TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States.
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Researcher Spotlights WhatsApp Metadata Leak as Meta Begins Rolling Out Fixes
WhatsApp device fingerprinting can be useful in the delivery of sophisticated spyware, but impact is very limited without a zero-day.
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Italy Antitrust Agency Fines Apple $116 Million Over Privacy Feature; Apple Announces Appeal
Italy’s antitrust authority fined Apple $116 million after determining that operating one of its privacy features restricted App Store competition.
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Rising Tides: When Cybersecurity Becomes Personal – Inside the Work of an OSINT Investigator
Shannon Miller shares her approach to creating domestic safety and a call to the cyber community to help reduce harm.
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Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem
Two technologies — one for public safety, one for controlled entry — show why trust in facial recognition must be earned, not assumed.
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New Firefox Protections Halve the Number of Trackable Users
Mozilla has implemented fresh fingerprinting protections to prevent hidden trackers from identifying Firefox users.
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Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway
In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed […]
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New Research Links VPN Apps, Highlights Security Deficiencies
Citizen Lab has identified links between multiple VPN providers, and multiple security weaknesses in their mobile applications.
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Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over Facebook Privacy Violations
An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
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TikTok Faces Fresh European Privacy Investigation Over China Data Transfers
The Irish Data Privacy Commission announced that TikTok is facing a new European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China.
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