The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Plumb the Dumb for the week ending November 29th., 2022

This week you might be forgiven for laughing at some of the coverage until you realize how close it hits to home.

We start with an issue reported back in 2020 that got no response, but could be set to beat the third-largest fine issued so far under GDPR (both to the same company), and end with something done in the name of security so curious, you’ll have to decide what to call it.

From there we pull the covers off a TikTok-related scam that gets its hands on something more tangible than an #invisiblefilter and a popular new app that has unseated TikTok as the most downloaded where it is available.

We have an update on Amazon from the most unlikely of sources, a slap in the chops for Microsoft, and the kneecapping that Apple gave the protesters in China recently.

Some of this week’s update is just really dumb and we are not making excuses. Grab a pipe wrench, and some hot water, and let’s try to figure it out.

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