January 28, 2022

Coronavirus SMS scam offers home PCR testing devices – don’t fall for it!

Free home PCR devices would be technological marvels, and really useful, too. But there aren't any...

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April 12, 2021

Apple and Google block official UK COVID-19 app update

UK coronavirus app update apparently included "feature creep" that's explicitly prohibited by Apple's and Google's programming rules.

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March 23, 2021

Survey: Concerns about children’s online security increase during pandemic

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October 07, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare cybersecurity

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July 01, 2020

Google stops pushing scam ads on Americans searching for how to vote

No US entity charges citizens for registering to vote, but plenty of Google ads were happy to do so - and to grab your PII in the process.

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June 01, 2020

Facebook to verify identities on accounts that churn out viral posts

Hopefully it's a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.

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May 14, 2020

Woman stalked by sandwich server via her COVID-19 contact tracing info

She wanted a sub, not Facebook, Instagram and SMS come-ons from the guy who served her and intercepted her contact-tracing details.

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May 13, 2020

TikTok’s handling of child privacy gets another watchdog’s attention

Use of the kid-addicting, video-sharing app is exploding during lockdown, triggering yet another inquiry into how safe it is for young ones.

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May 07, 2020

Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers

In April, the company yanked 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups tied to eight influencer networks building fake engagement.

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