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Amazon Accuses Honey Extension of Being a Security Risk
Amazon issued warnings to its customers saying the Honey browser extension represents a security risk and should be uninstalled immediately.
New US Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines Keep AV Standards Voluntary
The U.S. announced a new set of guidelines for autonomous vehicles, and those guidelines were quickly criticized by safety advocates for lack of meaningful regulation.
New 'Shambles' Attack Against SHA-1 Shows It’s Finally Time to Ditch It
Researchers from France and Singapore showed that cheap chosen-prefix attacks against SHA-1 signatures are now possible, and that the attacks are getting cheaper every year.
Facebook Gives 'Privacy Checkup' its First Major Update Since 2014
Facebook gave its Privacy Checkup tool its first major update since 2014.
Cambridge Analytica Document Leak Exposes Mass Voter Manipulation
Brittany Kaiser has started leaking documents to the public that reveal the full breath and depth of the voter manipulation enabled by Cambridge Analytica in various countries.
HP Adds Tile Tracking, Updated Privacy Panel to Elite Dragonfly
G2 model will also offer 10th Gen Intel CPUs, 5G... eventually.
The 'BusKill' USB Cable Secures Your Laptop Against Thieves
A software engineer created BusKill, a custom USB cable that can trigger actions when it's removed from a Linux laptop.
The California Consumer Privacy Act Went Into Effect This Week
The California Consumer Privacy act went into effect January 1. The CCPA is like GDPR for California
