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A Walmart-exclusive Wi-Fi router, and others sold on Amazon & eBay contain hidden backdoors to control devices reports CyberNews. Researchers …
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The US Military bought location data from the most downloaded Muslim prayer app Muslim Pro is “The most popular Muslim …
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For months, Facebook dodged questions about why CrowdTangle — an analytics tool from a company Facebook acquired in 2016 — …
Continue readingSecuring Your Digital Communications
Treating Your Emails Like Letters Almost anyone with internet access has a personal and a professional email address through which …
Continue readingFTC Reports Zoom Lied About E2E Encryption For Years
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Following Donald Trump’s claims of victory while votes are still being counted, Facebook and Twitter received a large influx of …
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Opinion – Google ReCAPTCHA You’re no doubt familiar with clicking on a box declaring that you are not a robot, …
Continue readingSocial Media’s Centralization Problem
Social Media = Public Square Presenting ourselves to the world comes with inherent risk. With every piece of ourselves we …
Continue readingChrome ‘Bug’ Exempts Google Cookies From Data Privacy Settings
A programmer named Jeff Johnson recently discovered that enabling the “Clear cookies and site data when you quit Chrome” meant …
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