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Even years later, Twitter doesn’t delete your direct messages social media privacy Article 587 words 4 votes
Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers Article 339 words 55 votes
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised Article 1296 words 21 votes
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Facebook uses its apps to track users it thinks could threaten employees and offices privacy Article 1797 words 6 votes
Kara Swisher’s live-tweeted interview with Jack Dorsey highlighted how difficult it is to follow a conversation on Twitter social media Article 839 words 10 votes
GPS uses ten bits to store the week. That means it runs out... oh heck – April 6, 2019 Article 513 words 32 votes
Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi app that can restrict women’s travel apple google Article 615 words 6 votes
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The ethical dilemma facing Silicon Valley’s next generation Article 5766 words, published Feb 6 2019 9 votes
Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned cyberwar test security.cyber Article 514 words 33 votes
Vulnerability in Android allows remote code execution by viewing a malicious PNG image android security Link 16 votes
Reddit raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation - interview with Steve Huffman social media Article 784 words 31 votes
Inside the secret Facebook war for Mormon hearts and minds - What happens when social media manipulation targets religious faith? facebook social media Article 3250 words 12 votes
Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking privacy apple Article 1130 words 23 votes
Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many: undercover efforts targeted at least four individuals who have raised questions about the use of an Israeli firm’s spyware Article 2228 words 8 votes
How all-knowing smartphones could become the Pentagon’s employee access cards security smartphones Article 414 words 9 votes
A profile of Alex Stamos, former security chief at Yahoo and Facebook who was at ground zero of major cyberattacks and Russian election interference facebook social media security.cyber Article 10 313 words 6 votes
Tim O'Reilly: The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy Article 9010 words, published Feb 5 2019 17 votes
Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years privacy Article 2864 words 10 votes
Patreon CEO says the company's generous business model is not sustainable as it sees rapid growth Article 337 words, published Jan 23 2019 36 votes
Online grocery shopping has been slow to catch on - We shop online for almost everything. Why not food? amazon internet Article 2753 words 11 votes
The Google Chrome team is developing tools, heuristics and warnings to help protect against deceptive URLs google browsers security internet Article 994 words 11 votes
The Knight Foundation commissioned a study to analyze bot accounts that spread fake news on Twitter. This is what they found. social media Link 13 votes