Digital privacy risks encompass the technical, behavioral, and economic mechanisms through which personal data are collected, monetized, and exploited across smartphones, social media, IoT devices, and online services. Work in this area examines surveillance-based business models, opaque data practices in apps and platforms, and the growing use of AI to scale and personalize scams, fraud, and manipulation. It also investigates human factors such as multitasking, device dependence, and demographic vulnerabilities, alongside interventions for fraud prevention, privacy protection, and safer technology use.
Business
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how companies set prices—but experts warn algorithm-driven personalized pricing risks alienating consumers and inviting regulatory backlash.
Sep 8, 2025
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Security
Cyber crime group ShinyHunters has received global attention after Google urged 2.5 billion users to tighten their security following a data breach via Salesforce, a customer management platform.
Sep 3, 2025
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Internet
Australia's government trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done effectively and protect privacy, but there is not a one-size-fits-all model.
Sep 1, 2025
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Computer Sciences
A new system developed by Cornell Tech researchers helps users detect when their online accounts have been compromised—without exposing their personal devices to invasive tracking by web services.
Aug 25, 2025
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Security
A recent study by researchers at the University of California San Diego is the first detailed assessment of companies offering school-based online surveillance services such as social media monitoring, student communications ...
Aug 14, 2025
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Computer Sciences
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and computer scientists has identified vulnerabilities in popular automation apps that can make it easy for an abuser to stalk individuals, track their cellphone activity, ...
Aug 12, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Online scammers continue to dupe the majority of American adults as they infiltrate virtual calendars and security systems meant to defend users against the poaching of personal information.
Aug 11, 2025
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Internet
Meta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes.
Aug 5, 2025
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Security
In recent years, the most common kind of cybercrime has been phishing, a form of online fraud. In phishing, an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text, and ...
Aug 5, 2025
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Computer Sciences
When it comes to cybersecurity, humans are often seen as the weakest link, but new research suggests that with a little help, people can do a surprisingly effective job at identifying malware.
Aug 5, 2025
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