Privacy
Kentucky's Pornhub ban: a digital crossroads of privacy, protection, and personal freedom
Have you ever wondered what would happen if access to adult content websites like Pornhub was suddenly restricted in your state?
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The irony of Indiana's Pornhub block: safeguarding kids or invading privacy?
Is age verification on adult sites and linking any form of content to digital IDs the most significant challenge the online world has ever known?
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Can Pornhub hold the moral high ground using device-based age verification?
Pornhub has decided to use device-based verification to make sure kids can't access porn.
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Australia’s privacy watchdog accuses Medibank of not using MFA, leading to breach
Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank, allegedly neglected basic cybersecurity measures and signs of a breach when they occurred in 2022, leading to almost 10 million individuals being exposed.
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The five things Apple will do to keep its “Private Cloud Compute” private
“End-to-end encryption is our most powerful defense,” says Apple. However, this safeguard cannot be applied when sending data to large language models in the cloud. Nonetheless, Apple assures that no one, even Cupertino iGeeks, will be able to access personal data when it leaves the user’s device for processing in the cloud.
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Top travel apps harvesting your data without asking – Cybernews exclusive
From Booking.com to Airbnb, Hilton to Radisson – every travel app you use for your next vacation will try to milk your data. Worse, some won’t even tell you about the secrets they’re extracting from you.
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Ex-husband loads woman's car with AirTags to stalk her
Duct-taped under the bumper and hidden in a side mirror, the tracking devices planted by her ex-spouse turned a woman's life into a nightmare.
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European police now want real-time access to messengers
Whether it’s Signal, WhatsApp, or another platform, the Belgian police want “front-door” access to any user communications, encrypted or unencrypted, documents released by the European Commission have revealed. Another document suggests establishing a trusted authority for holding the encryption keys.
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Anyone can tap into your WiFi location data to track you, researchers find
Apple will provide your WiFi location to anyone sending a query, and researchers demonstrated that “an unprivileged, weak attacker” – in other words, anyone – can exploit Apple’s WiFi-based positioning system (WPS) to perform global mass surveillance.
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Reject all cookies but get them anyway? Websites abusing “legitimate interest”
The twisted logic of cookie consent banners doesn’t work as you might expect. Despite pressing the opt-out button, dozens and sometimes hundreds of vendors on a single website still think they have the “legitimate interest” to track your data. Here’s what you can do.
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UK's new AI traffic cameras monitor seatbelt use, raise privacy concerns
UK police forces are rolling out new AI-driven traffic cameras across England that can detect if a driver is wearing a seatbelt or using a mobile phone while on the road – despite privacy concerns.
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Apple privacy protections called into question
It's “virtually impossible” to keep data hidden from Apple, according to the researchers who looked into the famously privacy-minded company’s practices.
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Shoppers warned against Temu ‘free money’ handouts
Users are signing away their “likeness, voice, and opinions” for Temu cashback rewards.
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Data leak at Editorialist affects thousands of shoppers
The luxury fashion shopping platform Editorialist has been leaking user data for months.
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Loophole enables data brokers to bypass GDPR
A loophole in Swedish law allows data brokers to obtain a media license and bypass GDPR, the EU’s strict privacy law, digital rights non-profit noyb claims.
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Tor introduces WebTunnel to fight censorship
WebTunnel will serve as a “bridge” to connect to the Tor network in heavily censored regions, the developers said.
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Airbnb bans security cameras inside listings
Airbnb has updated its policy to completely ban hosts from using indoor security cameras in their rentals after facing privacy concerns.
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What the most popular FemTech apps know about you
From tracking periods to calorie intake, breast checks, and sexual health, we’ve trusted a bunch of apps with our most intimate data.
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Signal app to boost privacy with usernames
Signal, the preferred social messaging app among privacy advocates, gets an update that hides your phone number and lets you pick a username instead.
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Ultimate identity change: we asked what’s possible with plastic surgery
When your email is leaked, you change it. If your phone number is exposed, you might get a new one. But what about a compromised facial identity?
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