TikTok, for one, promised to knock this off months ago but was caught red-handed, still at it, by the new clipboard notification in iOS 14.
Tag Archives: Privacy
REvil gang threaten to auction celebrity data from Mariah Carey, Lebron James, MTV and more
The ransomware gang is threatening to auction celebrities’ legal documents stolen from the law firm it paralyzed in May.
Twitter apologizes for leaking businesses’ financial data
Twitter emailed business clients to tell them that their financial data may have been seen by the uninvited.
iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, Safari to give us ‘No, thanks!’ option for ad tracking
At WWDC, Apple promised to double down on data protection in its upcoming iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and Safari releases.
FBI uses T-shirt, tattoo and Vimeo clips to track down alleged arsonist
Amazing what online search, social media profiles, a DMV database and cameras everywhere can turn up about us.
Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
‘Bot or Not?’ – a game to train us to spot chatbots faking it as humans
Can you tell whether you’re talking to a human or AI?
Brave CEO apologises for adding affiliate links to URLs
The Brave browser has provoked unhappiness among some of its users after being caught redirecting searches to affiliate links that earned it commission.
Amtrak breached, some customers’ logins and PII potentially exposed
The US rail service hasn’t disclosed the number of passengers affected in a 16 April breach.
Hacker posts database stolen from Dark Net free hosting provider DH
Some 7,600 dark-web sites were obliterated in an attack on the most popular provider of .onion free hosting services, Daniel’s Hosting.