Instagram informed some users last week that their passwords may have been exposed as a result of using the “Download Your Data” tool.
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Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on as the new iPhone X goes on sale at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
In an interview with Axios on HBO, Apple CEO Tim Cook explained the decision to use Google as the default search engine on Apple products. This decision has baffled some considering Google’s business model of making money off of users’ data—something Apple has spoken out against numerous times.
“I think their search engine is the best,” Cook said in the interview. He followed up by diving into privacy features Apple has implemented in its Safari browser.
“Look at what we’ve done with the controls we’ve built in,” Cook stated. “We have private web browsing. We have an intelligent tracker prevention. What we’ve tried to do is come up with ways to help our users through their course of the day. It’s not a perfect thing. I’d be the very first person to say that. But it goes a long way to helping.”
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Enlarge / An actor playing a simulated Daniel Rigmaiden in American Greed. (credit: NBCUniversal)
Daniel Rigmaiden wants the world to know that, while CNBC’s American Greed television show may have portrayed him over two years ago as a “hacker,” a “recluse,” and more, he is none of those things.
Earlier this year, Rigmaiden sued NBCUniversal, CNBC’s parent company, and an Arizona Republic journalist shown in that episode, accusing them all of defamation.
Rigmaiden wants unspecified damages and also a permanent injunction that would stop further distribution of the episode, which is currently available on Amazon Video for $2.99.
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Le più diffuse Virtual Private Network per Android e iOS sono di società con sede in Cina, il paese in cui usare una VPN è reato. E la privacy… Chi installa una VPN (Virtual Private Network) lo fa per un unico motivo: garantire la privacy della sua navigazione. Gli utenti Android e iOS che ricorrono […]
L’articolo Sorpresa! Il 60% delle VPN free per smartphone sono… cinesi! proviene da Securityinfo.it.
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It’s always interesting to watch how the ongoing digital transformation of our lives is changing the world in ways we never would have anticipated years ago. Financial information, social interactions, even our physical locations may be up for grabs in cyberspace, with real-world ramifications.
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The Battle for Privacy in the United States is Just Beginning
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Enlarge / AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson yesterday urged Congress to pass net neutrality and consumer data privacy laws that would prevent states from issuing their own stricter laws.
“There are a number of states that are now passing their own legislation around privacy and, by the way, net neutrality,” Stephenson said in an interview at a Wall Street Journal tech conference (see video). “What would be a total disaster for the technology and innovation you see happening in Silicon Valley and elsewhere is to pick our head up and have 50 different sets of rules for companies trying to operate in the United States.”
There was a single US standard for net neutrality passed by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015. But AT&T and other ISPs opposed it and sued the FCC in a failed effort to get the regulation thrown out by a court.
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Intel Proposes “Innovative and Ethical Data Use Act of 2018” to Improve Protection of Personal Privacy Through Nationwide Standards
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Vulnerability Exposed DJI Customer Data and Drone Flight Logs, Photos and Videos Generated During Drone Flights
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Ever since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, 2018, many have wondered how the law may evolve and potentially add further regulations. One of these evolutions that is still in early stages is ePrivacy, which was born from the GDPR.
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