Internet
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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Internet
Whistleblowers and digital pioneers have long been sounding the alarm about abuses of our privacy online.
Nov 8, 2019
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Business
The Swiss army has told its ranks to stop using foreign instant-messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram for official communications. Instead, it's opting for a Swiss alternative—in part over concerns about ...
Jan 5, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
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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Consumer & Gadgets
Goodbye iTunes, it's been a great 18-year ride.
Jun 4, 2019
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Security
At 2:00 a.m. on a day in early February, the deputy director of the main hospital in the southwestern French town of Dax took an urgent call from a normally unflappable colleague in the IT department.
May 26, 2021
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Security
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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Lab test provider LifeLabs said Tuesday that it paid a ransom to secure data for Canadians that was stolen in a data breach in late October.
Dec 17, 2019
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Business
Ireland's privacy regulator said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into Facebook after data on more than 500 million users was reportedly found dumped online, in a suspected violation of strict European Union privacy ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Security
What happens when those who serve and protect are not being protected themselves? Officers at the Los Angeles Police Department found out recently after a data breach of the city's personnel department exposed personal information ...
Jul 31, 2019
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