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Messenger can warn you about sketchy links without knowing what you clicked

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Messenger can warn you about sketchy links without knowing what you clicked 2026-03-10 at 16:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta’s Advanced browsing protection (ABP) helps Messenger identify and warn users about potentially harmful websites they open from a chat. Malicious sites can try to steal passwords, collect personal information, or install malware. Advanced browsing protection (Source: […]

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Workers reviewing Meta Ray-Ban footage encounter users’ intimate moments

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Workers reviewing Meta Ray-Ban footage encounter users’ intimate moments 2026-03-05 at 08:17 By Sinisa Markovic Bank details and intimate moments captured without people realizing they are being recorded are the new privacy nightmare behind the latest tech fashion hit, Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. A joint investigation by Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten found that footage and

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Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues

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Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues 2026-03-02 at 18:31 By Sinisa Markovic The trend of integrating AI into digital platforms continues. In the latest Android beta release (2.26.9.4), the company has introduced a feature that allows users to organize their chat history with the help of Meta AI. Organize WhatsApp chats

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Android app uses Bluetooth signals to detect nearby smart glasses

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Android app uses Bluetooth signals to detect nearby smart glasses 2026-02-27 at 10:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec Smart glasses with built-in cameras are showing up in more public spaces, and a growing number of people want a way to know when one is nearby. An Android app called Nearby Glasses, developed by Yves Jeanrenaud, attempts to

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EU targets Meta over WhatsApp AI access restrictions

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EU targets Meta over WhatsApp AI access restrictions 2026-02-09 at 17:42 By Sinisa Markovic The European Commission believes Meta breached EU competition rules by blocking other AI assistants from accessing and interacting with users on WhatsApp. The case centers on a change Meta announced on 15 October 2025 to the WhatsApp Business Solution Terms. The

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Smart glasses are back, privacy issues included

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Smart glasses are back, privacy issues included 2026-02-05 at 09:11 By Sinisa Markovic AI smart glasses are the latest addition to fashion, and they include a camera, a microphone, AI, and privacy risks. After Google Glass failed to gain traction more than a decade ago, the category is seeing renewed interest as companies redesign the

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There was no data breach, Instagram says

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There was no data breach, Instagram says 2026-01-12 at 13:20 By Zeljka Zorz News of a possible Instagram data breach spread over the weekend after Malwarebytes reported that cybercriminals had stolen sensitive information from 17.5 million Instagram accounts, potentially leading to a surge in password reset requests. Users have been complaining last week about receiving

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed 2025-12-18 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Regulatory limits on explicit targeting have not stopped algorithmic profiling on the web. Ad optimization systems still adapt which ads appear based on users’ private attributes. At the same time, multimodal LLMs have lowered the barrier for

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Max-severity vulnerability in React, Node.js patched, update ASAP (CVE-2025-55182)

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Max-severity vulnerability in React, Node.js patched, update ASAP (CVE-2025-55182) 2025-12-04 at 14:32 By Zeljka Zorz A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) in React Server Components (RSC) may allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code exection on the application server, the React development team warned on Wednesday. The maximum-severity vulnerability was privately reported by Lachlan Davidson and has

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New observational auditing framework takes aim at machine learning privacy leaks

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New observational auditing framework takes aim at machine learning privacy leaks 2025-11-28 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Machine learning (ML) privacy concerns continue to surface, as audits show that models can reveal parts of the labels (the user’s choice, expressed preference, or the result of an action) used during training. A new research paper explores

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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025

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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 2025-11-18 at 17:31 By Eduard Kovacs The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million. The post Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys

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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Messaging service WhatsApp is launching passkey-encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android, allowing users to encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen-lock code. Backups have long been a weak link in messaging-security. Even if chats

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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says

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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says 2025-08-06 at 18:17 By Associated Press Meta linked these scams to a criminal scam center in Cambodia — and said it disrupted the campaign in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The post WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam

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Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Company Leaders

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Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Company Leaders 2025-07-18 at 10:04 By Associated Press A settlement has been reached in the class action brought by investors against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica incident, but details have not been shared. The post Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO

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Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over Facebook Privacy Violations

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Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over Facebook Privacy Violations 2025-07-17 at 13:43 By Associated Press An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The post Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over

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Users lack control as major AI platforms share personal info with third parties

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Users lack control as major AI platforms share personal info with third parties 2025-06-25 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Some of the most popular generative AI and large language model (LLM) platforms, from companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft, are collecting sensitive data and sharing it with unknown third parties, leaving users with limited

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents

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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents 2025-06-05 at 09:17 By Mirko Zorz Meta has released an open source AI tool called Automated Sensitive Document Classification. It was originally built for internal use and is designed to find sensitive information in documents and apply security labels automatically. The tool uses customizable classification rules

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks

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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks 2025-05-26 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz LlamaFirewall is a system-level security framework for LLM-powered applications, built with a modular design to support layered, adaptive defense. It is designed to mitigate a wide spectrum of AI agent security risks including jailbreaking and indirect prompt injection,

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AutoPatchBench: Meta’s new way to test AI bug fixing tools

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AutoPatchBench: Meta’s new way to test AI bug fixing tools 2025-05-21 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz AutoPatchBench is a new benchmark that tests how well AI tools can fix code bugs. It focuses on C and C++ vulnerabilities found through fuzzing. The benchmark includes 136 real bugs and their verified fixes, taken from the ARVO

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