Collaborate Disseminate
The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection. Continue reading Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead
A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories. Continue reading Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories
LeapFrog has done lots to fix the security of the LeapPad. Now all that’s left is for parents to scrape Pet Chat off of older tablets. Continue reading Parents, it’s time to delete Pet Chat from your child’s LeapPad
Some user data, such as country and device type, was exposed to some advertisers for over a year. Continue reading Twitter may have shared your data with its ad partners without your permission
The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking. Continue reading More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders
It’s not longer enough to be wary of flash-in-the-pan “lovers” who ask you to send money; now they’re asking you to open accounts for them. Continue reading Scammers recruiting money mules on dating sites is on the rise, says FBI
Equifictitious sites popped up within days of Equifax agreeing to pay up to $700m to settle claims over the 2017 data breach. Continue reading Don’t fall for fake Equifax settlement sites, warns FTC
His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed. Continue reading Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000
The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts. Continue reading GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
Pretending to be a hot young thing brought in beaucoup bucks. Last laugh department: “world’s best granny” now has more followers than ever. Continue reading Anime filter glitches, exposing face of one extremely smart vlogger