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Tag Archives: Privacy
Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack
Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.
Ironpie robot vacuum can suck up your privacy
You might want to unplug this not-so-smart robot: researchers found they can watch video streams piped out from its security camera.
Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK
Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.
Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers
Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprints scraped from our social media accounts?
Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US
Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.
Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all
The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.
Brave beats other browsers in privacy study
Users looking for a privacy-focused browser might want to consider Brave first, according to a study published this week.
Apple’s iOS pasteboard leaks location data to spy apps
A developer has discovered that malicious apps could exploit the pasteboard to work out a user’s location.
LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices
Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it.