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Tag Archives: opt-out
Microsoft downloads Windows 10 to your computer even if you don’t want it yet
Microsoft really wants people to upgrade to Windows 10. So it’s downloaded the new operating system – secretly? – on Windows 7 and 8 PCs that have automatic updates turned on.
That’s SHUTTING down your PC, not SHOOTING it down! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Ever felt like shooting your PC? This guy did it! (And more news in our weekly one-minute security video.)
Facebook hit with class action lawsuit over facial recognition data
A new lawsuit alleges Facebook violated users’ privacy rights to build world’s largest privately held database of facial recognition data.
If the government confiscates your spyware, where does it end up? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly “60 Second Security” video. An entertaining way to turn news into knowledge…and it only takes a minute!
Twitter to start snooping at which apps you have installed – here’s how to opt out
Twitter is set to start peeking on users’ iPhones, iPads and Androids in order to see what apps they have downloaded. It’s opt-in by default, so here’s how to opt out.
U2’s Bono says sorry for foisting album on everybody’s iTunes
In a Facebook interview, a U2 fan – or, well, maybe just somebody who took advantage of the chance to tell off the band – asked the band to please never release an automatically downloaded album again, given that “It’s really rude.”
Apple’s free gift: Did U get the album 2?
Apple’s gift of a free U2 album for iTunes users? Turns out it’s “free” as in “compulsory”…
The EPIC edition – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
One less opt-in app, one more Android virus, and a bunch of EPIC failures… All in this week’s 60 Second Security.
Canadian spam, New York taxis and Brazilian passwords – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Canada goes “opt in”, NYC makes a hash, and Brazil forgets its punctuation. It’s 60 Second Security for 28 June 2014!