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linkedin

California court decides that LinkedIn should not prevent bots from scraping user data. The judge justifies the decision by putting…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
tor mobile

Improperly implemented Tor network code on mobile devices results in the leaking of people’s PII. Deloitte researchers have managed to…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
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Facebook says that 100 of its partners have accessed Groups API data that they shouldn’t have. Eleven of them did…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
facebook

Facebook agreed to pay ICO "their part" of the Cambridge Analytica crime. The social media platform still denies responsibility but…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
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Facebook users in Ireland are currently testing a new photo and video porting tool. The tool works with Google Photos…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
server

A customer of two data enrichment companies has exposed the data of around 1.2 billion people. The data was already…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
camera

D-Link introduces new cloud-based AI face recognition and security incident detection features. The new features will be passed to last…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
bytedance tiktok

TikTok will soon get “deepfake” making capabilities, asking users to upload a full scan of their face. The selection of…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
google

Google scrambled the files of Takeout backups and sent partial data over to the wrong user archives. The company is…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
dating apps

After testing 14 of the most popular dating apps on Android and iOS, most of them are found to be…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
apple iphone

Any app can potentially access information that is stored on the iOS pasteboard without necessarily having the permissions to do…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
sweden law court

The Swedish Data Protection Authority is punishing Google for failing to honor multiple RTBF requests. The "right-to-be-forgotten" (RTBF) is a…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
Man using Facebook application on smartphone

Giphy user data will now pass over to Facebook, who will get to see how people interact with GIFs. The…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
safe

The time when we’ll get to have a PIN-protected encrypted folder on Android is approaching. Google has added the relevant…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
facebook_zuckerberg_privacy

The Canadian Competition Bureau has decided to impose a fine of $6.5 million on Facebook. The social media company is…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
facebook

Low-level actors have set up an automated service that lets people correlate Facebook IDs with phone numbers.This can be used…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
US_court

The YouTube ripping platform ‘Yout’ returns in court with a revised complaint against the RIAA.The site owner claims that the…

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Published on September 18, 2021
solana

‘Solana’ was brought down to its knees by a new app launch that used its blockchain network.Bots that attempted to…

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Published on September 18, 2021
botnet

Mirai was quick to add the recently disclosed critical RCE that affects almost half of all Azure deployments.The botnet attempts…

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Last updated September 18, 2021
iOS stealing user location data

Sudo Security Group's GuardianApp has found over two dozen iOS apps secretly siphoning user location data. These are mostly weather…

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Last updated September 17, 2021
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