Security
A multi-pronged data analysis approach that can strengthen the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices—such as smart TVs, home video cameras and baby monitors—against current risks and threats has created by a team ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Internet
Ask any group of people if they have read and understood the last terms and conditions they agreed to, and you'll be lucky if anyone puts up their hand. This is not surprising given the estimate that it would take 76 work ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Internet
Twitter on Tuesday apologized after "inadvertently" using phone numbers and email addresses for advertising even though the personal data was provided for account security.
Oct 09, 2019
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Turkey's data protection authority says it has imposed a 1.6 million Turkish lira ($280,000) fine on Facebook for contravening the country's data laws.
Oct 03, 2019
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A San Francisco developer who pressured California lawmakers into enacting the nation's most sweeping data privacy act is pushing a ballot measure to expand the law.
Sep 25, 2019
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Security
A Russian hacker has admitted to his involvement in one of the biggest thefts of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution.
Sep 24, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Suggest to Samsung's Virtual Personal Assistant Bixby "Let's talk dirty", and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: "I don't want to end up on Santa's naughty list."
Sep 23, 2019
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Internet
Facebook said Friday it suspended "tens of thousands" of apps on its platform as a result of a privacy practices review launched following a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.
Sep 20, 2019
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Internet
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited lawmakers Thursday to discuss potential regulation of the tech industry, particularly when it comes to the collection of users' personal data on their platforms.
Sep 19, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Most of us hate logging onto new websites and having to register and create yet another new password and screen name combination.
Sep 17, 2019
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Security
Almost the entire population of Ecuador had their personal data leaked online in a major security breach, officials and security experts said Monday.
Sep 16, 2019
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Business
Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech on Friday asked Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents, marking a step forward in Congress' bipartisan probe of the companies.
Sep 13, 2019
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Business
Big tech companies have long rebuffed attempts by the U.S. federal government to scrutinize or scale back their market power. Now they face a scrappy new coalition as well: prosecutors from nearly all 50 states.
Sep 10, 2019
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Internet
YouTube is changing what it shows kids.
Sep 04, 2019
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Internet
Social media users are generally positive about their personal data being used for research purposes, a study by the University of York has revealed.
Aug 28, 2019
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