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TechCrunch is reporting — but not describing in detail — a vulnerability in a series of stalkerware apps that exposes personal information of the victims. The vulnerability isn’t in the apps installed on the victims’ phones, but… Continue reading Vulnerability in Stalkerware Apps
Problems with Apple’s Tracker Detect system, which warns you of likely stalking attempts using hidden AirTags. Continue reading Apple AirTag anti-stalking protection bypassed by researchers
How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Secu… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals
A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change.
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Google has announced that from August 2020 it will be prohibiting ads for stalkerware products and services.
But a loophole means that the companies behind creepy stalkerware apps will still be able to advertise themselves.
Continue reading Google’s ad ban won’t stop stalkerware apps from promoting themselves
Google has announced that from August 2020 it will be prohibiting ads for stalkerware products and services.
But a loophole means that the companies behind creepy stalkerware apps will still be able to advertise themselves.
Continue reading Google’s ad ban won’t stop stalkerware apps from promoting themselves
A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls. Continue reading Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details. Continue reading Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info
The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children. Continue reading KidsGuard stalkerware leaks data on secretly surveilled victims
A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits. Continue reading Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online