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May 27, 2021 • 7min
WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In. Here’s What You Need to Know
Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes.
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May 26, 2021 • 7min
What's Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all.
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May 25, 2021 • 12min
I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me?
If clicking crosswalks makes your blood boil, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some tips that make solving those challenges way less frustrating.
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May 24, 2021 • 6min
Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
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May 20, 2021 • 9min
Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling
Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising.
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May 19, 2021 • 6min
An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds
A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity's biggest problems. Good luck.
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May 18, 2021 • 7min
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin
The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him.
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May 17, 2021 • 6min
The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You—So Do It
Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here.
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May 14, 2021 • 7min
AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it.
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May 13, 2021 • 6min
Hackers Used ‘Mind-Blowing’ Bug to Sneak Past macOS Safeguards
The vulnerability was patched Monday, but hackers had already used it to spread malware.
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