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What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

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What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too

https://apnews.com/article/fraud-identity-theft-fcc-wireless-providers-8df930f2983d589c4822bba53eedfc1b

What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too. Associated Press writer Fatima Hussein recently fell victim to a type of fraud known as port-out hijacking, also called SIM-swapping.

What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too
USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

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Exclusive: USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/usps-shared-customer-postal-addresses-with-meta-linkedin-and-snap/

The U.S. Postal Service confirmed it took action to "remediate" the data sharing following a TechCrunch investigation.

Exclusive: USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap
Google accused of misleading consumers to grab more data for ads

Google accused of misleading consumers to grab more data for ads

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Google accused of misleading consumers to grab more data for ads | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/google-accused-of-misleading-consumers-to-grab-more-data-for-ads/

Italy's competition watchdog is investigating how Google gets user consent in order to link their activity across different services for ad profiling.

Google accused of misleading consumers to grab more data for ads | TechCrunch
How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

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How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

https://theintercept.com/2024/07/16/signal-app-privacy-phone-number/

Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account
Google presents method to circumvent automatic blocking of tag manager

Google presents method to circumvent automatic blocking of tag manager

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Set up first-party mode  |  Google Tag Manager - First-party mode  |  Google for Developers

https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/first-party/setup-guide

Safari Private Browsing 2.0

Safari Private Browsing 2.0

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Private Browsing 2.0

https://webkit.org/blog/15697/private-browsing-2-0/

When we invented Private Browsing back in 2005, our aim was to provide users with an easy way to keep their browsing private from anyone who shared the same device.

Vulnerabilities in VPNs: Paper presented at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2024

Vulnerabilities in VPNs: Paper presented at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2024

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Vulnerabilities in VPNs: Paper presented at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2024 - The Citizen Lab

https://citizenlab.ca/2024/07/vulnerabilities-in-vpns-paper-presented-at-the-privacy-enhancing-technologies-symposium-2024/

On July 16, former Citizen Lab Open Technology Fund (OTF) Information Controls Fellowship Program fellow Benjamin Mixon-Baca will be presenting “Attacking

Vulnerabilities in VPNs: Paper presented at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium 2024 - The Citizen Lab
Presenting our DIY Dead Man Switch @ DEF CON 32

Presenting our DIY Dead Man Switch @ DEF CON 32

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BusKill goes to DEF CON 32 - BusKill

https://www.buskill.in/defcon32/

Join BusKill at DEF CON 32 for our presentation titled "Open Hardware Design for BusKill Cord" in the Demo Lab

BusKill goes to DEF CON 32 - BusKill
Gemini AI platform accused of scanning Google Drive files without user permission

Gemini AI platform accused of scanning Google Drive files without user permission

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Gemini AI platform accused of scanning Google Drive files without user permission

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/gemini-ai-platform-caught-scanning-google-drive-files-without-user-permission

Gemini users may want to up their privacy

Gemini AI platform accused of scanning Google Drive files without user permission
Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

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Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

https://www.techspot.com/news/103811-chromium-browsers-have-quietly-sending-user-information-google.html

An API provided by a preinstalled extension called "hangout_services" in Chromium browsers is quietly sending information about users' CPU and GPU usage to Google when visiting Google...

Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google