The Rise of Mastodon, Twitter in Trouble, Largest Privacy Settlement in US History

Former Twitter users are migrating en masse to Mastodon so what is Mastodon and what do you need to know about Mastodon from a security and privacy perspective? Twitter was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts after the $8 “verification” label fiasco, and details about the largest multi-state privacy settlement in the US where Google has agreed to pay $391 million to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations. Plus you don’t want to miss Tom’s Canadian dad jokes!

** Links mentioned on the show **

Mastodon: What you need to know for your security and privacy
https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/

Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/twitter-blue-signups-unavailable-raft-fake-accounts-93124759
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/would-twitter-get-online-publisher-immunity-fake-blue-check-suits-2022-11-14/

Google will pay $392m to 40 states in largest ever US privacy settlement
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/14/google-settlement-40-states-user-location-tracking

Apple faces new lawsuit over its data collection practices in first-party apps, like the App Store
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-over-its-data-collection-practices-in-first-party-apps-like-the-app-store/

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