The Insecurity Matters Blog

Google Is Location Snooping In Android

If you thought that by turning off location services on your Android phone meant that your location wasn’t reporting to any application, you have been lulled into a false sense of security (locationlessness?). Google has been collecting location data from cell towers that the phone connects to, and there isn’t a notification of this activity,... Continue reading

Nextdoor.com Has A Discrimination Problem

Nextdoor is a unique social media platform that focuses on hyper-local communication by grouping connections into digital neighborhoods that represent the physical block each person resides. The community guidelines are well-intentioned but poorly interpreted even though they are written explicitly to avoid interpretation. Misinterpretation is most apparent in what a business can can’t post and... Continue reading

Forever 21 Data Breach

Forever 21 implemented encryption and tokenization in 2015, but it appears the security measures were not implemented at some point-of-sale machines. On Tuesday Forever 21 was notified by a third-party that there “may have been unauthorized access to data from payment cards” between March 2017 and October 2017.

The Tampa Bay Ukulele Society

The Ukulele Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Nickie McNichols. I am an event organizer/director of the Tampa Bay Ukulele Society. We are a C corp non-profit organization. We have over 1800 members on Meetup, and over 1000 on Facebook. Our efforts are aimed at education, entertainment, and giving back to the community.... Continue reading