Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?
With governments demanding actual age verification on websites with adult content, and platforms like social media and Roblox introducing restrictions...
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iPhone vs Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online
The smartphone wars have a winner, and it’s Android. No, this isn’t about which device has the best camera, the...
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AI-generated image watermarks can be easily removed, say researchers
Now that AI can make fake images that look real, how can we know what’s legitimate and what isn’t? One...
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Proton launches Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot
Proton, known for its privacy focused set of services, announced the introduction of Lumo, a privacy-first Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot....
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Startup takes personal data stolen by malware and sells it on to other companies
A tech startup is using personal data stolen by infostealer malware that it has found on the dark web, and...
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‘Car crash victim’ calls mother for help and $15K bail money. But it’s an AI voice scam
A woman in Florida was tricked into giving thousands of dollars to a scammer after her daughter’s voice was AI-cloned...
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“Ring cameras hacked”? Amazon says no, users not so sure
In the last week, countless Amazon Ring users on TikTok, Reddit, and X have been saying they believe their Ring...
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A week in security (July 14 – July 20)
July 18, 2025 – Meta executives settled a shareholders’ lawsuit alleging continuous disregard of privacy regulations for the price of...
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Meta execs pay the pain away with $8 billion privacy settlement
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and several other members of the social media giant’s top brass agreed to settle increasingly heated...
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Meta AI chatbot bug could have allowed anyone to see private conversations
A researcher has disclosed to TechCrunch that he received a $10,000 bounty for reporting a bug that let anyone access...
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Adoption agency leaks over a million records
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a publicly accessible database online that contained highly personal information from an adoption agency. Jeremiah,...
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WeTransfer walks back clause that said it would train AI on your files
File sharing site WeTransfer has rolled back language that allowed it to train machine learning models on any files that...
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