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1. DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service

   By Karlston, June 6, 2024   

   • duckduckgo
   • ai chatbots
   • 0 comments
   • 752 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 6, 2024

2. Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”

   By Karlston, June 11, 2024   

   • apple
   • ai
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • apple
     • ai
     • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 834 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 11, 2024

3. Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

   By Karlston, May 25, 2024   

   • ransomware
   • bitlocker
   • 0 comments
   • 1,129 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 25, 2024

4. Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says

   By Karlston, February 14   

   • reddit
   • paywall
   • 0 comments
   • 427 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 14

5. Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training

   By Karlston, May 18, 2024   

   • slack
   • 1 comment
   • 1,150 views
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   • Comment by SatinOverlord
   • May 20, 2024

6. Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook

   By Karlston, May 9, 2024   

   • facebook
   • 0 comments
   • 909 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 9, 2024

7. Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead

   By Karlston, April 26, 2024   

   • usb
   • worm
   • 0 comments
   • 946 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 26, 2024

8. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

   By Karlston, April 1, 2024   

   • linux
   • backdoor
   • 1 comment
   • 1,209 views
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   • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
   • April 1, 2024

9. Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

   By Karlston, April 25, 2024   

   • reddit
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 775 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 25, 2024

10. Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

    By Karlston, April 4, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • 1 comment
    • 849 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • April 4, 2024

11. Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

    By Karlston, April 19, 2024   

    • roku
    • breach
    • (and 1 more)

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      • roku
      • breach
      • 2fa
    • 0 comments
    • 790 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 19, 2024

12. Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

    By Karlston, March 20, 2024   

    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 792 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2024

13. Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

    By Karlston, March 30, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 0 comments
    • 987 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 30, 2024

14. Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

    By Karlston, March 21, 2024   

    • apple
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,036 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2024

15. Can a $10 Raspberry Pi break your PC’s disk encryption? It’s complicated.

    By Karlston, February 13, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 785 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 13, 2024

16. AI-powered romantic chatbots are a privacy nightmare

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • ai chatbots
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 861 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

17. Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months

    By Karlston, February 14, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 799 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 14, 2024

18. Ambient light sensors can reveal your device activity. How big a threat is it?

    By Karlston, January 23, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 751 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2024

19. How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity

    By Karlston, January 18, 2024   

    • bitcoin
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 957 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 18, 2024

20. SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker

    By Karlston, December 20, 2023   

    • ssh
    • 0 comments
    • 1,611 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 20, 2023

21. Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed

    By Karlston, December 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 753 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 5, 2023

22. Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

    By Karlston, December 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 966 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 6, 2023

23. Researchers come up with better idea to prevent AirTag stalking

    By Karlston, December 28, 2023   

    • apple
    • airtag
    • 0 comments
    • 720 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 28, 2023

24. After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads

    By Karlston, November 9, 2023   

    • smart tv
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 797 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • November 9, 2023

25. In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack

    By Karlston, November 13, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 946 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 13, 2023