Digital Privacy
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The Yaytseslav Scandal Exposes How Intimacy Became Monetized Content in Plain Sight
The story spread first through clips, then through argument. By the time officials reacted, the narrative had already hardened online.…
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Weak Password, Weaker Defense: Lessons from the Louvre Heist
Even the world’s most guarded museum fell to a password anyone could guess. The breach tells a larger story about…
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Global Surveillance Tracking Exposed Through Telecom Exploits and Celebrity-Level Targeting
For years, public debate on surveillance focused on names like Pegasus and Intellexa. What slipped through was First Wap, also…
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Apps
How Israeli Intelligence Apps in Your Phone Quietly Took Over the App Stores
Some of the world’s most downloaded mobile apps—used for gaming, image editing, transit, and call screening—are quietly tied to one…
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Privacy-Preserving or Platform Creep? What WhatsApp’s New Status Ads Say About Meta’s Monetization Strategy
When Meta announced the rollout of WhatsApp Status ads, it signaled more than just a new revenue stream. It marked…
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X Pauses Encrypted DMs, Raising Concerns Over Secure Messaging
X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, has declared that encrypted DMs are to be suspended indefinitely, with…
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CYBER SECURITY
Gemini Nano Powers Chrome AI Scam Protection—What It Means for Your Online Safety
Chrome AI scam protection feature is now live and is perhaps the boldest initiative yet toward secure browsing. Google revealed…
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Apple Rejects Kenyan Government’s Request to Unlock iPhones
Apple, a company that has notoriously brawled even with its local government on unlocking criminals’ iPhone, has handed the same…
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CYBER SECURITY
Facebook Continued to Share User Data With Developers Longer Than Promised
Facebook has come clean, saying they shared user data with third-party developers longer than they had promised. The US Social…
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CYBER SECURITY
Zoom Won’t Encrypt Calls For Free Users So Law Enforcement Agencies Can Have Access When Necessary
Early last month, Zoom acquired Keybase, a New York-based startup that provides a secure messaging and file-sharing service. The acquisition…
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CYBER SECURITY
Data of Thousands of Mount Kenya University Students Leaked Online in Hacker Forums, Report
A new report suggests that data of various Mount Kenya University students – both past and present – is being…
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Siri Continues To Tap into Your Conversations Despite Apple’s Apology, Whistle-blower Claims
Last year, Apple’s voice assistant Siri put the company under pressure for listening in on people’s conversations without consent, after…
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Apps
How Privacy-Focused Is Your Browser? This Study Finds Outs
Browsers are ubiquitous because we need them to navigate the web. But how does your browser deal with your data?…
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Social Media
Facebook Can Still Track You Even with Location Settings Off
Facebook can still track you even with your location settings off, the company admitted in a letter to US senators.…
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Firefox deepens privacy protection with default third-party cookie blocking
Dave Camp Firefox’s Senior Vice President in a blog post stated that “we feel that the time is right for…
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Protecting Privacy and Personal Data Key to Digital Economy in Africa, says Internet Society
The Internet Society and the African Union Commission has unveiled a new set of Guidelines that highlight how privacy protection…
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