An analysis of 40 COVID-19 contact tracing applications for Android has led to the discovery of numerous security and privacy issues, according to a new research paper. Contact tracing applications have been created to help authorities automate the process of identifying those who have been in close contact with infected individuals. Using a newly developed ..
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TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law. The federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok broke the Illinois biometric ..
Feb 25, 2021 Marco Schiaffino In evidenza, News, Privacy, RSS, Scenario, Vulnerabilità 0 Il sistema di interazione dell’assistente vocale di Amazon con altre applicazioni apre degli spazi che i pirati informatici potrebbero sfruttare per attaccare gli utenti. Si chiamano “skill” e sono funzionalità che consentono all’assistente vocale Alexa di interagire con altre app. Un sistema ..
reader comments 48 with 40 posters participating Share this story I installed Firefox 86 on my Ubuntu workstation using Snap to be certain I wouldn’t accidentally mess with my working system configuration. Jim Salter Although Firefox 86 is the default download from Mozilla, the Snap store hasn’t quite caught up yet. I needed to snap ..
I cyber criminali non vanno in vacanza, non dormono e non si ammalano, sono sempre in agguato dietro ad ogni mail che ci arriva, ad ogni device connesso in rete, ad ogni transazione finanziaria e dietro ad ogni acquisto di prodotto o servizio. Il 2020 è stato un anno terribile, che ricorderemo per il resto ..
Mozilla this week announced improved user privacy in Firefox 86, with the introduction of a new feature aimed at preventing the tracking of users from site to site. Called Total Cookie Protection and built into Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict Mode, the new feature was designed to confine cookies to the websites that created them, ..
Nonostante la recente introduzione del cosiddetto “Codice Rosso”, ovvero una legge a tutela del genere femminile e dei soggetti deboli che subiscono maltrattamenti, vi è un importante aumento statistico sui casi di revenge porn È notizia di poche ore fa la sentenza che ha condannato a tredici mesi di reclusione la dirigente scolastica che aveva ..
People returning to work following the long pandemic will find an array of tech-infused gadgetry to improve workplace safety but which could pose risks for long-term personal and medical privacy. Temperature checks, distance monitors, digital “passports,” wellness surveys and robotic cleaning and disinfection systems are being deployed in many workplaces seeking to reopen. Tech giants ..
The European Commission lifted the threat of crucial data flows between Europe and Britain being blocked in a move that would have crippled business activity as it said Friday that privacy safeguards in the UK met European standards. In a key post-Brexit decision, the EU executive said that British authorities had sufficient measures in place ..
The General Assembly is advancing legislation that allows Virginia consumers more protection with their online data, though opponents say the measure does not include the ability for people to file private lawsuits against companies that breach the proposed law. The measure is known as the Consumer Data Protection Act in both chambers of the state ..
