Defence & security

CURRENT AFFAIRS 9 apr

 These volunteers are made to ensure social distancing in markets and

other crowded places and also at vaccination sites. They are also deployed
public buses as marshals to ensure safety of women.

Appointment
Any person aged above 18 years with a satisfactory level of educational
qualification can apply. Selected candidates have to undergo week-long basic
training course, which is sometimes specialised.
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Defence & security
CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 apr

Facebook data leak

Issue
A recent analysis has found that personal information of large number
Facebook users from 106 countries has been leaked online.

Background
Data leak from Facebook is not new and has been reported numerous times
over the past years.

Details
 A vulnerability feature in Facebook allowed users to access phone
number linked to a account, which was being sold for free.
 The most controversial issue of data leak was the Cambridge Analytica
scandal in 2018 in which a political consulting and strategic communications
firm had indulged in collecting personal information of users through a
personality quiz app.
 The leaked data includes personal information such as names,
Facebook ID, email addresses, names of workplaces, date of birth,
addresses, phone numbers, date of account creation, relationship status
and bio.
 Experts have said that the data was not stolen by illegally hacking into
its system but by scraping its platform by making use of vulnerability.
 Scraping is technique based on using automated software to collect
public information from the internet.

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