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“Enter your email” is a phrase we see all too often. With so much of the internet now requiring that you hand over your email address before using any services, you can still protect your privacy. (flipboard.social)
 

“Enter your email” is a phrase we see all too often. With so much of the internet now requiring that you hand over your email address before using any services, you can still protect your privacy. @AssociatedPress provides these pointers on the whys and hows of email masking:

https://flip.it/k20L9_

#Tech #Email #CyberSecurity #Internet

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Q-Day — the day someone builds a quantum computer that can crack the most widely used forms of encryption — could happen in the next decade according to cybersecurity experts. That means everything (flipboard.social)
 

Q-Day — the day someone builds a quantum computer that can crack the most widely used forms of encryption — could happen in the next decade according to cybersecurity experts. That means everything could become vulnerable, for everyone. @WIRED has the story. #Cybersecurity #QDay #Tech #Technology #DataPrivacy https://flip.it/stmSHG

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23andMe’s bankruptcy means that the company will be put up for sale, and there’s no way of knowing who is going to buy it, why they will be interested, and what will become of its millions of (flipboard.social)
 

23andMe’s bankruptcy means that the company will be put up for sale, and there’s no way of knowing who is going to buy it, why they will be interested, and what will become of its millions of customers’ DNA sequences. Read more at @404media. #23andMe #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/pFwYFl

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Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate (flipboard.social)
 

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate into its product. Read more at @404media. #ClearviewAI #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/XCU5t6

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In the chaos of the cuts carried out by DOGE, some federal workers say the Trump administration is failing to do even basic offboarding to safeguard sensitive information on their work devices. The (flipboard.social)
 

In the chaos of the cuts carried out by DOGE, some federal workers say the Trump administration is failing to do even basic offboarding to safeguard sensitive information on their work devices. The result is a situation that experts warn is leaving civil servants, the people they worked with, and U.S. government security at risk. Read more at @theverge (Subscription may be required). #DOGE #ElonMusk #Trump #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity #USAID https://flip.it/YlaLfe

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Google’s parent company has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a $32B deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz. @theverge has more. #Google #Alphabet #Cybersecurity #Wiz #Tech #Technology (flipboard.social)
 

Google’s parent company has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a $32B deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz. @theverge has more. #Google #Alphabet #Cybersecurity #Wiz #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/Tc8Isj

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Google's newest AI model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. @arstechnica asks: What could go wrong? #Google #AI #Gemeni #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology (flipboard.social)
 

Google's newest AI model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. @arstechnica@mastodon.social asks: What could go wrong? #Google #AI #Gemeni #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/afRE32

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ShadowDragon, a contractor for ICE and other government agencies, has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull an individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social (flipboard.social)
 

ShadowDragon, a contractor for ICE and other government agencies, has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull an individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social networks, apps, and services across the web. @404media has the story. #ICE #SocialMedia #ShadowDragon #Tech #Technology #CyberSecurity https://flip.it/Rjm1ZI

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Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack. Experts say it's too early to tell the cause. Read more at @CNN. #X (flipboard.social)
 

Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack. Experts say it's too early to tell the cause. Read more at @CNN. #X #Twiter #Cybersecurity #Cyberattack #ElonMusk https://flip.it/LM01E-

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A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer's network. Via @ArsTechnica. #Malware #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity (flipboard.social)
 

A 55-year-old software developer faces up to 10 years in prison for deploying malicious code that sabotaged his former employer's network. Via @ArsTechnica. #Malware #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity https://flip.it/QhHHuG

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Just two months into 2025, we’ve already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of people, setting up what could be a year unlike any we’ve seen. @Techcrunch breaks (flipboard.social)
 

Just two months into 2025, we’ve already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of people, setting up what could be a year unlike any we’ve seen. @Techcrunch breaks down each of the biggest breaches (Yes, DOGE’s access of U.S. federal government data makes the list):

https://flip.it/v0gym6

#Tech #CyberSecurity #Security #DataBreach #Data

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Around 200,000 private messages from one of the most dangerous cybercriminal groups, Black Basta, have been revealed. Researchers are expected to find tactics, targets and dynamics within the trove of (flipboard.social)
 

Around 200,000 private messages from one of the most dangerous cybercriminal groups, Black Basta, have been revealed. Researchers are expected to find tactics, targets and dynamics within the trove of internal communications.
@techspot@mastodon.social has more:

https://flip.it/nh6uYu

#CyberCrime #CyberSecurity #BlackBasta

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