3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (688+ words) Scammers are abusing Meta’s copyright-reporting system to suspend people’s Instagram accounts and then hold them for ransom, according to the BBC. Criminals file fake copyright complaints with Instagram, claiming that an account is using material it doesn’t own. Repeated complaints…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (469+ words) Grindr has reportedly agreed to pay £26 million (around $35 million) to settle a UK privacy lawsuit alleging that it shared sensitive user data, including some users’ HIV status, with advertisers. The claim was brought by London law firm Austen Hays on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (563+ words) A new dark web platform called Nexus claimed to be selling 153 million driver’s license scans and millions of other identity and medical cards. The collection included more than 153 million driver’s licenses, 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 579,000 medical cards,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (374+ words) A two-year investigation into educational technology (EdTech) apps used by Utah schools found that many were collecting and sharing student data in ways that appeared inconsistent with their privacy commitments. EdTech is a massive commercial industry and some argue that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (460+ words) This week on the Lock and Code podcast… You will die. Your data will not. The afterlife of our information is a recent phenomenon, and some of the companies with the most to sort through are still just figuring it…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (532+ words) AliExpress, the online marketplace owned by Alibaba Group, has come under scrutiny after researchers and browser maker Brave reported finding silent Web Audio processing on the site that could help fingerprint visitors’ devices. The audio processing did not record people…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (407+ words) Heights Finance is a consumer lender that offers personal installment loans. Reportedly, the company filed a report with Texas regulators mentioning 734,828 affected people, though that figure should not automatically be read as a confirmed nationwide total, since Heights Finance operates…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (502+ words) Meta announced it’s rolling out a new feature for WhatsApp users in the fight against scammers. Scam Alert is an optional beta feature that uses an on-device machine-learning model to flag likely scam messages from people who are not in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (370+ words) Three WebKit mechanisms have been discovered to bypass Apple’s iCloud Private Relay. In fact, the mechanisms can bypass any browser‑level proxy configuration, including Psylo’s proxy, Tor-on-iOS proxy setups, and so on. Private Relay is a VPN-like system for Safari…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (690+ words) A scam is spreading through WhatsApp with the goal of taking over victims’ accounts entirely. It starts with a message that feels harmless and familiar. Someone—often a contact whose account has already been compromised—asks you to support a…...