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Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.

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Are you an Amazon Ring user? Plaintiffs suing the company say they created unique passwords but were hacked anyway, and that Ring's devices lack widely adopted security and privacy precautions.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 20, 2020

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EU considers banning facial recognition technology in public spaces

The European Union is debating a potential ban on the use of facial recognition technologies in public areas which could last for five years, allowing lawmakers to catch up.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2020

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Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

GDPR? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?HA!Those laws aren’t doing squat to protect us from the digital marketing and adtech industry, according to a newreportfrom the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC).

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 16, 2020

What Is Fingerprinting and How Firefox Blocks It

Your data is worth more than you can imagine, and this is why advertisers turn to all kinds of tactics to collect information about you, including a method that is known as fingerprinting. Learn about fingerprinting and how Firefox blocks this privacy threat by default:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 10, 2020

Activists Worldwide Face Off Against Face Recognition: 2019 Year in Review

2019 has marked the year where activists worldwide have taken action against the use of privacy-threatening facial recognition technology in public spaces. Learn more:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 31, 2019

CCPA: Everything you need to know about California's new privacy law

The most sweeping data-privacy law in the country kicks in Jan. 1. The CCPA, short for the California Consumer Privacy Act, gives residents of the Golden State the right to learn what data companies collect about them. It also lets Californians ask companies to delete their data and not to sell it. Learn more about CCPA in a comprehensive CNet article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 27, 2019

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Tails 6.2 Improves Security, Expands Multilingual Support

Tails 6.0 Released with Critical Security Updates, Big Improvements

Tails 5.22 Released with Various Updates & Security Fixes

Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.

EU considers banning facial recognition technology in public spaces

Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

What Is Fingerprinting and How Firefox Blocks It

Activists Worldwide Face Off Against Face Recognition: 2019 Year in Review

CCPA: Everything you need to know about California's new privacy law

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