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Read more about the article How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data

How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data

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Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many…

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Read more about the article NSO Group’s reported sale to US contractor alarms cybersecurity experts

NSO Group’s reported sale to US contractor alarms cybersecurity experts

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Could one of the most pernicious spyware vendors in the world soon be operating under the auspices of the American flag? That's the question some are asking in the wake…

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Read more about the article FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads

FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads

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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Twitter, Inc. for deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising. Twitter asked users to give their phone numbers and email addresses…

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Read more about the article Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics

Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics

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A location data firm is selling information related to visits to clinics that provide abortions including Planned Parenthood facilities, showing where groups of people visiting the locations came from, how…

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Read more about the article Cellebrite iPhone cracking: Here’s which models the kit can unlock and access, and how to protect your data

Cellebrite iPhone cracking: Here’s which models the kit can unlock and access, and how to protect your data

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Cellebrite iPhone cracking kit allows the company's clients to access virtually all of the private data stored on a phone - in some cases, even if the phone is locked.…

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Read more about the article How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

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Commercial spyware has grown into an industry estimated to be worth twelve billion dollars. It is largely unregulated and increasingly controversial. In recent years, investigations by the Citizen Lab and…

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Read more about the article Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

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Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency, a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across other apps without first receiving those users’ explicit permission. Privacy advocates…

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Read more about the article If you use your personal phone for work, say goodbye to your privacy

If you use your personal phone for work, say goodbye to your privacy

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  • Post category:Privacy

The lack of workplace digital privacy has become a hot topic with the recent firing of four Google employees for what Google says were violationssuch as unauthorized accessing of company documents and the…

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Read more about the article FBI accesses US servers to dismantle botnet malware installed by Russian spies

FBI accesses US servers to dismantle botnet malware installed by Russian spies

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  • Post category:OS/Security

The FBI remotely accessed and disinfected US-located devices running a powerful new strain of Russian state botnet malware, federal authorities said Wednesday. Those authorities added that the Kremlin was using…

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Read more about the article It’s Time to Treat Your Home Security Cameras as Compromised

It’s Time to Treat Your Home Security Cameras as Compromised

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  • Post category:IOT/Security

At the end of March, Bitdefender, a leading cybersecurity research firm, published a damning report about Wyze, one of the leading security brands on the market. The charge: That the…

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