“T-Mobile had another data breach,” writes Slashdot reader motang. “This comes after the massive breach that affected millions of users this past summer.” According to Android Police, a small number of accounts had their data viewed by an unknown indiv…
DuckDuckGo Search Queries Grew 47% in 2021
“The privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo continues to grow rapidly, with the company now averaging over 100 million daily search queries and growing by almost 47% in 2021…” reports BleepingComputer:
In 2020, DuckDuckGo received 23.6 billion tot…
After Essential’s failure, OSOM plans a new privacy-first handset
Last year’s Essential implosion marked one of the most high-profile consumer electronics startup failures in recent memory. Launched in 2017 with $330 million, a killer pedigree and some truly grand ambitions, the company sputtered through a combination of industry issues, disappointment and troubling allegations against founder Andy Rubin. The brand was eventually purchased by Carl […]
EU clears Microsoft-Nuance without conditions
The European Union’s competition regulator has given the all-clear to Microsoft’s $19.7 billion purchase of transcription tech firm Nuance, which was announced earlier this year. The EU said today it has concluded there are no competition concerns for the region if the acquisition goes ahead, clearing it without conditions. The deal was notified to the […]
A Bluetooth bug in a popular at-home COVID-19 test could falsify results
A security researcher found a Bluetooth vulnerability in a popular at-home COVID-19 test allowing him to modify its results. F-Secure researcher Ken Gannon identified the since-fixed flaw in the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test, a self-administered antigen test that individuals can use to check to see if they have been infected with the virus. Rather than […]
Meta files federal lawsuit to uncover individuals running a phishing scam on its platforms
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced today that it has filed a federal lawsuit in California court to take action to uncover individuals running a phishing scam. The company says the legal action aims to disrupt phishing attacks that are designed to trick people into sharing their login credentials on fake login pages for Facebook, […]
Can Biden really crack down on tech monopolies?
There is still too much gray area in the rules to enforce antitrust law, but with a few changes to the approach, good intentions may lead to new policy, penalties and prosecution.
数百のホテルで提供されるゲスト用Wi-Fiシステムにセキュリティ上の欠陥発見 | TechCrunch Japan
あるセキュリティ研究者によると、世界の何百ものホテルがゲストにWi-Fiネットワークを提供し、管理するために利用しているインターネットゲートウェイには脆弱性があり、ゲストの個人情報を危険にさらしている。 Etizaz Mohsin（エティザズ・モーシン）氏が語ったところによると、Airangel製のHSMX Gatewayにはプレーン…
Security flaws found in a popular guest Wi-Fi system used in hundreds of hotels
A security researcher says an internet gateway used by hundreds of hotels to offer and manage their guest Wi-Fi networks has vulnerabilities that could put the personal information of their guests at risk. Etizaz Mohsin told TechCrunch that the Airangel HSMX Gateway contains hardcoded passwords that are “extremely easy to guess.” With those passwords, which […]
Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF, study suggests
New research examining what happens after Internet users in Europe land on an ad-supported website and express their “privacy choices” — using a flagship ad industry consent management platform which is supposed to allow them to control the types of ads they receive (i.e. non-tracking vs “personalized”) — has raised fresh questions over the IAB […]