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US CEOs who lie about misusing consumers’ data could face up to 20 years in prison under a new piece of legislation proposed last week. Continue reading Mind your own business! CEOs who misuse data could end up in jail
Adobe patched a total of 82 vulnerabilities across a range of products on Tuesday, including 46 critical bugs. Continue reading Adobe fixes 46 critical bugs in patchfest
Xbox gamers: fed up with seeing profanity in messages from other gamers? Microsoft has you covered. Continue reading Microsoft lets Xbox users censor what messages they see
Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs. Continue reading Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits
Old passwords never die… they just become easier to decode. Continue reading Computing enthusiast cracks ancient Unix code
Apple was under fire this week after banning an app that tracked the location of both police and protesters in Hong Kong on a live map. Continue reading Apple removes app that tracks Hong Kong police and protestors
Microsoft fixed 59 vulnerabilities in October’s Patch Tuesday, including several critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws. Continue reading October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical remote desktop bug
Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another – this time in Signal. Continue reading Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug
The US, UK and Australian governments last week officially urged Facebook to halt its plans for end-to-end encryption. Continue reading Facebook urged by governments to halt end-to-end encryption plans
A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal. Continue reading £3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead