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How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe
How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe
Academics have suggested that Apple's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be abused to create a global privacy nightmare. In a paper titled, "Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems," Erik Rye, a PhD student at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the US, and Dave Levin, associate professor at UMD, describe how the design of Apple's WPS facilitates mass surveillance, even of those not using Apple devices.
#theregister#EN#2024#Apple#Wi-Fi#Positioning#WPS#privacy#abused
·theregister.com·
How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System can be abused to track people around the globe
When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains
When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains
Cybersecurity has always been transient: what is deemed to be secure today, may be considered easily hackable tomorrow. Domain names in web and e-mail addresses, such as info@inti.io, are leased in time. This means that if nobody thinks of renewing them after they expire, they will be put up for sale. It made me wonder what would happen to the graveyard of cloud accounts attached to the e-mail addresses that once belonged to these expired domains.
#inti.io#EN#2024#privacy#expired#domains#research
·inti.io·
When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of onerep.com finds this company is operating out of Belarus and…
#krebsonsecurity#EN#2024#CEO#Onerep.com#People-Search#privacy
·krebsonsecurity.com·
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms
Google Chrome gets real-time phishing protection later this month
Google Chrome gets real-time phishing protection later this month
Google will roll out a Safe Browsing update later this month that will provide real-time malware and phishing protection to all Chrome users, without compromising their browsing privacy. The company launched Safe Browsing in 2005 to defend users against web phishing attacks and has since upgraded it to block malicious domains that push malware, unwanted software, and various social engineering schemes.
#bleepingcomputer#EN#2024#solution#Browsing#Phishing#Enhanced#Chrome#Google#Safe#Privacy#Safe-Browsing#browser
·bleepingcomputer.com·
Google Chrome gets real-time phishing protection later this month
Civil society complaint raises concern that LinkedIn is violating DSA ad targeting restrictions
Civil society complaint raises concern that LinkedIn is violating DSA ad targeting restrictions
On 26 February, EDRi and its partners Global Witness, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte and Bits of Freedom have submitted a complaint to the European Commission regarding a potential infringement of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Specifically, we have raised concerns that LinkedIn, a designated Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the DSA, infringes the DSA’s new prohibition of targeting online adverts based on profiling using sensitive categories of personal data such as sexuality, political opinions, or race.
#edri.org#EN#2024#LinkedIn#privacy#complaint#EU#European#Digital#Rights
·edri.org·
Civil society complaint raises concern that LinkedIn is violating DSA ad targeting restrictions