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All posts tagged "Privacy"
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80Google / Security / TechAssociated Press reports Google tracks users even when they revoke permission
The Associated Press's story and the investigation have some lawmakers concerned.
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192Security / TechReddit suffers security incident: Hackers get mostly older data
Reddit has informed law enforcement of the security incident and is informing any users affected by the breach.
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209Security / TechTimehop app experienced a network data breach on July 4th
The data breach included names, addresses, and phone numbers.
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317Security / TechNSA says they are deleting millions of call detail records
Rather than sift through the large pile of records, the agency is opting to simply delete them.
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338Business / Security / TechThe new California Consumer Privacy Act aims to protect consumers
There was some pushback from large California companies such as Google.
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389Business / Security / Techadidas is the latest company to suffer a data breach affecting millions
For now, the breach is limited to contact info, encrypted passwords, and usernames.
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493Auto / Security / TechNew California digital license plate is raising privacy concerns
These plates make perfect sense for a company fleet but I certainly wouldn't want the DMV in my state to adopt these...
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636Security / Tech[Infographic] Password protection: Why it’s easy for hackers to hack
In order to keep your accounts secure, be sure that your password is at least 14 characters.
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464Business / Editorial / Security / TechThe National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange is yet another place your data is being housed
The National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange is operated by Equifax.
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581Business / Security / TechCredit card hackers are getting past security chips with new technique
Basically, it's the same game only now the chip reader is the target.
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567Security / TechEquifax officially revealed the extent of its data breach — and it’s not pretty
Even the earliest stories about this breach, as they broke, were clear that the scope of the incident was vast.
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414Security / TechResearchers find a way to create electronic master key for thousands of hotels
The researchers only needed access to a key from the hotel.
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489Android / Mobile / Security / TechSurvey: 89% of Android users did not give Facebook permission to collect call and text data
It is important to note that surveys aren't always 100% accurate but do help form a hypothesis of the broader picture.
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590Apple / Security / TechTim Cook says privacy is a human right and civil liberty
When asked what he would do if he were in Zuckerberg's position, Cook replied: "What would I do? I wouldn't be in...
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557Security / TechTrustlook: The solution to Facebook’s data privacy woes
"Our technology can make the Facebook ecosystem much safer," said Allan Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Trustlook."
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740Business / TechFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing backlash over lack of Cambridge Analytica response
Facebook is losing face and public trust and is losing value as the silence continues.
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1.2KSecurity / Tech[Infographic] Here are some of the worst personal data hacks of all time
While the public tends to trust that this data is safe, the number of hacks orchestrated to access personal data has been...
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368Security / TechData requests from the United States government to Facebook are up
Facebook even admits that the vast majority of these requests relate to criminal cases.
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670Google / Tech[UPDATED] Google requests Vivaldi post instructions on how to uninstall its browser
Google has deactivated the company's Adwords account.
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675Security / TechMozilla remote installs Mr. Robot extension without users permission
It's clear that the marketing team and privacy team at Mozilla did not communicate with each other on this project.
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518Security / TechMecklenburg County, North Carolina, hit with ransomware and refuses to pay
Systems affected by this ransomware include human resources, finance, parks and recreation, social services and more.
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798Security / TechImgur posts a notice of data breach that occurred in 2014
It may be a good idea to change your Imgur password today and set it to something unique for your Imgur account.
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919Security / TechLawsuit asserts 42 Disney apps tracked children without parents consent
The lawsuit wants Disney to immediately stop its tracking practices (without consent) and stop sharing data to third-party buyers.
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697Security / TechDashlane study says 46% of consumer sites fail basic password security requirements
A site received a point for each criterion they performed positively, for a maximum, and top score, of 5.
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604Google / Security / TechGoogle ads “shopper tracking” may get a close look from the FTC
Google recently outlined a method for pairing a user's online ad views to their in-store purchases, which totally wasn't creepy at all......
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714Audio / Business / Security / TechLawsuit claims Bose Connect app collects users listening data
Zak soon did some digging and found that the app sent "all available information" from his phone to third parties such as...
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1.0KApple / Google / Microsoft / Security / TechHacking group Shadow Brokers have just released a new NSA data dump
Some experts believe the Shadow Brokers is a cover name for the Russian government but no proof of that is out just...
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925Microsoft / Security / TechMicrosoft Office users being warned of new critical zero-day attack
The company is pretty straight up on this one, recommending you simply refrain from sending or opening any Word documents period.
