News & Reviews:   Data

Earlier this week, Apple released new versions of iOS, tvOS, and iPadOS. Version 14.5 bring a few improvements to the table, but the one many are eyeing would be the App Tracking Transparency. Users probably love it, but brands? Not so much.

Earlier this year, WhatsApp made a serious blooper about explaining its new privacy policy which allows Facebook and Instagram to display ads that might be relevant to you. Many users didn't like that and have jumped ship to other platforms ever since. WhatsApp has since then made some changes in its Terms and Service and Privacy Policy about how the user's data is collected and shared.

By now, you would have read news about how 530 million Facebook user profiles were published online in an unsecured database. This includes the millions of Malaysian Facebook users and even Mark Zuckerberg himself as well. People were wondering how will Facebook respond to this and they just did, read on below on their comment.

With 5G connectivity underway for Malaysia by the end of 2021 (according to our PM), the Malaysian Government has also announced that they will be launching the first 5G CyberSecurity Testing Laboratory. Malaysia will be the first in the Southeast Asia country to do so and it will be a joint effort with CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM), Huawei Malaysia and Celcom.

To 'ensure the local internet users are protected', our government has taken initiatives to restrict access to porn sites for several years. It is reported that 2,921 porn sites had been blocked starting from September 2018 until 2020. However, it appears that their initiatives are not strong enough as Malaysia has become one of the top-ranked countries that perform most searches on a reputable porn site last year.

A recent report by cybernews.com seems to hint that more than 3.2 billion emails and passwords from platforms such as Netflix, LinkedIn, and more have recently been leaked online. According to our source, it seems that the list of user credentials was a compilation of multiple breaches that have happened previously.

Other than presenting a recap on what we search for in a year, Google has sorted out the top 10 trending searches for the first month of 2021 in Malaysia. Furthermore, it is also presenting the search interests for Chinese New Year surfaced from Google Trends to show how excited Malaysians are for the upcoming celebration!

Yesterday, we reported that Muslim Pro app came under fire for selling location data to third-party brokers and the US military as well. In fact, Vice's Motherboard did a whole new column on the facts and details of how they operate and it's a tough one on the company. Despite that, the Muslim Pro Team released a press statement in their defence to the matter.

Yoodo has officially announced that they’re offering a new unlimited data plans, which includes the Unlimited Atas, as well as the Unlimited Bajet at the price of RM43 and RM35 respectively. In terms of the speeds that you’ll be getting from subscribing to these plans, the Unlimited Atas comes with up to 6Mbps, while the Unlimited Bajet is able to achieve up to 3Mbps speed.

In this age of the internet, privacy and security are major concerns. So when it was reported that iOS apps were caught accessing clipboard data, it's understandable that people were more than worried. Most companies have already fixed or started to fix this issue, however, with Reddit and LinkedIn the next to do so.