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Mar 22, 2024 • 8min
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Exploring how popular websites share user data with over 1,500 companies for targeted advertising. Understanding the implications of data tracking and partnerships in online advertising. Highlighting discrepancies in disclosed partner numbers and the evolving landscape of data consent.
Mar 21, 2024 • 8min
Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name
Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.Read this story here.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 6min
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions.Read this story here.
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Mar 19, 2024 • 6min
Sinking US Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that's left to do now is vote.Read this story here.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 12min
The 4 Big Questions the Pentagon's New UFO Report Fails to Answer
The Pentagon says it’s not hiding aliens, but it stops notably short of saying what it is hiding. Here are the key questions that remain unanswered—some answers could be weirder than UFOs.Read this story here.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 7min
The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency
Exploring the risks of emergency powers under a potential second Trump presidency including internet censorship, travel restrictions, and military deployment, sparking concerns of abuse and the push for legislative safeguards.
Mar 14, 2024 • 4min
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use.Read this story here.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 7min
Binance’s Top Crypto Crime Investigator Is Being Detained in Nigeria
Tigran Gambaryan, a former crypto-focused US federal agent, and a second Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, have been held in Abuja without passports for two weeks.Read this story here.
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Mar 12, 2024 • 11min
Google Is Getting Thousands of Deepfake Porn Complaints
Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from the web. With the complaints covering nearly 30,000 URLs, experts say Google should do more to help.Read this story here.
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Mar 11, 2024 • 6min
Hackers Behind the Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack Just Received a $22 Million Payment
The transaction, visible on Bitcoin's blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.Read this story here.
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