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.
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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Telecom
Researchers from IMDEA Networks, in collaboration with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IMDEA Software Institute, and the University of Calgary, have conducted the first large-scale study—"Your Signal, Their Data: An Empirical ...
Jul 29, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new way to connect devices like smart watches, home speakers, and health monitors to the internet. Many people believe these smart products make life easier and more enjoyable. But even with ...
Jul 22, 2025
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Security
What we see on our mobile phone screens is not always what we are actually operating. This has been demonstrated by a research team at TU Wien (Vienna, Austria), consisting of Philipp Beer, Sebastian Roth, Marco Squarcina, ...
Jul 17, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
It starts with a call from someone claiming to be your bank. They know your name. They know your bank. They even know your credit card number. There's been "unusual activity" on your account, they say—and they just sent you ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Security
Don't believe everything you read—especially if it's a text message like these:
Jul 9, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ageism is not only a deeply ingrained societal bias; it is a powerful tool used by cybercriminals to target and financially exploit vulnerable senior citizens, say researchers from the University of Surrey
Jul 9, 2025
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