PRIVACY

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Facebook sued for siphoning facial recognition data without consent

February 21, 2022

Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, recently filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, for harvesting the facial recognition…

Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor

Ban Pegasus spyware, urges European Union Data Protection Supervisor

February 16, 2022

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has urgedthe EU to ban the development and deployment of spyware with the capabilities of…

I played the free online games your kids are playing and here’s what happened

Roblox Beamers steal items from kids

February 16, 2022

Roblox gamers are once again being warned to be on their guard against scammers plundering valuable digital items. Most multiplayer titles…

City: Skylines developers warn of rogue mod

City: Skylines developers warn of rogue mod

February 14, 2022

Players of the popular city-building simulator and video game City: Skylines need to check devices for rogue code lurking in modsrelated…

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Twitter cans 2FA service provider over surveillance claims

February 13, 2022

Twitter is transitioning away from from its two-factor authentication(2FA) provider, Mitto AG, a Swiss communications company. The social media giant broke…

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Online Safety Bill will legally require porn sites to verify users’ age

February 11, 2022

When Ioannis Dekas, a father of four boys, found that one of his sons had access to pornography, he and his…

Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed

Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed

February 7, 2022

An unsecured AWS server, found open to the public Internet, is the root cause of a huge compromise of data of…

Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids

Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids

January 28, 2022

Every year on Data Privacy Day, we’re greeted with countless arguments about the absolute merits of data privacy (protections good, invasions…

Let's Encrypt to revoke "mis-issued" certificates

Let’s Encrypt to revoke “mis-issued” certificates

January 27, 2022

If you use a Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS certificate, you may wish to check your account over the coming days. Revocation is…