Google is facing a class action lawsuit for, the plaintiffs say, selling your data. The law firm that filed the case knows a bit about these kind of lawsuits. The firm, Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP has previously won settlements in the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. The were part of the team […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Recover Some of the Colonial Pipeline Ransom The feds say that they recovered most of the Bitcoin paid as ransom, but because the price of Bitcoin is in a slump, it is only worth about $2 million. The feds say that they acquired the private key to the Bitcoin wallet and transferred 63 Bitcoin […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Attackers have figured out that x-rated phishing attacks are very successful. The number of attacks are up almost by a factor of 10. In part, it is designed to shock people. If you open an email or visit a web site and when you do, some x-rated content, most people freak out. THAT IS EXACTLY […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Facebook Says: Give Us Your Data or Pay For Facebook That is a slight paraphrase, but not much. In light of Apple’s new requirement to ask users for their permission to steal their data, Facebook and others are mounting a full assault on their users. First of all, Facebook grossed $26 billion in the first […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Ever see a scene in the movies where the cops (or the bad guys) plant a tracking device on someone and later catch the person doing something? Ever hear stories about an ex stalking his or her former partner? Well Apple just made that ‘affordable’. Probably too affordable. And folks have already tested it. Like […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If you were using your phone and visited a web site when a message popped up that said something like “we want to sell your data to anyone we want and you get nothing for that – do we have your permission to do that?” – what would your answer be? Well, if you are […]
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