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Google’s controversial voice Assistant is getting a series of new commands designed to work like privacy-centric ‘undo’ buttons. Continue reading Google voice Assistant gets new privacy ‘undo’ commands
Researchers report flaws, vendors issue patches, organisations apply them – and everyone lives happily ever after. Right? Wrong! Continue reading REvil ransomware exploiting VPN flaws made public last April
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court. Continue reading ‘Maze’ ransomware threatens data exposure unless $6m ransom paid
In today’s smartphone economy, hiding your location has become a major challenge. Continue reading Smartphone location data can be used to identify and track anyone
Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas has been sentenced to five years in jail for successfully defrauding two US companies out of $122 million. Continue reading Man jailed for $122 million scam that fooled Google and Facebook
Does Facebook continue to track the locations of its users even when they’ve told it not to? Yes! Continue reading Facebook’s location tracking policy still worries US Senators
Google has rushed out a fix for a bug in the Android version of Chrome that left some app users unable to access accounts or retrieve stored data. Continue reading Chrome 79 patched after Android WebView app chaos
Firefox users interested in turning on the browser’s DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) privacy feature now have two providers to choose from. Continue reading Mozilla adds NextDNS to list of DNS-over-HTTPS providers
Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts. Continue reading Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers
If webmail, WhatsApp and IM are killing SMS, someone might want to tell Google – as it continues to add new features to its Messages app. Continue reading Google adds Verified SMS and anti-spam feature to Messages app