Latest Privacy news

Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 04:44 PM
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Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data

A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called "Hot Pixels," which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target's browser and infer the navigation history.
- Bill Toulas
- May 27, 2023
- 10:08 AM
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Apple blocked 1.7 million apps for privacy, security issues in 2022

Apple's App Store team prevented more than $2 billion in transactions tagged as potentially fraudulent and blocked almost 1.7 million app submissions for privacy, security, and content policy violations in 2022.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 16, 2023
- 02:06 PM
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Parental control app with 5 million downloads vulnerable to attacks

Kiddowares 'Parental Control - Kids Place' app for Android is impacted by multiple vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to upload arbitrary files on protected devices, steal user credentials, and allow children to bypass restrictions without the parents noticing.
- Bill Toulas
- May 16, 2023
- 09:44 AM
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WhatsApp now lets you lock chats with a password or fingerprint

Meta is now rolling out 'Chat Lock,' a new WhatsApp privacy feature allowing users to block others from accessing their most personal conversations.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 15, 2023
- 02:20 PM
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Brave unveils new "Forgetful Browsing" anti-tracking feature

The privacy-focused Brave Browser is introducing a new "Forgetful Browsing" feature that prevents sites from re-identifying you on subsequent visits.
- Bill Toulas
- May 14, 2023
- 10:14 AM
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Twitter rolls out encrypted DMs, but only for paying accounts

Twitter has launched its 'Encrypted Direct Messages' feature allowing paid Twitter Blue subscribers to send end-to-end encrypted messages to other users on the platform.
- Bill Toulas
- May 11, 2023
- 10:02 AM
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Twitter says 'security incident' exposed private Circle tweets

Twitter disclosed that a 'security incident' caused private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to show publicly to users outside of the Circle.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 06, 2023
- 12:29 PM
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Apple and Google team up to fight Bluetooth tracker stalking

Apple and Google have joined forces to push for the adoption of new industry standards designed to put a stop to stalking via Bluetooth-enabled location-tracking devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 02, 2023
- 02:28 PM
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Windows 11 is getting a new 'Presence sensing' privacy setting

Windows 11 is getting a new privacy setting that allows users to control whether applications can detect when actively interacting with the device.
- Mayank Parmar
- April 13, 2023
- 02:19 PM
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For a limited time, you can get this Incogni Personal Information Removal Service one-year subscription currently on sale for just $77 (reg. $155).
- BleepingComputer Deals
- March 30, 2023
- 02:18 PM
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Microsoft fixes Acropalypse privacy bug in Windows 11 Snipping Tool

Microsoft is testing an updated version of the Windows 11 Snipping Tool that fixes a recently disclosed 'Acropalypse' privacy flaw that allows the partial restoration of cropped images.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 23, 2023
- 01:23 PM
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Windows 11 Snipping Tool privacy bug exposes cropped image content

A severe privacy flaw named 'acropalypse' has also been found to affect the Windows Snipping Tool, allowing people to partially recover content that was edited out of an image.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 21, 2023
- 05:32 PM
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Google Pixel flaw allowed recovery of redacted, cropped images

An 'Acropalypse' flaw in Google Pixel's Markup tool made it possible to partially recover edited or redacted screenshots and images, including those that have been cropped or had their contents masked, for the past five years.
- Bill Toulas
- March 20, 2023
- 10:54 AM
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Mozilla Firefox gets built-in Firefox Relay controls

Mozilla has announced the integration of Firefox Relay, an email protection system that helps users evade trackers and spammers, directly into the Firefox browser.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2023
- 05:50 PM
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DuckDuckGo launches AI-powered search query answering tool

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has launched the first beta version of DuckAssist, an AI-assisted feature that writes accurate summaries to answer users' search queries.
- Bill Toulas
- March 08, 2023
- 10:22 AM
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FTC to ban BetterHelp from sharing mental health data with advertisers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed to ban the online counseling service BetterHelp from sharing its customers' sensitive mental health data with advertising networks and marketers.
- Bill Toulas
- March 05, 2023
- 10:12 AM
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Brave Search launches AI-powered summarizer in search results

Brave Search has incorporated a new AI-powered tool named Summarizer, which gives a summarized answer to an inputted question before the rest of the search results.
- Bill Toulas
- March 03, 2023
- 11:46 AM
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Brave browser to block “open in app” prompts, pool-party attacks

Brave Software, the developer of the privacy-focused web browser, has announced some plants for the upcoming version 1.49 that will block everyday browsing annoyances like "open in app" prompts and add better protections against pool-party attacks,
- Bill Toulas
- February 24, 2023
- 04:38 AM
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Brave browser’s new Snowflake feature help bypass Tor blocks

Brave Browser version 1.47 was released yesterday, adding the Snowflake extension in the software's settings, enabling users to turn their devices into proxies that help users in censored countries connect to Tor.
- Bill Toulas
- January 14, 2023
- 10:28 AM
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