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Amazon sent 1,700 audio recordings of Alexa user to a stranger
An Amazon customer in Germany under the European Union data protection law called GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requested…
December 21, 2018
Facebook gave Amazon, Netflix, Spotify & others access to private user data
Facebook allowed Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Microsoft, Yandex and Royal Bank of Canada unprecedented access to its users’ private data. The…
December 19, 2018
Facebook bug exposed private photos of 6.8M users to third-party developers
Another day, another privacy breach – This time, the social media giant Facebook has announced that a bug…
December 14, 2018
Personal & banking data of 120 million Brazilians leaked online
The Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas (CPFs) is a taxpayer registry identification for Brazilians – In this case, 120 million…
December 14, 2018
Apps on smartphones are selling and sharing our location data 24/7
It’s no surprise that the apps we download on our smartphones are tracking our movements and also transferring…
December 11, 2018
DuckDuckGo study claims Google Incognito searches are not private
Google offers customized search results even in Incognito Mode, study. DuckDuckGo claims that Google’s search results aren’t just…
December 7, 2018
Lenovo to pay $7.3m for installing adware in 750,000 laptops
In 2015, Beijing based laptop manufacturer and seemingly reliable technology company Lenovo made headlines that its 750,000 laptops…
November 28, 2018
iKeyMonitor Spy App for iPhone and Android: Best Remote Monitoring Tool
Nowadays, it has become a social rule to own a smartphone, and humanity has become more dependent on…
November 20, 2018
Shoddy security of popular smartwatch lets hackers access your child’s location
Smartwatches are generally considered safe to keep track of your kids when they are outside the home. However,…
November 16, 2018
5 Privacy Mistakes that Leave You Vulnerable Online
When news broke about Cambridge Analytica, the Internet went into a frenzy: “How could Facebook do this!” “Facebook…
November 14, 2018