Social Media Security Podcast 38 – Corporate Policy, Whisper Privacy Flaws, Snapchat Hack




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Summary: This is the 38th episode of the Social Media Security Podcast sponsored by <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://www.securestate.com/">SecureState</a> and the <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://www.streetwise-security-zone.com/">Streetwise Security Zone</a>.  This episode was hosted by <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://twitter.com/agent0x0">Tom Eston</a>, <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://twitter.com/streetsec">Scott Wright</a> recorded October 21, 2014.  Below are the show notes, links to articles and news mentioned in the podcast:<br> <br> * An enterprise level story about how hard it is to block specific sites, <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/cloud-security-think-youre-blocking-staff-access-to-certain-sites-think-again-7000034861">and what can be done about it</a><br> * Twitter’s former security head condemns <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/17/twitters-former-security-head-condemns-whispers-privacy-flaws">Whisper’s privacy flaws</a><br> * Twitter sues the US Government over national security data<br> * Twitter quickly <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/twitter-quickly-withholds-tweets-for-turkeys-national-security.aspx?PageID=238&amp;NID=72759&amp;NewsCatID=339">withholds tweets </a>for Turkey’s ‘national security’<br> * <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/20/ebola_social_media_rumour_mill/">Twitter ‘news’ spreads faster than Ebola</a><br> * Snapchat <a href="http://mashable.com/2014/10/13/the-snappening-photos-videos-posted">third party service hacked</a><br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=748822798463228&amp;fref=nf">Facebook Fake Likes Exposed</a><br> <br> Please send any show feedback to feedback [aT] socialmediasecurity.com or comment below.  You can also call our voice mail box at 1-613-693-0997 if you have a question for our Q&amp;A section on the next episode.  Don’t forget  to <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=329032812">subscribe to the podcast in iTunes</a>, <a style="color: #055493;" href="http://twitter.com/socialmediasec">follow us on Twitter</a> and <a style="color: #055493;" href="https://www.facebook.com/socialmediasec">like us on Facebook</a>.  Thanks for listening!<br>