Researchers detail fundamental cryptography flaws in MEGA's end-to-end encryption scheme that could let the cloud storage service decipher stored files
Fundamental flaws uncovered in Mega's encryption scheme show service can read your data. — In the decade since larger … Source: MEGA: Malleable Encryption Goes Awry .
A TikTok moderator sues the company for an unsafe workplace that gave her PTSD; her lawyer says TikTok stopped her from working a day after the suit was filed
- A TikTok content moderator is suing the company, alleging it did not provide a safe workplace.
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products
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Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products
The social network is scaling back facial recognition, but similar technology could show up in the metaverse.
macOS is susceptible to running arbitrary code when a user opens a malicious .inetloc file, and Apple's first attempt to silently fix the issue failed
Security researchers disclosed today a new vulnerability in Apple's macOS Finder, which makes it possible for attackers to run arbitrary commands …
ProtonMail is under fire for disclosing a French activist's IP address to Swiss authorities; ProtonMail had claimed to only log IPs in “extreme criminal cases”
ProtonMail, a hosted email service with a focus on end-to-end encrypted communications, has been facing criticism …
FCC says Verizon spent the most during its 5G licenses auction, bidding $45.5B, followed by AT&T with $23.4B, and T-Mobile with $9.3B
- AT&T is second at $23 billion in bids, followed by T-Mobile — FCC releases results of so-called C-band airwaves sale
Chrome's overzealous approach to flagging downloads of newly created software as potential malware is stifling online distribution of indie and free software
Google has an undeniable monopoly on search, and a near-monopoly on web browsing software via Chrome and its forks. Tweets: @danaditomaso , @randomoracle , @byuu_san , @perpetualma...
Amazon debuts a medical speech transcription tool that works without human intervention and does not require explicit punctuation by users, like saying “comma”
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Attackers are mass-exploiting a vBulletin 5 vulnerability, now patched, allowing remote code execution, after an exploit was anonymously published Monday
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Filing: ICE will pay Cellebrite, an Israeli hacking tools vendor, between $30M to $35M over the next one to five years, more than ten times their 2017 contract
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