Upgrading your Android device? Read this first

Categories: Android

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: android

Tags: upgrade

Tags: transfer

Tags: backup

Tags: dispose

Tags: wipe

A few tips and how-tos for when you are ready to move to the next Android phone. Backup, transfer, wipe, and move on.

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Meta and TikTok consider charging users for ad-free experience

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Meta

Tags: facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: X

Tags: Youtube

Tags: TikTok

Social media companies are offering or thinking about paid subscriptions in exchange for removing ads.

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Meta is using your public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Meta

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Instagram

Tags: X

Tags: xAI

Tags: copyright

Tags: tweets

Social media companies are showing their hand about scraping user data to feed into their AI and large language models.

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Dependabot impersonators cause trouble on GitHub

Categories: Personal

Tags: dependabot

Tags: GitHub

Tags: password

Tags: attack

Tags: imitate

Tags: profile

Tags: avatar

Tags: commit

Tags: resource

Tags: dependency

We take a look at a clever attack imitating GitHub’s Dependabot in order to publish rogue project updates.

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Xenomorph hunts cryptocurrency logins on Android

Categories: Personal

Tags: android

Tags: xenomorph

Tags: malware

Tags: phone

Tags: google play

Tags: cryptocurrency

We take a look at a new Android scam involving Xenomorph malware and a hunt for cryptocurrency credentials.

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TikTok flooded with fake celebrity nude photo Temu referrals

Categories: Personal

Tags: TikTok

Tags: celeb

Tags: celebrity

Tags: fake

Tags: nude

Tags: nudes

Tags: scam

Tags: referral

Tags: temu

A bogus celebrity leaked photos scam linked to Temu referrals is doing the rounds on TikTok.

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Steer clear of cryptocurrency recovery phrase scams

Categories: Personal

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: mark cuban

Tags: scam

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: wallet

Tags: hot

Tags: cold

Tags: metamask

Tags: extension

Tags: browser

Tags: mobile

Tags: android

Tags: search engine

We take a look at a common cryptocurrency scam which focuses on your recovery phrase.

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