Security & Privacy News

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1. VPN use soars in worldwide period of unrest and warfare

   By aum, October 6, 2022
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   • 530 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 6, 2022

2. 1Password now lets you share login details safely with a link

   By aum, October 12, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 850 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 12, 2021

3. Internal memo: Microsoft makes security a ‘core priority’ for employee review process

   By aum, August 6, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 688 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • August 6, 2024

4. Smart Move, Google

   By aum, November 24, 2022
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   • 585 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 24, 2022

5. Hacker breaks into US woman's Snapchat account, sends nude photos to friends, family

   By aum, July 29, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 737 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • July 29, 2022

6. New VPN Crackdown Underway in Russia, Government Confirms

   By Karlston, June 3, 2022
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   • 657 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 3, 2022

7. Microsoft’s new “passwordless by default” is great but comes at a cost

   By Karlston, May 3
   • 2 comments
   • 307 views
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   • Comment by coopers
   • May 3

8. VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

   By Karlston, May 13   

   • vpn
   • 0 comments
   • 178 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 13

9. Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

   By Karlston, April 11   

   • google chrome
   • extensions
   • 0 comments
   • 260 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 11

10. Researchers claim breakthrough in fight against AI’s frustrating security hole

    By Karlston, April 16   

    • ai
    • security
    • 0 comments
    • 234 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16

11. Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days

    By Karlston, April 15   

    • android
    • phones
    • 0 comments
    • 243 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15

12. Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

    By Karlston, March 21   

    • discord
    • ads
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • discord
      • ads
      • enshittification
    • 1 comment
    • 384 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • March 21

13. Google Password Manager finally syncs to iOS [and iPadOS]—here’s how

    By Karlston, February 26   

    • google password manager
    • ios & ipados
    • 0 comments
    • 264 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 26

14. TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist

    By Karlston, April 14
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    • 290 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 14

15. How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history

    By Karlston, February 25
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    • 428 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 25

16. Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws

    By Karlston, January 24   

    • subaru
    • security flaws
    • 0 comments
    • 421 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 24

17. Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions

    By Karlston, January 3   

    • google chrome
    • extenstions
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • extenstions
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,203 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 3

18. Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

    By Karlston, January 23
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    • 446 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23

19. Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security

    By Karlston, December 30, 2024   

    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 849 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 30, 2024

20. Back where it started: “Do Not Track” removed from Firefox after 13 years

    By Karlston, December 12, 2024   

    • mozilla firefox
    • do not track
    • 0 comments
    • 905 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2024

21. An ad giant wants to run your next TV’s operating system

    By Karlston, November 22, 2024   

    • tv
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 965 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 22, 2024

22. Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse

    By Karlston, October 4, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • copilot vision
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • copilot vision
      • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 8,497 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • October 4, 2024

23. Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

    By Karlston, October 4, 2024   

    • linux
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,172 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2024

24. OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters

    By Karlston, April 10   

    • openai
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 328 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 10

25. YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel

    By Karlston, September 4, 2024   

    • yubikeys
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,140 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 4, 2024