privacy

Twitter inadvertently collected and shared iOS location data

Twitter confirmed revealed that a bug in its iOS app it the root cause for an inadvertent collection of location…

5 years ago

Facebook sues data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse

Facebook sues South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse and violation of social network's rules. Facebook filed…

5 years ago

Over 10k+ GPS trackers could be abused to spy on individuals in the UK

A vulnerability in a GPS tracker used by elderly people and kids could be exploited by an attacker to spy…

5 years ago

Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook for Photo API bug

The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority fined Facebook $270,000 for the Photo API bug that exposed personal photos of 300,000…

5 years ago

NoScript temporarily disabled in Tor Browser … how to fix it?

Tor users noticed that the NoScript and HTTPS-Everywhere add-ons were disabled in the Tor browser, what's happened? A few days…

5 years ago

United Airlines covers up seat cameras to respond to privacy concerns

United Airlines opted to cover every camera in entertainment systems embedded within the back of plane seats in response to…

6 years ago

The strengths and weaknesses of different VPN protocols

One in four internet users use a VPN regularly, but how much does the average user know about what goes…

6 years ago

Facebook admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users’ passwords in plaintext

Other problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored millions of Instagram users' passwords in plaintext Yesterday, Facebook made the…

6 years ago

Facebook ‘unintentionally’ collected contacts from 1.5 Million email accounts without permission

Facebook made the headlines once again for alleged violations of the privacy of its users, this time collecting contacts from…

6 years ago

VPN apps insecurely store session cookies in memory and log files

At least four VPN apps sold or made available to enterprise customers share security flaws, warns the Carnegie Mellon University…

6 years ago

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