practices before you download it on any Apple platform. The privacy labels will list the types of […]
How Data Brokers Find and Sell Your Personal Information
Companies want to sell you their products and services. To have the best chance of landing the sale, they want to know as much information about you as possible. For example, they want to know your age and marital status, where you live, your email address, employer, how much money you make, how many children you have, where you shop, what you buy, your medical […]
Shocked or Not? Your Bank Is Selling Your Personal Data
Your bank is selling your personal information. While the data is “anonymized” we recently revealed it’s scarily simple to re-identify subjects in data sets. So what gives? What information do your banks use, share and sell, and what are the privacy and cybersafety risks to you? What are banks doing? Banks have joined the masters of surveillance capitalism such as Google and Facebook in profiting from yourpersonal […]
The WHY of Privacy in 4 Quick Points
Simon Sinek has elevated WHY to cult status. He says people won’t truly buy into a product, service, movement or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. Given the severity of the data privacy crisis, we must urgently understand the WHY of data privacy and the apps and tools that help to secure it. So, here are 4 reasons WHY you need privacy-first […]
Are You A ‘Privacy Active’?
Do you want more privacy? Will you take action to get it? You’re likely to be what Cisco calls a ‘privacy active’. (Spoiler alert: it’s a good thing.) ‘Privacy actives’ represent a new demographic. They’re highly motivated privacy-aware individuals. They care about privacy, are willing to act to protect theirs, and many have already done so. Sound […]
Inside the WhatsApp/Facebook/Signal Issue and Why MySudo Is the Best Solution
When Elon Musk simply tweeted ‘Use Signal’, he put a megaphone to the global data privacy conversation. Musk’s tweet was in response to widespread outrage that the Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp was demanding its 2 billion-plus users consent to sharing their personal information, including their phone number, with Facebook and its subsidiaries or have their […]
A WhatsApp Scammer Targeted My Mom — The Story of Privacy Reformation
I’ve had a total privacy reformation and I want to tell you why it is so important to review your online privacy settings. First, let me start with my story. I used to use WhatsApp to communicate with friends and family, but WhatsApp scammers are smart; they follow you on online platforms and can mimic your “online […]
Beware the Dark Patterns Trying to Steal Your Data
Have you heard of dark patterns? They’re intentional UX features of websites and apps designed to make it harder for you to do what you want, either through complexity or deception. You can think of dark patterns as traps to get more of your personal information and to tempt you into buying products and services. The motivation […]
Why Google Plus Addressing is Bad for Your Privacy
If you’re a Google Gmail user, you better read on because we have bad news for your privacy. Google’s email service Gmail is the world’s largest, with more than 1.5 billion active email accounts globally. If you use Gmail, you’d know that the service gives you a feature called Plus Addressing which permits you to use variations on your […]
Sudo Safe Supports At-Risk Users
At Anonyome Labs, our solutions help mitigate tech-facilitated violence and abuse. We empower people to be able to determine what information they share, and how, when and with whom they share it. We provide survivors and those at risk of harassment, violence and abuse, real and effective tools for protecting their personal information. In May […]
How Bad is the Global Data Privacy Crisis?
Short answer: It’s bad and getting worse. Long answer: Research continues to confirm we’re falling behind in efforts to protect the privacy of our personally identifiable information (PII) online. Data privacy is an exploding issue because the amount of digital data we’re generating is increasing exponentially, we’re moving more data and services to the cloud, and privacy regulations are still a […]