Security Awareness Training by Abhay Verma

On January 04, 2021 WhatsApp has released new updated privacy policy which has been a talk among the mass, as their chats now are not private anymore . Also Read: Is Your WhatsApp Really Secure? While opening WhatsApp, you might have noticed that it shows a pop-up which states the WhatsApp new policies and ask you to agree. If you agree to the policies before Feb 08, 2021 you will be able to use WhatsApp, else it states that you can also delete your account. It’s a clear set of options WhatsApp provided, either to accept policies or to stop using the service. Basically, the users are left with no choice. The new policies as stated focus majorly on three points: “WhatsApp’s service and how we process your data” “How businesses can use Facebook hosted services to store and manage their WhatsApp chat” “How we partner with Facebook to offer integration across Facebook Company Products” Overall of these policies, WhatsApp will officially collect data to provide better experience...

Following the previous two blogs, this blog is now addressing the content settings of the browsers which includes Cookies, JavaScript, Flash, Sound, Pop-Ups, etc. I’ll cover each topic in depth and will let you know the potential vulnerable source from each of the setting.  If you haven't read my previous blog of the series, you can read them here:  Browser Security Part 1 Browser Security Part 2 So, let’s start…