Internet
We have reached a key juncture in the debate about online privacy, following Meta's recent decision to offer some users paid-for ad-free access to Facebook and Instagram. The time has come to decide how much we value keeping ...
Nov 15, 2023
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Business
Australia's government on Thursday launched an investigation into a nationwide communications outage that crippled phone lines and severed internet access for 10 million customers.
Nov 9, 2023
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Internet
The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted ads without their explicit consent.
Nov 1, 2023
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Internet
Smart speakers offer amazing convenience—from playing your favorite tunes to re-ordering toilet paper—with only a simple voice command. But that convenience can come with a steep cost in privacy that many consumers aren't ...
Oct 27, 2023
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Security
The ability of chatbots to infer private details about users from otherwise innocuous texts is a cause for concern, say Swiss university researchers at ETH Zurich.
Consumer & Gadgets
If you had serious concerns a major corporation were harvesting your personal information for its commercial gain but not your benefit, would you:
Oct 10, 2023
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Security
Hackers have stolen the personal data of potentially millions of people from the Philippines's national health insurer, which has urged members to change their passwords after the "staggering" cyberattack.
Oct 9, 2023
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Security
Many local authorities respond too slowly or inadequately to reports about security vulnerabilities. These coordinated vulnerability disclosures (CVD reports) are often made by ethical hackers who aim to make the internet ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Business
Irish regulators on Friday handed out a 345-million-euro ($369-million) fine to TikTok over data breaches, part of a battle between the European Union and big tech firms on issues from tax avoidance and hate speech to data ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Business
A European Union regulator hit Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok with a 345-million-euro fine over child data breaches on Friday, in the bloc's latest salvo against the business practices of tech titans.
Sep 15, 2023
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