Security, Spoken

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How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme May 28, 2021

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The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors.

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WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In. Here’s What You Need to Know May 27, 2021

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Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes.

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What's Google FLoC? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy? May 26, 2021

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There's a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all.

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I’m Not a Robot! So Why Won’t Captchas Believe Me? May 25, 2021

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If clicking crosswalks makes your blood boil, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some tips that make solving those challenges way less frustrating.

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Twitter's Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable May 24, 2021

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Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.

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Google's Grand Plan to Eradicate Cookies Is Crumbling May 20, 2021

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Regulators in the EU and competitors have raised concerns about the company's proposals to rewrite the rules of online advertising.

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An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds May 19, 2021

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A task force counting Amazon, Cisco, and the FBI among its members has proposed a framework to solve one of cybersecurity's biggest problems. Good luck.

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Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin May 18, 2021

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The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him.

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The New iOS Update Lets You Stop Ads From Tracking You—So Do It May 17, 2021

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Facebook and other advertisers fought the move, but App Tracking Transparency is finally here.

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AirDrop Is Leaking Email Addresses and Phone Numbers May 14, 2021

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Apple has known about the flaw since 2019 but has yet to acknowledge or fix it.