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Topic: Privacy · 3,802 stories

• WordPress Plugs Bug that Led to Google Indexing Some User Passwords (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-14 02:40 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 32 comments
• A Corporate-issued Laptop Stolen From a Lenovo Employee in September Contained Unencrypted Payroll Data on APAC Staff (theregister.co.uk)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-14 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the oops dept. · 65 comments
• Border Agents Fail To Delete Personal Data of Travelers After Electronic Searches, Watchdog Says (gizmodo.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-11 11:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the search-and-not-destroy dept. · 89 comments
• House Panel Issues Scathing Report On 'Entirely Preventable' Equifax Data Breach (thehill.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-10 10:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the day-late-and-a-dollar-short dept. · 75 comments
• Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-10 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 98 comments
• Facial Recognition Has To Be Regulated To Protect the Public, Says AI Report (technologyreview.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-06 13:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the safety-first dept. · 55 comments
• The Secret Service Wants To Test Facial Recognition Around the White House (theverge.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-04 13:25 · posted by BeauHD · from the subjects-of-interest dept. · 55 comments
• Marriott's Breach Response Is So Bad, Security Experts Are Filling In the Gaps (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-03 23:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the poor-responses dept. · 78 comments
• SKY Brasil Exposes 32 Million Customer Records
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-12-02 07:19 · posted by BeauHD · from the another-day-another-breach dept. · 19 comments
• Companies 'Can Sack Workers For Refusing To Use Fingerprint Scanners' (theguardian.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-30 06:10 · posted by msmash · from the setting-precedence dept. · 145 comments
• Marriott Says 500 million Starwood Guest Records Stolen in Massive Data Breach (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-30 02:50 · posted by msmash · from the Data-Breach dept. · 71 comments
• Real Life Ads Are Taking Scary Inspiration From Social Media (medium.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-28 04:50 · posted by msmash · from the watching-the-watchers dept. · 73 comments
• Customer Service Agents Might Be Able To See What You're Typing In Real Time (gizmodo.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-27 13:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the public-service-announcement dept. · 135 comments
• Urban Massage Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Comments On Its Creepy Clients (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-27 12:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the out-in-the-open dept. · 38 comments
• India-Based Zapr Has Developed Tech That Listens To Ambient Sounds Around Users To Build Targeted Ad Profiles, Several Popular Local Services Use Its Tech (factordaily.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-23 07:01 · posted by msmash · from the what-in-the-world dept. · 51 comments
• Amazon Has Emailed an Unspecified Number of Customers To Inform Them That Their Names and Addresses Were Disclosed by the Website, Blames 'Technical Error' (betanews.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-21 02:40 · posted by msmash · from the ooops dept. · 31 comments
• AWS Rolls Out New Security Feature To Prevent Accidental S3 Data Leaks (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-19 03:25 · posted by msmash · from the interesting-moves dept. · 32 comments
• How I Got Locked Out of the Chip Implanted In My Hand (vice.com)
  Hardware · Privacy · 2018-11-18 13:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the fat-fingering dept. · 106 comments
• More Companies Plan To Implant Microchips Into Their Employees' Hands (engadget.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-18 12:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the in-the-chips dept. · 337 comments
• A Leaky Database of SMS Text Messages Exposed Password Resets and Two-Factor Codes (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-16 06:00 · posted by msmash · from the security-woes dept. · 37 comments
• Fake Fingerprints Can Imitate Real Ones In Biometric Systems, Research Shows (theguardian.com)
  Science · Privacy · 2018-11-15 08:45 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 64 comments
• ProtonVPN Passes 1 Million Users and Launches on iOS (venturebeat.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-14 04:46 · posted by msmash · from the more-you-know dept. · 32 comments
• What Your Phone is Telling Wall Street (wsj.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-11 10:10 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 108 comments
• Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 Service Launches on Android and iOS (fastcompany.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-11 07:05 · posted by msmash · from the interesting-moves dept. · 105 comments
• The DEA and ICE Are Hiding Surveillance Cameras In Streetlights (qz.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-11-09 14:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the hide-and-seek dept. · 158 comments