Bryan HebertMysterious company with government ties plays key internet roleverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Joseph MennAn offshore company that is trusted by the major web browsers and other tech companies to vouch for the legitimacy of websites has connections to contractors for U.S. intelligence agencies and law enforcement, according to security researchers, documents and interviews. Google’s Chrome, Apple’s …
Bryan HebertTikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensForbes - Emily Baker-WhiteThe project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent. AChina-based team at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to use the TikTok app to monitor the personal location of some specific American …
Bryan HebertTikTok shares your data more than any other social media app — and it's unclear where it goes, study saysverified_publisherCNBC - Tom Huddleston Jr.Two of your social media apps could be collecting a lot of data on you — and you might not like what one of them is doing with it. That's according to …
Bryan HebertRevealed: US Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Dataverified_publisherVICE - Joseph CoxThe “Augury” platform includes highly sensitive network data that Team Cymru, a private company, is selling to the military. “It’s everything. There’s nothing else to capture except the smell of electricity,” one cybersecurity expert said. Multiple branches of the U.S. military have bought access to …
Bryan HebertThis Google tool lets you remove your personal info from search results — here's howLaptop Magazine - Sean RileyDuring the Google I/O 2022 conference in May 2022, the search giant unveiled a new tool that lets people remove their personal info from Google …
Bryan HebertApple Just Killed the Password—for Real This TimeWired UK - Matt BurgessApple’s iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It’s only the beginning. Your passwords are terrible. Year …