UN warns on internet privacy
by Brian Turner
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The UN has issued a warning about internet privacy.
The warning focuses on two key issues:
1. The trend for internet companies to gather as much user data as possible
2. The trend for internet users to re-use the same login information
Combined, it means that a security breach in one ISP could have bigger repurcussions, with user login data potentially exploitable across different companies, products, and services.
Overall, it’s a not a surprise that this is a concern - the UK claims £1.7 billion lost due to identity theft the last year.
The surprise is that the UN has issued a statement warning on privacy issues.
However, it’s a warning likely to fall on deaf ears.
User data has become a commodity in its own right, and ISPs are much more likely to consider additional security protections, rather than reduce often extensive collection of user data.
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