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7M Venmo Transactions Scraped To Warn Users
7M Venmo Transactions Scraped To Warn Users
June 17, 2019  |  Safety and Security

A computer science student scraped seven million Venmo transactions to warn users that their public activity can still be stolen. Dan Salmon said he scraped...

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Facebook Kicked Out Of S&P Ethics Index
Facebook Kicked Out Of S&P Ethics Index
June 13, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Facebook has been removed from a list of companies that are indexed by S&P Dow Jones Indices as socially responsible, according to a report by...

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Zuckerberg Emails Could Link CEO To Privacy Issues
Zuckerberg Emails Could Link CEO To Privacy Issues
June 12, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there are emails sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that possibly link him to troublesome privacy issues at...

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Lawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law
Lawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law
June 11, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Efforts from lawmakers in the U.S. to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to agree on how...

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Microsoft Removes Facial Recognition Database From Internet
Microsoft Removes Facial Recognition Database From Internet
June 06, 2019  |  Biometrics

Microsoft has reportedly removed from the internet a database of 10 million faces which it had been using to train facial recognition systems. Get the...

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Amazon SVP On Alexa And The ‘Star Trek’ Connection
Amazon SVP On Alexa And The ‘Star Trek’ Connection
June 06, 2019  |  Amazon

Regulatory scrutiny is indeed coming to bear on big tech firms — along with increased attention on consumer privacy and use of data — but...

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Apple To Give Sign On With Apple More Prominence
Apple To Give Sign On With Apple More Prominence
June 05, 2019  |  Apple

Apple plans to make its “Sign on with Apple” button more prominent, asking developers to put it on top of buttons from Google and Facebook....

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Agency Says FBI’s Facial Recognition Tech Falls Short
Agency Says FBI’s Facial Recognition Tech Falls Short
June 04, 2019  |  Biometrics

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and members of congress say the FBI’s use of facial recognition technology isn’t private or accurate enough, according to a...

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Square Sends Receipts To Wrong Customers
Square Sends Receipts To Wrong Customers
June 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Square, the digital payments company that handles millions of transactions for consumers, sometimes sends the receipts to the wrong people, a situation chronicled in a...

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