[ad_1] The vulnerability could have resulted in TikTok users being sent messages containing malicious links. If clicked, attackers could take control of user accounts. Check Point also discovered a separate flaw, which allowed researchers to obtain personal information via TikTok’s website. Check Point made TikTok aware of these vulnerabilities on November 20th last year, and […]
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Brazil hits Facebook with $1.6 million Cambridge Analytica fine
[ad_1] According to Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security, data belonging to some 443,000 Brazilian users was used for “at the very least, questionable” purposes. Some estimates suggest that up to 87 million people were affected by Facebook’s improper use of data globally — mostly in the US. In the grand scheme of things, […]
Walmart’s Amazon attack plan could put 5G antennas, servers in stores
[ad_1] Now that Walmart and others are chasing Amazon’s convenience with shipping that’s nearly instantaneous, deep discounts for third parties and convenient in-store pickup of online orders, what’s next? According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Walmart might use its stores to go after AWS. Yes, you read that correctly. Apparently CEO Doug […]
Spotify recaps 10 years of pop music in ‘The Decade Wrapped’ podcast
[ad_1] The first three episodes of The Decade Wrapped are already available, and the remaining seven will be released daily starting on Tuesday. Overviews for each are already up on Spotify’s website, so if you’re curious, you can check out who came out on top and which songs listeners most frequently streamed. The decade saw […]
Google helped create a prison data map to shape reform policy
[ad_1] An organization called Vera believes the answer at least partly includes better, more accurate and transparent data on prison populations, which is likely what drew the interest of Google. Google.org, a division of the search giant that supports nonprofits by providing them with funding, technical expertise, tools and volunteers, helped Vera compile its latest […]
Oculus is rolling out its expanded social VR features
[ad_1] They include messaging with your Oculus pals, along with photo and video sharing and livestreaming to Facebook. You can create events to set up a time to play games with your buddies or arrange meetups, and form parties that all your Oculus friends can join (parties were invite-only until now). Your Facebook friends will […]
752,000 US birth certificate applications were exposed online
[ad_1] The applications include information like the applicant’s name, their date of birth, current home address, email and phone number. Additionally, they included other details about people’s lives, such as their previous address, the names of their family members and the reason they applied to get the documents in the first place. The cache includes […]
Amazon and the NFL team up to create a ‘Digital Athlete’ simulation
[ad_1] The platform will combine Amazon’s AI, machine learning and computer vision technologies with NFL’s data sets, which include info on player position, play type, equipment used, playing surface, player injury info and more. In the near-term, they hope to better treat and rehabilitate injuries, but in the future, they’ll use the Digital Athlete platform […]
The laws protecting our data are too weak
[ad_1] Professor Sandra Wachter is an expert in law, data and AI at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute. She says that every time your data is collected, “you leave something of yourself behind.” She added that anyone can use your online behavior to “infer very sensitive things about you,” like your ethnicity, gender, sexual […]
EU investigates Google data collection practices
[ad_1] We’ve asked Google for comment. In the past, it explained that it used data to improve its services and gave users controls to manage and delete their info. An investigation doesn’t necessarily guarantee the EU will file an antitrust case. However, officials have previously slapped Google with over €8 billion (about $8.8 billion) in […]