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Facebook fixes a major bug; saves millions of Android Messenger users from getting spied
Samuel Walker
Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Facebook rooted a harmful bug that could have left millions of its Android Messenger users at risk of being spied.
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Sci-Hub tracks researchers using spyware; SNSI claims
Douglas Mabiria
Last Updated: November 18, 2020
The cyber intelligence firm that provides solutions between universities and publishers, Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI), unveils that Sci-Hub uses…
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Canadian government to amend privacy laws; bill legislation expected this week
Nwachukwu Glory
Last Updated: September 27, 2022
The federal government of Canada is on its way to its first major privacy legislation in decades. After the increasing…
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EU privacy activist group Noyb claims Apple tracks users, files two complaints
Nwachukwu Glory
Last Updated: November 17, 2020
Apple is up against a famous European advocate Maximilian Schrems. The Austrian privacy campaigner claims that the iPhone maker tracks…
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Google Accused of Data Breaches by Australia’s Consumer Watchdog
Ali Qamar
Last Updated: November 18, 2022
Australias Consumer Watchdog filed a case against the California-based company accusing the tech giant of misleading users on the collection…
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COVID-19 contact tracing applications are privacy snares, Defcon
Ali Qamar
Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Two Defcon security conference presentations find the apps launched by the governments consume an unjustifiable amount of data. This spring,…
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The European Union to Scrutinize Tiktok’s Privacy and Data Processing Practices
Mahrukh Rubab
Last Updated: September 27, 2022
The well known video-sharing application TikTok has fallen into hot water over security and privacy concerns, again. On Friday, June…
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