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Firefox blocks ads from tracking you
Firefox has a new tool to stop websites from spying on you, going a step beyond typical private browsing settings. The new Tracking Protection …
Microsoft doesn’t see Windows 10’s mandatory data collection as a privacy risk
In the run-up to the launch of Windows 10 earlier this year, users noticed that Microsoft’s operating system would be collecting more data on …
Microsoft will let business users opt out of Windows 10 tracking
There has been at least a low hum of concern around new features in Windows 10 that send information back to Microsoft. The company …
Firefox’s tracker-killing private browsing mode hits beta
Mozilla’s all-new ”stealth mode” for Firefox is one step closer to becoming a standard feature of the popular web browser. The latest Firefox Beta …
Microsoft slips user-tracking tools into Windows 7, 8 amidst Windows 10 privacy storm
Windows 10 is a deliciously good operating system, all things considered, but its abundant user-tracking has prompted many privacy-minded individuals to stay pat with …
Use privacy software if you want to be safe from Facebook, warns watchdog
A Belgian watchdog has urged all Internet users to download privacy software specifically to shield themselves from Facebook’s grasp. The social network has been …
Facebook claims ‘a bug’ made it track nonusers
Facebook researchers have found “a bug” that caused it to track people, even if they had never visited its website, the social media giant …
After Superfish-Lenovo incident, Facebook probes larger issue of SSL-sniffing adware
Last week, PC maker Lenovo was called out for shipping laptops with adware, called “Superfish,” pre-installed – an incident that led Facebook to investigate …
Drug Dealers Swapping Down To Old Cellphones To Stay One Step Ahead In The ‘Tech Arms Race’
The FBI, along with seemingly every law enforcement agency in the country, wants a backdoor into every new, encrypted-by-default cellphone, arguing that without this, …
Stolen DJO Global laptop contained patient data
California-based medical device company DJO Global is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that a laptop computer containing some personal patient information was stolen …
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