All five extensions discovered by McAfee behave with the web app manifest (“manifest.json” file), which dictates how the extension should behave on the system, loads a multifunctional script (B0.js) that sends the browsing data to a domain the attackers control (“langhort[.]com”).The data is delivered through via POST requests each time the user visits a new URL. The info reaching … Read more
Observer: “Probably to avoid answering questions about Facebook’s cover-up of the Cambridge Analytica data breach Facebook has settled for an undisclosed sum this case just days away from Mark Zuckerberg being cross-examined under oath for six hours.”
Oracle is an important part of the tracking and data industry. It has claimed to have amassed detailed dossiers on 5 billion people, and generates $42.4 billion in annual revenue. Oracle’s dossiers about people include names, home addresses, emails, purchases online and in the real world, physical movements in the real world, income, interests and … Read more
iOS Apps that have their own In-App Browser, but what does it do with your privacy? Does the app: – provide a button to open the currently shown link in the default browser?– inject JavaScript code into third party websites to modify its content? This includes adding tracking code (like inputs, text selections, taps, etc.), … Read more
African governments, large corporates, and tech entrepreneurs have embraced the West’s vision of a universal identity system. With support from the World Bank’s Identification for Development (ID4D) programme, governments across Africa have foisted elaborate and expensive biometric ID schemes on citizens and residents with little pushback from civil society. Both the World Bank and digital … Read more
The built in web browser of Meta for the iPhone Facebook and Instagram applications can collect far more information about users than they probably realize. It can “track every single interaction with external websites,” according to a developer.
Companies will be under increased pressure after Europe’s top court ruled they must apply special protections to data that firms previously didn’t consider sensitive such as health, religion, political views and sexual orientation. The European Court of Justice on Aug. 1 determined that public officials in Lithuania had their sensitive data revealed because their spouses’ … Read more
Amazon bought for $1.7 billion iRobot company with the smart vaccuum cleaner Roomba to get inside into your house. What else might be from Amazon in your house:– Echo smart speakers estimated 9.9 million units sold;– Video doorbell Ring which was bought for $1 billion;– Smart Camera Blink;– wi-fi company Eero. What can your derive … Read more
This study by Vivek Nair, Dwan Song (both of UC Berkeley) and Gonzalo Munilla Garrido (Technical University of Munich) sheds a light on the unprecedented privacy risks of the metaverse by showing how VR can be turned against its users and provides the first holistic framework for understanding intrusive data harvesting attacks in these emerging … Read more
European privacy regulators are very concerned about plans by the European Commission to oblige chat services and other tech companies to scan all messages and other content from users for child abuse and speak of a serious risk to the fundamental rights of 450 million Europeans. The proposal imposes obligations on providers, hosting services, communication … Read more