Do COVID-19 apps protect your privacy?
Mobile apps are helping track the spread of COVID-19 to contain the outbreak, but the apps also raise concerns about personal privacy.
Jun 9, 2020
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Don't be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online
Data is the new oil, and online platforms will siphon it off at any opportunity. Platforms increasingly demand our personal information in exchange for a service.
May 28, 2020
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After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they're often weaker
Have you been pwned?
May 27, 2020
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EasyJet reveals cyber attack on nine million clients
British airline EasyJet on Tuesday said it had suffered a "sophisticated" cyber attack, uncovering names and travel details of about nine million customers, amid raised concerns over coronavirus-fuelled Internet hacking.
May 19, 2020
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Firms perceived to fake social responsibility become targets for hackers, study shows
Data breaches have become daily occurrences. Research firm Cybersecurity Ventures reveals that in 2018 hackers stole half a billion personal records—a 126 percent jump from 2017—and more than 3.8 million records are stolen ...
May 5, 2020
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Apple, Samsung, Google get letter from lawmakers to protect data from period tracker apps
Lawmakers are sounding the alarm on Big Tech to ensure that menstruation and fertility tracking apps are not sharing users' health data without their consent.
Mar 12, 2020
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Business
Samsung says it leaked data on handful of UK customers
Samsung said Tuesday that a "technical error" caused its website to display other customers' personal information.
Feb 25, 2020
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For-profit firm seeking to run .org names makes concessions
A private equity firm seeking to buy rights to operate the internet's .org suffix said Friday it will cap price hikes and create an advisory board with veto powers to ease concerns from the nonprofit community.
Feb 21, 2020
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Want to take back your online privacy? 7 easy steps to stop Facebook and others from spying on you
Survey after survey shows we don't like having our sensitive personal information collected, monitored and tracked whenever we share with friends on social media, shop online or use our mobile devices.
Feb 5, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ring app shares your personal data with Facebook and others, report finds
Ring, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned maker of high-tech doorbells and home security cameras, markets itself as protection from the world outside users' homes. But its app collects data from users' phones and shares that information ...
Jan 29, 2020
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