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...

I n the time when everyone has their social essence and in today’s world of data breaches, it becomes very necessary to be defensible against such invasions.  Source: https://www.itweb.co.za/static/pictures/2018/10/resized/-fs-social-media-icons-2018.xl.jpg The time when all your details are available online- • Your facial recognition database on TikTok  • Your fingerprints database on smartphone companies • All your friends and family list on Facebook  • Your videos choices and audio database on YouTube • Your work and professional colleague database on LinkedIn  • Celebrities and your ideals you follow on Twitter and Instagram  And many more, many more….. These are only some of that information of yours available online and it’s  not a big bargain to steal them especially from your own social media account. Social media poses biggest threat when it comes  to data breach.  “ A recent Stratecast study states that 22% of social med...