Phone scamming kingpin gets 13 years for running “iSpoof” service
Site marketing video promised total anonymity, but that was a lie. 170 arrested already. Potentially 1000s more to follow.
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EU hits Meta with $1.3 billion fine for transferring European user data to the US
The European Union condemned Meta with a record $1.3 billion fine for transferring European user data to the US. The European Union fined Meta $1.3 billion for transferring user data to the US. This is the biggest fine since the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the European Union (EU) on May 25, 2018. In the […]
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Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US
By Kelvin Chan in London LONDON (AP) — The…
Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information
Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulationBusiness live – latest updatesFacebook’s owner, Meta, has been fined a record €1.2bn (£1bn) and ordered to suspend the transfer of user data from the EU to …
Facebook Parent Meta Hit With Record Fine for Transferring European User Data to US
The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic.
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The Threat Landscape: Emerging Viruses and Malware to Watch Out For in 2023
We’re Midway into 2023, and the threat landscape is evolving with new variants of viruses and malware that…
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Blacklist untrustworthy apps that peek behind your firewall
With an increasing number of endpoints and expanding attack surfaces, dodgy apps can offer a way around your firewall. Due to data privacy concerns, Montana has passed the first bill in the United States to ban TikTok. Previously, India has banned 59 C…
Freenet 2023: a Drop-in Decentralized Replacement for the Web – and More
Wikipedia describes Freenet as “a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication,” released in the year 2000. “Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke,” Wikipedia adds. (And in 2000 …
Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired
Prime minister says he is ‘very comfortable’ with controversial rules despite former business secretary’s admission of gerrymanderingRishi Sunak has defended new laws requiring voters to bring ID as “entirely reasonable” after Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested…
Neeva is Shutting Down Its Privacy-First, Ad-Free $4.95-a-Month Search Engine
Two years ago Slashdot covered “the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers” — with a $4.95 monthly subscription fee.
Today long-time Slashdot reader imcdona brings the news that “Neeva” is now shutting down. From Neeva’s announc…