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Popular Period Tracking Apps Share Your Sexual Health Data With Facebook
2019-09-12 09:03

Hello Ladies, let's talk about periods, privacy, and Facebook. Are you using an app on your smartphone to keep tracks on your periods? Well, it's worrying, because it might be sharing your...

YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online
2019-09-06 12:43

YouTube can't track kids online anymore without their parents' permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.

Firefox 69 Now Blocks 3rd-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptominers By Default
2019-09-04 09:33

Mozilla has finally enabled the "Enhanced Tracking Protection" feature for all of its web browser users worldwide by default with the official launch of Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and...

Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default
2019-09-04 04:45

It took a lot of testing and tweaking, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser is finally being delivered with Enhanced Tracking Protection and a web-based cryptomining blocking feature on by default. The...

Firefox 69 Release Kills Default Tracking Cookies, Flash Support
2019-09-03 18:18

Mozilla's newest Firefox iteration also offers new fixes for critical and high-severity vulnerabilities.

As browser rivals block third-party tracking, Google pitches 'Privacy Sandbox' peace plan
2019-08-22 21:14

Disclaimer: No advertisers were harmed in making this project On Thursday, Google reminded everyone who might have forgotten that "privacy is paramount to us" and announced an initiative called...

Kaspersky Antivirus Flaw Exposed Users to Cross-Site Tracking Online
2019-08-15 10:48

In this digital era, the success of almost every marketing, advertising, and analytics company drives through tracking users across the Internet to identify them and learn their interests to...

Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories
2019-08-09 13:07

A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users' locations and stories.

Microsoft's new vulnerability tracking service is about IT productivity
2019-08-09 10:23

With so many threats and vulnerabilities to deal with, just knowing which actions you should prioritize can be hard. The new Threat & Vulnerability Management service from Microsoft should help.

AWDL flaws open Apple users to tracking, MitM, malware planting
2019-07-31 09:48

Vulnerabilities in Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL), the wireless protocol that underpins Apple’s AirPlay and AirDrop services, could allow attackers to track users in spite of MAC randomization,...