Security
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2.3KGoogle’s Titan Security Key Just Became Available in Four Other Countries
Google’s Titan is a two-factor authorization security key that uses standard FIDO alliance protocol, making it compatible with many apps and browsers....
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1.9KGerman Regulators Temporarily Ban Google From Listening to Voice Recordings
On Thursday, Hamburg’s Data Protection Authority issued a statement saying it has banned Google from listening to conversations from people using its...
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1.5KGoogle Announced a New Life-Saving Feature That Lets You Call 911 Without Speaking
As we await the release of Google’s new Pixel 4, the company is revealing new features that will come with the device....
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1.9KThe FTC Is Looking Into Facebook Over Antitrust Matters
The US Federal Trade Commission still has a lot to clarify with Facebook.After the agency confirmed it was fining Facebook a record-setting...
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1.4KApple Suspends Human-Reviewed Siri Program
After the many criticisms raised by an article published by The Guardian , according to which some recordings of our requests to...
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1.7KCambridge, Massachusetts Also Plans To Ban Facial Recognition Technology
As the concerns over facial recognition technology and privacy grow, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is also taking steps towards prohibiting its...
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1.6KLAPD Data Breach Compromises Personal Data Of Thousands of Officers
The city of Los Angeles is currently dealing with a data breach that has compromised the personal information of around 2,500 LAPD...
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1.8KRansomware Attacks Hit Louisiana Schools, State of Emergency Declared
Ransomware attacks have seen an increase in the past couple of months, starting with the city of Baltimore, which has been turned...
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1.6KSiri’s Recordings Are Constantly Analyzed by Apple, According to Informer
After Google’s and Amazon’s incidents, Apple is now in the same situation of ‘secretly sharing with contractors audio recordings of its users’.The...
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10.4KScience Fiction Writers Help The French Army Develop Ways To Fight Future Threats
Back in October 2018, the French Ministry of Defense (MoD) created a new lab, dubbed the Defense Innovation Lab, which identifies “civilian...
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1.5KHuawei Helped North Korea Build Its Wireless Network, Report Says
Huawei had been placed on a blacklist by the United States due to security concerns a while ago but, eventually, it was...
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2.8KSlack Resetting Some User Passwords Due To 2015 Breach
Some of you might remember that, back in 2015, Slack faced a security breach that saw hackers gaining access to its central...
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2.4KGoogle Takes Down Stalker Apps From Google Store
We can, technically, be tracked anywhere now thanks to our phones or smartwatches but, according to mobile threat researcher Avast, some of...
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1.8KOakland Is The Third U.S City To Vote Against The Use of Facial Recognition
Earlier this year, we saw the city of San Francisco ban the use of facial recognition, which made it the first U.S...
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1.7KAT&T Sued for Selling Sensitive Customer Information
Recently, AT&T was sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for selling users location data to third parties. The proposed class action suit...
