Tag: security
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Major security flaw found in Mac / Linux “sudo” command
A new security flaw was recently discovered and patched for the well known “sudo” terminal program available on Mac, Linux & other Unix based systems.
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Facebook Dealing With More Privacy Concerns Over Their Portal TV Device
Last year Facebook introduced Portal; a video chat device that works with Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp & Alexa. During the product launch people were loudly voicing their concerns over privacy due to Facebook’s poor history. Now, Facebook wants to go a step further with Portal TV that lets you attach a camera to your existing TV.…
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Major Security Flaw Found in LastPass
LastPass, the most well known password manager recently released a big fix that prevents malicious websites from stealing passwords previously entered using their browser extension. Google Project Zero’s Tavis Ormandy found the flaw and revealed it to the company behind LastPass. Luckily, the vulnerability was found by Google’s team before it was in use by…
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Facebook Worried About New iOS Privacy Feature
In the coming weeks Apple plans to release an iOS update for iPhone that will alert users to apps collecting location data in the background. However, likely because of Facebooks negative privacy reputation they decided to head off potential revelations from Apple by making a blog post on how the Facebook app uses location data.…
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Best Privacy Web Browsers
Many of us suspected that the tech giants were funneling our private information directly to government agencies & third parties. However, there have been numerous news reports after the Edward Snowden revelations confirming this as fact. What can you do to protect your privacy? Well, a variety of things but in this article I’m going…