In conversation: Bruce Schneier on AI-powered mass spying
Senior Privacy Advocate David Ruiz speaks with Bruce Schneier about artificial intelligence, surveillance, and an era of “mass spying.”
Read moreUsing Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:38:43 +0000
Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.
Read moreGoogle failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims
A nonprofit study claims that Google is failing to delete location history that reveals users’ physical trips to abortion clinics.
Read moreThe most significant number from Samsung's Galaxy S24 announcement
My goodness, there’s a lot to be said about Samsung’s newly announced Galaxy S24 family of flagship Android devices.
Aaaaand, spoiler alert: We won’t be saying most of those things here, in this column, today.
Now, don’t get me wrong: Samsung’s latest and greatest Galaxy models have tons of good stuff going for ’em. From the eye-catching hardware to the specs to end all specs, Samsung rarely holds back with its top-of-the-line Android offerings. And this year’s devices appear to be no exception.
Info-stealers can steal cookies for permanent access to your Google account
Several info-stealers have incorporated an exploit that allows them to gain permanent access to your Google account
Read moreHow to securely erase your Android device in 3 simple steps
It’s an inevitable moment in the smartphone-owning cycle: the point at which a newer, shinier model comes along and your trusty old device is no longer needed.
Maybe your company bought you a new Android phone. Maybe your old one was getting too slow. Or maybe you just love electronics and couldn’t resist the lure of whatever eye-catching new Android gizmo your favorite manufacturer started selling.
Whatever the case, it’s common nowadays to find yourself with an extra phone. And while there are plenty of practical uses for an old Android device, there’s also a time when the best choice is to sell, donate, or otherwise pass it along.
Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies
Google will soon roll out its Tracking Protection feature to some randomly chosen users in order to prepare for a full deployment.
Read moreUnused Gmail accounts head to the chopping block
It’s the last call to keep any Gmail accounts you haven’t used recently.
Beginning December 1, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, including all associated photos, Drive documents, contacts, emails, and calendar entries. The tech giant first announced this change in their inactivity policy in May.
Google confirmed to Computerworld that it’s proceeding with the deletion plan. “We plan to roll this out slowly and in phases, not all at once,” spokesperson Christa Muldoon said. “We’ll be starting with accounts that were created and never used.”
Separate Gmail accounts held by the same user under different names are also subject to deletion, Muldoon said.