Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google
United States senator Maggie Hassan is pressing major data brokers after an investigation by The Markup/CalMatters and copublished by WIRED...
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Data Brokers Are Hiding Their Opt-Out Pages From Google Search
Data brokers are required by California law to provide ways for consumers to request their data be deleted. But good...
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What Does Palantir Actually Do?
In response to a detailed request for comment from WIRED, Palantir spokesperson Lisa Gordon said in a statement that the...
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Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats
It’s all part of the ongoing tussle between the cheat developers and games companies, which spend money on developing anti-cheat...
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How to Protect Yourself From Portable Point-of-Sale Scams
Considering the widespread use of contactless payment systems, it’s no surprise that portable point-of-sale thefts are making a comeback. This...
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A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor
Quantum computing is either a distant dream or an imminent reality depending on who you ask. And while much of...
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The US Court Records System Has Been Hacked
In response to recent cyberattacks, the federal judiciary said its been in the process of implementing new safeguards to address...
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Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World
The Trump administration’s radical changes to United States fiscal policy, foreign relations, and global strategy—combined with mass firings across the...
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Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds
Zhou added in his statement that Securam will be fixing the vulnerabilities Omo and Rowley found in future models of...
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A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data
Top streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ have made sustained investments over the years to lock their content down. Whenever...
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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
To hack the Halo 3C, they found that if they could connect to one over the network it was installed...
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Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers
The tables show the potential target jobs for IT workers. One sheet, which seemingly includes daily updates, lists job descriptions...
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