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The real problem with banning masks at protests
“There are a lot of different tools available to law enforcement. Facial recognition is one of the tools that is…
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UN Database Exposed Sensitive Information Accessible Online
A database containing sensitive, sometimes personal information from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women has been…
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Google Chrome’s uBlock root purge has begun
And that’s not all. Each week, we round up security and privacy news that we haven’t covered in depth. Click…
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Germany’s far-right is in panic over Telegram
Immediately after that arrest A warning from Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, viewed more than 85,000 times, began circulating…
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest linked to wide-ranging criminal investigation
French prosecutors have given preliminary information in a press release on Monday about the investigation into Telegram CEO Pavel Durov,…
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The Slow-Moving Nightmare of a National Public Data Breach
Data breaches seem like an endless scourge with no simple answers, but the recent breach of background check service National…
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Inside the Dark World of Doxing for Profit
Since the early 1990s, people have been using doxing as a form of malicious digital revenge—stripping away someone’s anonymity by…
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TikTok sued by US Justice Department for allegedly violating children’s privacy
In March 2019, TikTok agreed a US federal court order bans the social media giant from collecting personal information from…
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JD Vance Sets His Venmo to Public. Here’s What It Looks Like
Despite his anti-elite stance, Vance’s connections reveal a more complex relationship with establishment figures. At the same time, as the…
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The Widespread Danger of AT&T Phone Records Breach
From targeted wiretapping to mass surveillance raids, phone companies have been at the center of privacy concerns for decades—and their…
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