Security
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9.0KJudge Says It’s Ok If Car Manufacturers Can Read and Record Your Private Text Messages
A depressing end to a class action lawsuit will see some of the biggest car manufacturers get away with recording and intercepting...
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10.7KThink You’re Safe? Here’s How Long It Takes A Hacker to Guess Your Password
In our original story we reported how fast a password could be cracked in 2022 and this update shows the numbers for...
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2.6K23andMe Suffers Huge Data Leak: Highly Sensitive Data for More than 7 Million Users Sold Online
The data of almost 7 million users of the popular genetic testing company 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web,...
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3.1KDouble Trouble: Can Identical Twins Swap Biometric Passports?
In the era of technological advancements, biometric identification is becoming the standard in various aspects of our lives, including travel. Passports, once...
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3.2KDefending Your Inbox: The Importance Of Effective Email Spam Filtering
In today’s digital age, emails play a pivotal role in both our personal and professional lives. With countless messages exchanged daily, our...
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3.3KCustoms and Border Protection Spent Millions On AI Surveillance Tool to Detect “Sentiment and Emotion” On Social Media
The new way customs agents are trying to scan travelers? A multi-million dollar AI surveillance tool that scans the social media of...
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25.6K3Tiktok Tracking: How Much Data Tiktok Uses and How To Stop It Tracking You
Editor’s note: You can see at the top of this article the latest news, statements and updates in the case of TikTok...
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3.7KIndigenous Peruvians Afraid Of Alien Attacks Were Actually Harassed By Illegal Miners Wearing Jetpacks
Now that’s a story not even a broken ChatGPT could generate: illegal miners were harassing rural indigenous people using jetpacks and convinced...
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10.6KNew Report: Scientists Can Now Use WiFi to ‘See’ People Through Walls
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University managed a breakthrough that will make privacy-conscious people turn their homes into a Better Call Saul-style Faraday...
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3.2KThe Actual Benefits of a Biometric Passport
Even though biometric passports have been around for a while now, not everyone entirely trusts them. Some aren’t comfortable with this level...
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10.3KHow AI-Powered ALPR Cameras Scan Millions of Cars to Flag Potential “Criminals”
You probably knew the authorities are using AI-powered cameras to scan for license plates linked to criminals but did you know they’re...
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3.2KThe Ban Facial Recognition Movement Boycott Gathers Hundreds of Artists, Including Tom Morello
Rage Against the Machine artists Tom Morello and Zach De La Rocha are once again fighting the machine – this time facial...
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3.8KAI Scanner Supposed to Protect US Schools Can’t Detect Knives In Almost Half the Cases
A new and troubling report shows how security measures in US schools are more security theater, not actual systems that can protect...
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3.9KPopular Android App Found To Start Audio Recording and Send Data to Hackers Every 15 Minutes
Security researchers are warning that a popular Android app has turned malicious and started sending audio recordings to the attackers every 15...
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3.8KResearchers Warn Your DNA Can Be Pulled From Thin Air, With Authorities Itching To Use It
The New York Times is drawing the alarm about environmental DNA – and how the authorities can extract your DNA out of...
