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TechRepublic: “Having an email inbox full of read, unneeded messages can cause problems, especially in the Gmail mobile app. When you have thousands of emails, the Gmail app search function can get bogged down. In addition, all those obsolete emails require storage space, and soon, Gmail will force you to delete emails to free up …
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is a guide to protecting yourself from electronic surveillance for people all over the world. Some aspects of this …
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 23, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …
The New York Times [no paywall]: “Losing a smartphone or tablet stuffed with your life’s details can be a nightmare, but your privacy may also be at risk in less obvious situations — like if you leave your unlocked phone unattended or if the children know your tablet’s passcode. While apps for financial or medical …
The New York Times [free article] – “Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as often as possible…How Google developed this distrustful culture was pieced together from hundreds of documents and exhibits, as well as witness testimony, in three antitrust trials against the …
MakeUseOf: “Phishing emails are no longer exclusively sent by Nigerian princes needing financial assistance. Scammers are now tech-savvy criminals who leverage state-of-the-art tools to con their victims. But it’s not like they’re the only ones with an arsenal of tools to pull from. Most phishing emails will send you attached files and links or try …
MakeUseOf: “Most people receive a lot of spam emails, calls, and other messages daily. These usually represent some phishing attempt and try as you might, you’ll likely accidentally put yourself in a sketchy position eventually—it’s not your fault; it happens to everyone. If you get phished, it’s important not to worry too much. While it’s …
Lifehacker – “Like the Metaverse and NFTs before it, it feels near impossible to follow tech news right now without hearing about AI. I understand it can get annoying: The tech is still in development, and everyone’s still figuring out the ethics of generating AI Art, or how to make it not suck. Then, there …
ProPublica: “For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives. Those operatives, in turn, secretly employed the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians running for Congress and the White House, a ProPublica investigation has found. The clandestine sharing of gun buyers’ …
The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via email? In Basecamp? How do we keep everyone in the loop without everyone getting tangled in everyone else’s business? It’s all in here. Rules of thumb, and general philosophy – Below you’ll find a collection of general …
New Gmail Security Alert For 2.5 Billion Users As AI Hack Confirmed – Sam Mitrovic: “This is a story of a super realistic AI scam call that could trick a vast number of people. Don’t be one of them. Read on. The Scam: How It Works. Recently I received a notification to approve a Gmail account …
“hi, i’m daniel. i’m a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here’s the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies: say hello to zendesk – If you’ve spent some time online, you’ve probably come …
