Security
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4.8KSecurity Experts Warn About World’s Biggest Data Leak, Check Now If You’re Affected
Just weeks after security expert Troy Hunt broke the news of Collection #1, a massive dump of stolen personal information, with more...
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2.2KSan Francisco Considers Citywide Ban on All Facial Recognition Technology
San Francisco might become the very first city in the U.S to ban the use of facial recognition technology under a legislation...
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3.8KIllinois Supreme Court Passes Ruling Protecting Biometric Privacy
Back in 2008, the state of Illinois passed a Biometric information Privacy Act (BIPA), which protects people against the storage and collection...
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4.7KChinese App Tells You If Someone is In Debt And Helps You Report Them
A report from state-run China Daily tells us that the Chinese Government has developed an extension of its social credit system in...
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2.7KFrance Slams Google with $57 Million GDPR Fine for Tracking Users
Months after the groundbreaking user privacy regulation GDPR went into effect across Europe, Google gets its first massive fine. The French watchdog...
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6.2KAlmost 773 Million Email Accounts Have Been Exposed in Massive Data Breach
Security researcher Troy Hunt reported a security breach on his blog that involves 772,904,991 email addresses and over 21 million passwords. The...
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1.9KU.S Judge Rules That Police Cannot Force You To Unlock Your Smartphone via Fingerprint or Face ID
A federal judge from the District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the police cannot force anyone to...
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2.5KYubico’s New YubiKey Helps You Keep Your iPods and iPads Secure
We all know that Yubico is one of the best companies out there when it comes to security keys. Now, it has...
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3.4KLedger Nano X Debuts At CES, Brings Bluetooth
Ledger, the biggest maker of physical cryptocurrency wallets, debuted at CES 2019 its first wallet compatible with smartphones – the Ledger Nano...
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2.5KTwo Hackers Take Over Thousands of Chromecasts to Spread Awareness (And Promote Pewdiepie)
Two hackers just took over thousands of Chromecast devices to raise awareness about an old security flaw dubbed “Cast Hack.” Hacker Giraffe...
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2.1KBeijing Uses Smart Locks with Facial Recognition To Prevent Public Housing Abuse
It’s no secret that China is pushing facial recognition technology in almost all areas of public surveillance it can and now that...
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3.0KNYPD Adds Drone To The Times Square New Year’s Party Security
The New York Police Department has revealed that it will deploy a camera-equipped drone above Times Square during the New Year’s Party...
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2.9KWindows Sandbox Allows You to Run Any Untrusted Apps in a Virtual Safe Space
Microsoft officially announced that the Windows Sandbox will be arriving to Windows 10 next year. The Windows Sandbox is a lightweight desktop...
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4.6KEssence Will Launch New Personal Emergency Response System At CES 2019
IoT-enabled connected-living technologies company Essence has announced they will be releasing the Essence Umbrella at the CES 2019, a two-way voice-communication...
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3.8KThe Police Put Tracking Devices in Amazon Boxes to Catch Thieves
Jersey City Police started placing fake Amazon deliveries in areas that have reported the highest numbers of thefts, in order to attempt...
