Privacy & Policy
Tor Browser for Small Business: Operational Use and Policy Risks
Using Tor hides your location but creates forensic noise that makes your traffic stand out to network monitors and threat actors.
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Privacy & Policy
First-Party vs Third-Party Cookies: How to Choose the Right Tracking Method
First-party cookies persist longer in modern browsers, making them a more durable but privacy-intrusive alternative to blocked third-party trackers.
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Consent Management: Real Benefits and Hidden Costs
Consent management shifts liability to users but fails to stop data collection when legal bases other than consent apply.
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Social Media Privacy Breach: Immediate Response and Recovery Steps
Most recovery efforts fail because users prioritize deleting content over severing the technical links that allow the attacker to maintain access to your accounts.
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Spot Location Tracking: Signs of Silent GPS and Wi-Fi Monitoring
Background location tracking often hides in seemingly harmless app behaviors, draining battery and mapping your movements without explicit consent.
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New York Accuses TikTok of Providing Fake Safety Features to Minors in Latest Lawsuit
The state alleges the platform offered a placebo safeguard to children while designing the app to foster addictive usage patterns among young users.
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Driver wins $76 after ALP-led bogus traffic stop and drug search
A driver recovered $76 in damages after an automated license plate reader triggered an unlawful stop that led to a drug search.
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FTC probes Block over customer service failures for frozen Square accounts
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Block for potential consumer protection law violations regarding support for deactivated accounts.
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Apple and Prosser Trade Blame Over Trade Secret Lawsuit Delays
A joint status report reveals Apple is seeking more documents and another deposition as defendants criticize the company's case management.
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ICE Supervisor Accused of Excessive Force and Unlawful Arrests in NYC Shooting Case
Allegations against Brenden Cuni include tackling a pregnant woman and executing arrests later deemed unlawful by federal courts.
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Blockchain.com seeks CFTC approval for US crypto derivatives and event contracts
The digital asset platform aims to expand its prediction market offerings into the United States by seeking regulatory approval from the CFTC.
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Four US States Sue TP-Link Over Router Security and China Ties
Florida, Iowa, Montana, and Nebraska join Texas in legal action against TP-Link, alleging the company misled customers about security and its relationship with China.
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Surveillance firm Flock cuts staff amid growing privacy backlash
Flock Security is reducing its workforce as public and regulatory pressure mounts over its controversial data collection practices.
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Third-Party Cookies Gone: Incident Response and Recovery Steps
Execute precise containment and recovery steps when third-party cookie deprecation exposes tracking gaps or data leakage in your web properties.
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London court sentences crypto SIM-swap thief to two and a half years in prison
A 25-year-old man was jailed for his role in a SIM-swapping fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of nearly $260,000 in cryptocurrency.
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Google Launches EmbeddingGemma 2 for Privacy-First Multimodal Embedding
Google releases EmbeddingGemma 2, an open-source multimodal model optimized for privacy-centric applications and lightweight deployment.
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TP-Link faces state lawsuits and FCC sales ban over router security flaws
Four US states sue TP-Link while the FCC blocks new router sales pending an exemption request from the vendor.