Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
Developers may not realize they are sharing their users’ location data with advertisers, per new research.
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Britain didn’t drop its Apple backdoor. It cut the Americans out and tried again.
Britain tried to force a backdoor into Apple’s encryption last year and lost. It has not given up. It has narrowed the demand, served it again, and Apple is back in a secret court to fight it. Apple has filed a fresh challenge at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, the closed UK court for secret-surveillance cases, […]
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A hack hit the one list a wealth haven guards most: the names behind its shell companies
Of all the databases a wealth haven would least like to lose, this one is near the top. A cyberattack has reached the data of about 31,000 people in Liechtenstein’s register of the individuals behind its companies, foundations and trusts. The government disclosed the breach on Monday. Intruders reached the “register of economic beneficiaries” overnight […]
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person’s internet connection with someone else.
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A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together
Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LED-blocking stickers marketed as “privacy” accessories. One kit cost $16.99 for a dozen. […]
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AI is coming for the cheap seats on your favourite flight route
The lucky dip of stumbling on a cheap seat on a popular flight is starting to disappear. Airlines are handing their pricing to artificial intelligence, and on busy routes that mostly means one thing: higher fares. Carriers have long priced seats with analysts and rules of thumb, such as bumping fares by 20 per cent […]
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NHS England admits its paperwork hid that Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data
NHS England has admitted that a key data-protection document misstated who could see patients’ medical records. It did not disclose the whole arrangement. Staff at Palantir, the US data-analytics firm, can view identifiable patient data inside part of the new Federated Data Platform. The admission followed a request from the National Data Guardian, the statutory […]
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Everyone hated Friend’s AI necklace, so it came back at double the price
The AI necklace that a chunk of New York wanted gone is back, and this time it talks. Friend, the pendant that listens to your day and pipes up with commentary, has re-launched with a speaker so it can reply out loud. It also costs twice as much. The original Friend messaged you like a […]
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FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap
The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditions, used website trackers to share customers’ information with advertisers.
Your next privacy breach might not leak any data at all
For decades, protecting privacy has meant one thing: stop personal data from leaking out. Gartner thinks that idea is about to break. By 2029, most privacy incidents will come not from leaked personal data but from what AI infers about people, the research firm predicted this week. The risk is no longer only the records […]
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