Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:59:30 +0000
Privacy and security are an Apple selling point. But the DOJ’s new antitrust lawsuit argues that Apple selectively embraces privacy and security features in ways that hurt competition—and users.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:25:50 +0000
Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here’s how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online.
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Credit to Author: Amanda Hoover| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: The operator of a dark-web cryptocurrency “mixing” service is found guilty, and a US senator reveals that popular safes contain secret backdoors.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:25:42 +0000
For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that’s left to do now is vote.
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Credit to Author: Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000
The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has vacated an injunction against an age-verification requirement to view internet porn in Texas.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:14:20 +0000
A closed-door presentation for House lawmakers late last year portrayed American anti-war protesters as having possible ties to Hamas in an effort to kill privacy reforms to a major US spy program.
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Credit to Author: Amanda Hoover, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:38:41 +0000
Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000
Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.
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