All posts tagged "privacy"
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1.7KSmart LifeAll Oculus Headsets To Require Facebook Logins
It’s been a long time coming but everyone could see the writing on the wall. Facebook will soon require mandatory Facebook accounts...
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2.0KSmart LifeYou Can Now Lock Facebook Messenger Using Face ID
iOS and iPadOS users can now use Face Id to lock the Facebook Messenger app as an extra layer of security. The...
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5.1KSecurityZoom To Offer Encryption Only For Paying Users, Openly Says It Will Share Data with the FBI
As the demand for video conferencing tools skyrocketed in recent months, so did Zoom’s popularity and concerns regarding its privacy. Now, after...
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1.5KPhonesExtra Security Barrier Added For Google Drive on iPhones and iPads
A new security feature is available for Google Drive app users running on iOs and iPadOS devices. The Privacy Screen, as it’s...
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1.2KPhonesInstagram Is Working On A New Feature
Are you finding your Instagram feed a little bit disturbing lately? You’d wish you had more control over what kind of content...
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1.1KFuture1000 Words or So About the Strange World of Voice Assistents Missfire
Voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Asisstant, Apple’s Siri, and Microsoft’s Cortana are part of the norm now. We all accidentally...
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5.5KSecurityIsrael Passes Law to Track the Phones Of COVID-19 Infected People
As the world is going through an unprecedented lockdown, more and more extreme measures are being adopted in order to stop the...
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7.0KSecurityWant to Stop Facebook Tracking You Across the Web? You Can Now Finally Do It
Trust in Facebook and what it does with user data is at an all-time low, thanks to a host of high-profile scandals...
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2.5KMiscFBI Warns Popular FaceApp Is A “Significant Counterintelligence Threat” From Russia
Well, it seems some conspiracy theories might have some truth to them! Earlier this year, jokes (and warnings!) made the rounds that...
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4.0KMiscTim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Just Released A Set of Rules to Avert a “Digital Dystopia”
We’re sliding in a “digital dystopia”, thinks Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and now...
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5.6KSecurityCops Can Get Their Hands on Your DNA
In trying to get in touch with your roots, you might find your privacy at risk. Recently, a detective got access to...
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7.6KSecurityAmazon’s Employees Watch And Listen To Video And Audio Recordings From Smart Home Devices
It looks like Amazon doesn’t plan to stop peeking into our lives very soon. A new report from Bloomberg cites anonymous sources...
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5.6KSecurityGoogle Uses Students and Homeless People To Train Facial Recognition System
According to a report from the New York Daily News, Google has been using some controversial methods, to say the least, in...
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829MiscCourt Rules ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Can Only Apply in The EU
The Right to Be Forgotten became a ruling in 2014 and allows the users to demand search engines certain information about them...
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2.3KMiscApple Lays Off 300 Contractors: Only In-House Employees Will Listen In To Siri Recordings
Apple, much like Microsoft and Google, has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that its contractors routinely listen in on private...
