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For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy.

Web Security says there's nothing nefarious to its URL collection A security plug-in for the Firefox browser is under fire after users discovered it was collecting and uploading their online activity.…

Shock! It appears Google can track the location of anyone using some of its apps on Android or iPhone even when they’ve told it not to.

Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you've been. Google's support page on the subject states: "You can turn off...

With the rise of the industrial internet of things comes a far broader attack surface in the manufacturing sector. Chris Morales of Vectra outlines findings of a new report on cyberattack trends...

Inquiring lawmakers' minds want to know, for one thing, whether our mobile phones are actually listening to our conversations.

Just because a document isn't digital doesn't mean it doesn't contain metadata. Printed documents often have their own hidden details, and now German researchers have developed tools to help you...

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How Facebook and Google nudge users to make anti-privacy choices Facebook, Google and Microsoft use design techniques...

Did you know that nearly all modern color laser printers put tracking patterns of tiny yellow dots on each piece of paper they print? Most printer manufacturers include these yellow dot patterns,...

Whistleblowers, rejoice Beating the unique identifiers that printers can add to documents for security purposes is possible: you just need to add extra dots beyond those that security tools...