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Google insists it doesn't use reCAPTCHA data for personalized adverts, and says as much in the reCAPTCHA terms of service. Google's reCAPTCHA terms of service state that the service sends device and application data to the company.
Google insists it doesn't use reCAPTCHA data for personalized adverts, and says as much in the reCAPTCHA terms of service. Google's reCAPTCHA terms of service state that the service sends device and application data to the company.
You've probably run into a major problem when trying to scrape Google search results. This article examines how to overcome Google web scraping issues without changing proxy servers.
Google has disclosed details of a new zero-day privilege escalation flaw in the Windows operating system that's being actively exploited in the wild. The elevation of privileges vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-17087, concerns a buffer overflow present since at least Windows 7 in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver that can be exploited for a sandbox escape.
NetMarketShare announced on Sunday plans to shut down its public browser share reporting tool, which has been available for more than 14 years. According to Net Applications, the data provided by NetMarketShare is a primary source in "Tens of thousands of articles and publication".
Google's Project Zero bug-hunting team has disclosed a Windows kernel flaw that's being actively exploited by miscreants to gain control of computers. The web giant's bug report was privately disclosed to Microsoft on October 22, and publicly revealed just seven days later, after it detected persons unknown exploiting the programming blunder.
An APT group is starting fires with a new Android malware loader, which uses a legitimate Google messaging service to bypass detection. The malware, dubbed "Firestarter," is used by an APT threat group called "DoNot." DoNot uses Firebase Cloud Messaging, which is a cross-platform cloud solution for messages and notifications for Android, iOS and web applications.
Google Project Zero security researchers have identified another Windows vulnerability that has been actively exploited in attacks. "The Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver exposes a DeviceCNG device to user-mode programs and supports a variety of IOCTLs with non-trivial input structures. It constitutes a locally accessible attack surface that can be exploited for privilege escalation," Jurczyk explains.
Google announced on Thursday that Google One customers can now use a new virtual private network service that will provide them an extra layer of protection when they go online. The new VPN by Google One is available to customers who have subscribed to a 2 TB plan or higher.
A campaign to sue Facebook over lax privacy policies that allowed Cambridge Analytica to slurp almost a million people's personal data from the social networking website hopes to become a representative action in the High Court, its instigators said today. The campaign said in a statement: "In 2013 and 2014, thousands of people participated in the thisisyourdigitallife app on Facebook. Facebook allowed this app to harvest the data of the app users' friends without their friends' permission or knowledge, including Alvin Carpio, the representative claimant. By taking data without consent, it is alleged that Facebook failed to meet their legal obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998.".