9 Privacy Risks You Might Have Missed on Our Privacy Files Podcast
Have you been tuning in to our weekly episodes of the Privacy Files podcast? Privacy Files makes privacy approachable for everyone. It was released earlier this year on all major podcast platforms and is sponsored by Anonyome Labs, the makers of MySudo and Sudo Platform. What’s more, Privacy Files is now sitting firmly in the top 1 percent of podcasts […]
The Privacy Risks of Telehealth and What You Can Do To Protect Your Privacy
In the current COVID-19 world, telehealth and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) are booming but the healthcare industry is unsurprisingly under unprecedented levels of cyberattack. If you’re a telehealth patient or you use an Internet-connected medical device like a smart continuous blood glucose monitor or connected asthma inhaler at home, you might be rightly concerned about the privacy and security of the […]
Doctor! Doctor! Give Me the News: 6 Risks to Your Medical Privacy
“Opportunities for abuse of health data are incalculable,” says Privacy Files podcast co-host, Rich, as he opens ep. 9, tackling the privacy (or otherwise) of our personal health and medical data. What happens to our highly sensitive health and medical information once we give it away to our doctor, hospital or other healthcare service? And what about the […]
7 Risks to Your Privacy from Back-to-School Shopping Online
Hey parents, as you prepare the kids for a new school year, we want to remind you of the risks to your privacy and safety from shopping for school supplies online. These risks apply to any online shopping you do, but we’ve framed them here for the back-to-school buying frenzy. Let’s go through the realities and […]
Avoid the Privacy and Security Risks of Recycled Phone Numbers with MySudo
Researchers from Princeton have found significant privacy and security risks from recycled phone numbers available through two major US mobile carriers, T-Mobile and Verizon. A recycled phone number is simply a disconnected number that’s been reassigned to a new subscriber. Recycling numbers is a regulated industry practice for maintaining the availability of 10-digit numbers. Since the Federal Communications […]
MySudo Makes Top 5 Privacy Software List
MySudo has landed on a list of top 5 privacy monitoring software for 2023. We’re not surprised MySudo has made a top 5 in the privacy space, since it’s the world’s only all-in-one privacy solution with private calling, messaging, email, browsing and payments all in one app. New to MySudo? Start Here Learn how to […]
5 Reasons Why You Should Worry About TikTok and Privacy
More than 1.5 billion people use TikTok worldwide. Nearly one-third of the world’s internet users are on the ultra-popular short-form video hosting app. In 2022, TikTok was the most downloaded app on earth—but we have some major privacy concerns. Here are 5 of them: The real story of TikTok is its powerful algorithm—an algorithm so good it can learn in as little […]
6 Reasons Why ChatGPT is a Data Privacy Nightmare
ChatGPT is so hot right now and many of us didn’t even see it coming. The generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot from Microsoft-backed Open AI has taken the world by storm and flustered the heck out of big tech. ChatGPT is the fastest-growing consumer app of all time, hitting 100 million monthly active users after only 2 months. Snapchat took 3 years to reach that […]
6 Reasons to Listen to the New ‘Privacy Files’ Podcast
Privacy Files is the podcast that makes privacy approachable for everyone. It’s just been released on all major podcast platforms and is sponsored by Anonyome Labs, the makers of MySudo and Sudo Platform. Listen to Privacy Files now. We might be biased, but here are 6 reasons to get Privacy Files in your ears right now: Hosts Rich and Sarah […]
3 Reasons Why Privacy Means Safety
When we talk about privacy, we’re also talking about safety. Here are 3 reasons why: 1. The definitions of both concepts show the links between the two. Privacy means “… the right to be let alone, or freedom from interference or intrusion,” according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Safety means being free from danger, injury […]
6 Safety Risks Every Influencer Should Know – and 16 Ways to Manage Them
As an industry, social media influencing is valued at around $16.4 billion in 2022 – that’s big bucks for businesses that can grow from a person’s bedroom. But with that exciting growth comes hidden dangers that online celebrities/influencers should know about – and know how to manage. The threats often start when influencers reveal their personal life, whereabouts, […]
MySudo Celebrates Data Privacy Week 2022
At Anonyome Labs, the makers of MySudo, we’re gearing up to celebrate Data Privacy Week 2022, from January 24 to 28. The week-long event is an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust. And that goal aligns nicely with what we do here at Anonyome Labs and MySudo. Data Privacy Week is […]
What is Privacy?
At Anonyome Labs, the makers of MySudo all-in-one privacy app, we can see privacy is a defining issue of this decade and the global data privacy crisis is worsening. But the concept of privacy is subjective, and definitions of it and conversations about it vary across people, jurisdictions and countries. So let’s get to grips with what we mean by privacy and why it […]
9 Reasons Why Data Privacy Matters
Data privacy is subjective and complicated, but it definitely does matter – and more so every year as cybersecurity threats increase and a federal privacy law remains a pipedream in the United States. “More and more data about each of us is being generated faster and faster from more and more devices, and we can’t keep up. It’s a […]
Streaming Services Are Invading America’s Privacy: New Research
Streaming services are incredibly popular, especially since COVID-19 has confined most of us to our couches and kids to home learning. But screen time comes with privacy and safety risks since streaming services and devices suck up a lot of personal data and use it in ways we have no idea about. It’s not only our personal […]