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Monthly Archives: April 2020
Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics
The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19.
Thousands of Android apps contain undocumented backdoors, study finds
A study has found that thousands of legitimate Android apps are taking liberties or installing with capabilities that users wouldn’t expect to exist.
Will Apple’s “microphone switch” stop your iPad getting bugged?
A microphone switch! What will they think of next?
Rights groups appeal to governments over COVID-19 surveillance
Digital and human rights groups have joined in a rare worldwide appeal to governments to respect privacy when handling the COVID-19 crisis.
Hackers’ forum hacked, OGUsers database dumped (again)
A rival hacking forum has yet again hacked OGUsers and doxxed its database for one and all to grab.
Firefox zero day in the wild: patch now!
Mozilla just pushed out an update for its Firefox browser to patch a security hole that was already being exploited in the wild.
5 things you can do today to make Zooming safer
5 things you can do to make your Zooming safer, more private and more secure…
‘Zombie’ Windows win32k bug reanimated by researcher
Dozens of bugs in a core Windows API could enable attackers to elevate their privileges in the operating system.
Watch out for the new wave of COVID-19 scams, warns IRS
If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it’s just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.
