Security & Privacy News

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1. Feds arrest alleged BreachForums owner linked to FBI hacks

   By aum, March 19, 2023
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   • March 19, 2023

2. Microsoft explains how Russian hackers spied on its executives

   By MagicSahar, February 4, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 888 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • February 5, 2024

3. One of YouTube's most irksome ad formats is finally going away April 6

   By Karlston, March 7, 2023   

   • youtube
   • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 805 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 7, 2023

4. Researcher reveals ‘catastrophic’ security flaw in the Arc browser

   By Karlston, September 20, 2024   

   • arc browser
   • security flaw
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   • 797 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 20, 2024

5. Roku’s idea of showing ads on your HDMI inputs seems like an inevitable hell

   By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

   • roku
   • ads
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   • 849 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 6, 2024

6. Google’s revised Chrome extension standard loosens restrictions on ad blockers

   By Karlston, November 17, 2023   

   • google chrome
   • ad blockers
   • 0 comments
   • 636 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 17, 2023

7. Google will turn off third-party tracking for some Chrome users soon

   By Karlston, December 14, 2023   

   • google chrome
   • third-party tracking
   • 0 comments
   • 653 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 14, 2023

8. Safari’s new ‘Distraction Control’ feature lets you hide annoying cookie pop-ups

   By Karlston, August 6, 2024   

   • apple safari
   • content blocker
   • 0 comments
   • 604 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 6, 2024

9. Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks

   By Karlston, February 21, 2024   

   • apple imessage
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   • 915 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 21, 2024

10. Ads for major brands are appearing on AI-generated spam sites

    By Karlston, June 27, 2023
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    • 886 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 27, 2023

11. Google Messages is trying to tackle today’s most annoying messaging spam

    By Karlston, October 23, 2024   

    • google messages
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 526 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2024

12. Google can now alert you when your private contact info appears online

    By Karlston, August 3, 2023   

    • google
    • 0 comments
    • 759 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 3, 2023

13. Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation

    By Karlston, May 29, 2024   

    • google search
    • 1 comment
    • 717 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • May 29, 2024

14. Google is ready to fill its AI searches with ads

    By Karlston, October 25, 2023   

    • google
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 636 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 25, 2023

15. How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new phone

    By Karlston, April 28, 2023   

    • google authenticator
    • 2fa
    • 0 comments
    • 604 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28, 2023

16. YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV

    By Karlston, May 18, 2023   

    • youtube tv
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,265 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 18, 2023

17. How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups

    By Karlston, December 8, 2022   

    • apple
    • icloud
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      • apple
      • icloud
      • encryption
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    • 1,178 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 8, 2022

18. Reddit hackers demand $4.5 million ransom and API pricing changes

    By Karlston, June 19, 2023   

    • reddit
    • hacked
    • 0 comments
    • 957 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 19, 2023

19. T-Mobile announces another data breach, impacting 37 million accounts

    By Karlston, January 20, 2023   

    • t-mobile
    • data breach
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    • 799 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 20, 2023

20. Read Satya Nadella’s Microsoft memo on putting security first

    By Karlston, May 3, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • security
    • 1 comment
    • 1,235 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • May 3, 2024

21. Amazon’s generative-AI-powered Alexa is as big a privacy red flag as old Alexa

    By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

    • amazon alexa
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 908 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 21, 2023

22. Uber’s ‘View as Delivery Person’ shows how much of your info couriers get

    By Karlston, January 26, 2023   

    • uber
    • 0 comments
    • 727 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2023

23. Instagram has started putting ads in search results

    By Karlston, March 22, 2023   

    • instagram
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 864 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 22, 2023

24. Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

    By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

    • instagram
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 939 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6, 2024

25. Be skeptical about QR codes, warns the FTC

    By Karlston, December 11, 2023
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    • 866 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 11, 2023