…it’s also slurping your location data in the background when you’re not even using the app. As in, “always.” Here’s how to opt out.
Honest but uncomplimentary reviews protected as Congress outlaws contract gag clauses
Lying is still illegal, mind you: it was never protected speech. Thus, the new Consumer Review Freedom Act doesn’t protect fake reviews.
Reddit To Crack Down On Abuse By Punishing Hundreds of 'Toxic Users'
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Social media website Reddit, known for its commitment to free speech, will crack down on online harassment by banning or suspending users who target others, starting with those who have directed abuse…
Trump Appoints Third Net Neutrality Critic To FCC Advisory Team
Last week, President-elect Donald Trump appointed two new advisers to his transition team that will oversee his FCC and telecommunications policy agenda. Trump has added a third adviser today who, like the other two advisers, is a staunch opponent of…
Firefox Zero-Day Can Be Used To Unmask Tor Browser Users
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Computerworld: A Firefox zero-day being used in the wild to target Tor users is using code that is nearly identical to what the FBI used in 2013 to unmask Tor-users. A Tor browser…
Twitters Says It Will Ban Trump If He Breaks Hate-Speech Rules
Twitter has made a serious effort as of late to limit hate speech on its social media site, especially after Election Day where “biased graffiti, assaults and other incidents have been reported in the news.” The company now faces President-elect…
British Film Institute To Digitize 100,000 Old TV Shows Before They Disappear
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Thousands of British TV programs are to be digitized before they are lost forever, the British Film Institute says. Anarchic children’s show Tiswas and The Basil Brush Show are among the programs…
New Cerber Variant Leverages Tor2Web Proxies, Google Redirects
Researchers have discovered that criminals behind the latest Cerber ransomware variant are leveraging Google redirects and Tor2Web proxies in a new and novel way to evade detection.
Tor Patched Against Zero Day Under Attack
The Tor Project has provided a browser update that patches a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild to de-anonymize Tor users.
Microsoft Silently Fixes Kernel Bug That Led to Chrome Sandbox Bypass
Microsoft appears to have silently fixed a two-year-old bug in in Windows Kernel Object Manager that could have allowed for the bypass of privileges in Google’s Chrome browser.