Category: Mobile Commerce Security

Security in the mcommerce world is just as important as ecommerce due to most of consumer shopping and surfing will end up on a smartphone. This issue has been coming up a lot with QR code scanning as well as mobile banking trends. Join us as we explore this topic further.

Zoom security is about the same as “malware”, say experts

John Montgallo
Zoom Security - Family using video streaming

The company’s rate of daily use has risen by 535 percent over the last month, but privacy isn’t high. Zoom security has been called into question as the app’s use has exploded over the last month due to the number of people who are following stay-at-home orders. According to security researchers, the app is essentially a “privacy disaster”. The app’s daily use has risen by 535 percent over the past month, but researchers are saying that Zoom security is a “privacy disaster”. This is a direct result of the lockdowns…

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CDC may use mobile ad location data to track stay-at-home order compliance

Stephanie Beck
Mobile ad location data - people on smartphones

US government officials may use this technology to monitor the spread of COVID-19. US government officials are using mobile ad location data provided by the smartphone advertising industry to track the movements of Americans during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The data is not coming from the carriers themselves but is from mobile marketers instead. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as state and local governments have obtained mobile ad location data about people in regions of “geographic interest,” reported the Wall Street Journal. The purpose…

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Mobile fraud growth is outpacing that of m-commerce, says TransUnion

John Montgallo
Mobile Fraud - Person holding smartphone

As more consumers shop from smartphones over their computers, the risk is rising fast. M-commerce is growing fast as consumers rapidly move from computers to phones for shopping, but TransUnion is warning that mobile fraud is growing at an even faster rate. Last year, 78 percent of online purchasing came from mobile devices. As over three quarters of purchases come from smartphones, retailers have been pushing hard with investments into m-commerce. However, TransUnion’s recent Global E-Commerce in 2020 report showed that the growth of the smartphone shopping experience isn’t occurring…

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London artists called the Dazzle Club use makeup to defy facial recognition technology

Julie Campbell
Dazzle Club - RT UK YouTube

The artists use colorful geometric shapes on faces in a design they call “reverse contouring”. Once per month, a group of artists calling themselves the Dazzle Club have been making their way through the streets of London with strategically painted faces. Camera and facial recognition surveillance on London streets are heavy throughout the city. The Dazzle Club has become a monthly gathering as a component of an open-source project that tests various strategies to dodge facial recognition technology. The tech is widespread throughout the city of London and is used…

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Microsoft Defender may provide your iPhone with added security

L. Green
Microsoft Defender - iPhone

The tech rivals will be working together as rather unlikely partners in keeping user data secure. Microsoft Defender may seem like the last option you’d expect to be headed to iPhone security, but it looks as though that’s exactly what’s happening. The annual RSA security conference in San Francisco revealed initial details about the security move. The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) client for Macs began in 2019. The RSA security conference began on February 24 and was the venue for the announcement that the security features would be…

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