Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Feb 19 2019 10:19:31

Here's the latest anti-virus and System Security news from the Naked
Security Blog at Sophos. You can access these for yourself at

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

You can also sign up to receive a daily digest (Monday through Friday)
of security issues and links, delivered right to your email box.

It's a reminder to PRACTICE SAFE HEX!! You could lose your data via
an attack of malware, ransomware, or be a victim of identity theft,
otherwise.

Note that text in some of the links may content text that some may
find vulgar, profane, offensive, explicitly sexual, etc. -- these are
provided to alert you that your system may have been infected!!

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Millions of "private" medical helpline calls exposed on internet

Ever wondered what happens to helpline calls recorded "to ensure you
get the service you deserve"? It can all go terribly wrong...

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Thousands of Android apps bypass Advertising ID to track users

Six years after it was introduced, it looks as if Android's Advertising
ID (AAID) might no longer be the privacy forcefield Google claimed it
would be.

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If you think your deleted Twitter DMs are sliding into the trash,
you're wrong

They're never deleted, just erased from the UI. You can still see
archived messages if you download your data.

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Facebook acts like a law-breaking "digital gangster", says official
report

Facebook considers itself to be "ahead of and beyond the law," UK
lawmakers said in a report about "disinformation and 'fake news.'"

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Fake text generator is so good its creators don't want to release full
version

OpenAI has created what amounts to a text version of a deepfake - and
it's too scared for humanity to release the full version.

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