Debrief Bi-Weekly Highlights: May 8, 2020
· Debrief ran another successful 10,000 token giveaway
· Our Co-Founder, Jeff Pulver, was interviewed by Scott Cunningham for the “Crypto&Things” podcast
· Debrief performs a call to action for data safety to Microsoft Teams and Tokopedia, the recent companies with massive data leaks
· Debrief investigates the tracking of COVID patients using data software in our weekly news round-up — how far is too far?
· Twitter engagement rate has increased by 15%
Debrief’s 10,000 DBF Token Giveaway
We want to thank everyone who participated in our latest giveaway and have shared their thoughts on why #WeNeedDebrief. With almost 500 entries, the competition was a huge success!
Crypto & Things YouTube Channel Interviews Jeff Pulver
On May 2, 2020, our Co-founder, Jeff Pulver was interviewed by Scott Cunningham for Crypto & Things. Jeff and Scott dove into Jeff’s extensive communications background as a VoIP pioneer, as well as what security issues Debrief aims to address for the future in communications technology. Both parties also addressed their thankfulness for the Internet and communications systems at times such as these.
Watch their full video here:
A Call to Action for Microsoft Teams and Tokopedia
In our Privacy Diaries series, Debrief continues to call to action safe data safety and file storage with Microsoft Teams and Tokopedia. By adopting Debrief’s unique middleware, millions of users data stays safe and secure.
How Indonesia could have prevented it’s largest e-commerce data leak
Tokopedia, Indonesia’s largest e commerce platform has become the latest victim of online hacks. With an estimated 15 million user accounts exposed, this has caused major concern in an already tense economic situation in the Asian nation. But could all of this have been prevented? Read our full article here.
Microsoft and it’s Malicious GIFS
From around the middle of February to the end of March, it was reported that Microsoft Teams had a vulnerability in its security system. Microsoft Teams is a platform where businesses and organizations operate and communicate with employees through videoconferencing, file sharing, and direct messaging. Read the full article here.
Is tracking the location of COVID patients going too far? — Debrief’s Data News Round Up
This week in data news, Aarogya Setu, a COVID tracking app raises questions over ethical security standards regarding patient tracking. Forbes studies how data security needs extra precaution in healthcare services, and the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) studies how different levels of government can use blockchain to streamline their communication process.
Read the full article here.
Our Twitter engagement continues to grow organically, with a 15% engagement increase. On average, we’ve seen almost 200 retweets in the past two weeks, with 231 likes.
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