May 15, 2023

Zut alors! Raclage crapuleux! Clearview AI in 20% more trouble in France

We asked you once, we told you twice, now we're ordering you for the third time...

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November 30, 2022

Serious Security: MD5 considered harmful – to the tune of $600,000

It's not just the hashing, by the way. It's the salting and the stretching, too!

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October 08, 2019

Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

It's coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator's protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.

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September 25, 2019

Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they're European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.

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January 29, 2019

Credential-stuffing attack prompts Dailymotion password reset

Dailymotion is resetting the account passwords of an unknown number of users after being hit by a “large-scale” credential stuffing attack.

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January 23, 2019

Google fined $57m for data protection violations

In a landmark ruling, France’s data protection commissioner has fined Google 50 million Euros (around $57m) for violating Europe’s privacy laws.

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December 20, 2017

WhatsApp and Facebook told to stop sharing data

Whatsapp will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for "business intelligence" purposes with Facebook if it doesn't comply

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December 06, 2017

Cayla doll too eavesdroppy to put under the Christmas tree, says France

That Bluetooth Cayla doll and i-Que surveillance robot can be taken over by any creep within 9 meters who wants to talk to your kid.

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July 21, 2016

Microsoft given 3 months to fix Windows 10 security and privacy

The privacy watchdog says the OS is gobbling excessive data, snooping on browsing without user consent, and weakening security by not limiting PIN entries.

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