How to Stop Getting So Many Spam Text Messages
With every leap we take in furthering breakthroughs in communication, it seems like there's always a way for unwanted solicitations to work their way into our day. From junk mail…
Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
Free Registration Required. From the Article: On a Sunday night in September, Ashley Estrada was at a friend’s home in Los Angeles when she received a strange notification on her…
Wild tech predictions for 2022 that probably won’t happen
What's the point of prognosticating if you can't swing for the fences, amirite? Sure, you can go elsewhere and read predictions for a very incremental 2022, but you come to…
I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too.
As consumers, we all have “secret scores”: hidden ratings that determine how long each of us waits on hold when calling a business, whether we can return items at a…
How Hackers Tricked 300,000 Android Users into Downloading Password-Stealing Malware
ThreatFabric’s report only mentions a few of the malicious apps, but they include QR scanners, PDF scanners, fitness trackers, and crypto apps. Unlike other fake apps that falsely advertise their…
How Big Tech Turns Privacy Laws Into Privacy Theater
When whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress in October, she revealed that Facebook designed and marketed a harmful product with full knowledge of its dangers. It isn’t remarkable that Haugen…
Clearview AI on track to win U.S. patent for facial recognition technology
Clearview AI has gotten the green light on a federal patent for its facial recognition technology — an award that the company says is the first to cover a so-called…
A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
US Customs and Border Protection has long considered US borders and airports a kind of loophole in the Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections, one that allows them wide latitude to detain…
NSA recommends rebooting a phone every week to stop hacking
As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got…
How to enable and disable iCloud Private Relay in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey
iCloud Private Relay is a new privacy feature baked into iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey that's designed to hide your browsing habits inside Safari. Here's how you can…