by dbadmin | Jun 27, 2025 | News, Privacy
Texas House Bill 1181 requires age verification for users trying to access websites offering adult content. After lower courts ruled it unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has upheld the bill in a 6–3 ruling. States are now free to force websites to demand a copy of...
by dbadmin | Jun 9, 2025 | Google, News, Privacy
Google won’t intentionally reveal the name or phone number associated with an account, but a series of vulnerabilities made it possible for attackers to get just that. The company’s account recovery tools were hijacked to allow for brute forcing of the phone number....
by dbadmin | Jun 7, 2025 | Features, Privacy
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Have you ever shopped at an online store once, and then found yourself dealing with a constant influx of marketing spam emails for weeks and even months? Virtually every online service wants me to create an account just to...
by dbadmin | Mar 5, 2025 | News, Privacy
IMSI catchers, or “Stingrays,” pretend to be cell towers in order to gather data on nearby phones. So far, it’s been very difficult to know if you’ve been a victim of IMSI-catcher monitoring. The EFF’s new Rayhunter project uses a hacked mobile hotspot to attempt to...
by dbadmin | Feb 14, 2025 | Android, Apple iOS, Guides, Privacy
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Back in the day, any time a friend told me they thought their voice assistant might be secretly listening in on their private conversations, I was one of the people telling them it was all in their head. I’m certainly cynical...
by dbadmin | Jan 31, 2025 | Features, Privacy
Credit: Reddit user thevincentasteroid As the old saying goes, if something is free, you’re not the customer; you’re the product. It suggests that the only thing actually being sold is your data and engagement. True as that might be, paying with data or ads (instead...
