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Gabbard Decries Britain’s Reported Demand for Apple to Provide Backdoor Access to Users’ Cloud Data

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Gabbard Decries Britain’s Reported Demand for Apple to Provide Backdoor Access to Users’ Cloud Data 2025-02-28 at 17:03 By Associated Press The Director of National Intelligence said such a demand would violate Americans’ rights and raise concerns about a foreign government pressuring a U.S.-based technology company. The post Gabbard Decries Britain’s Reported Demand for Apple […]

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Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor Demand

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Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor Demand 2025-02-21 at 17:56 By Ryan Naraine Apple says can no longer offer end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in the UK and insists it will never build a backdoor or master key. The post Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection for New UK Users Amid Backdoor

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How to secure Notes on iOS and macOS

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How to secure Notes on iOS and macOS 2025-02-21 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Apple allows you to lock your notes using your iPhone passcode or a separate password, ensuring your private information stays protected across all your Apple devices, including iOS and macOS. Whether you’re using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, here’s how

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iOS 18 settings to lock down your privacy and security

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iOS 18 settings to lock down your privacy and security 2025-02-19 at 18:04 By Help Net Security Enhancing your security and privacy on iOS 18 involves configuring various settings to control access to your personal data and device features. Here are 12 essential settings to consider. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) Using 2FA authentication adds an

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Unlocking OSINT: Top books to learn from

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Unlocking OSINT: Top books to learn from 2025-02-17 at 18:05 By Help Net Security Discover the top Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) books in this curated list. From investigative techniques to digital footprint analysis, these titles offer insights for security professionals, journalists, and researchers looking to master the art of gathering and analyzing publicly available data. Hunting

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Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI Apps Paused in South Korea Over Privacy Concerns

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Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI Apps Paused in South Korea Over Privacy Concerns 2025-02-17 at 13:33 By Associated Press DeepSeek has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns. The post Downloads of DeepSeek’s AI Apps Paused in South Korea Over Privacy Concerns appeared

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DeepSeek Exposes Major Cybersecurity Blind Spot

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DeepSeek Exposes Major Cybersecurity Blind Spot 2025-02-13 at 17:31 By Torsten George Millions of uninformed users have flocked to DeepSeek and share personal information without considering security or privacy risks. The post DeepSeek Exposes Major Cybersecurity Blind Spot appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this

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The UK’s secret iCloud backdoor request: A dangerous step toward Orwellian mass surveillance

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The UK’s secret iCloud backdoor request: A dangerous step toward Orwellian mass surveillance 2025-02-13 at 07:30 By Help Net Security The United Kingdom government has secretly requested that Apple build a backdoor into its iCloud service, granting the government unrestricted access to users’ private data. This revelation deeply concerns me – it is a blatant

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How to detect and disable Apple AirTags that might be tracking you

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How to detect and disable Apple AirTags that might be tracking you 2025-02-11 at 06:39 By Help Net Security Apple’s AirTags are a convenient way to track personal items like keys and bags, but they also raise concerns about unwanted tracking and stalking. To help users stay safe, Apple has implemented several anti-stalking protections, including

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Political campaigns struggle to balance AI personalization and voter privacy

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Political campaigns struggle to balance AI personalization and voter privacy 2025-02-10 at 07:05 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Mateusz Łabuz, researcher at the IFSH, discusses the balance between using AI for personalized political campaigns and protecting voter privacy. Łabuz also discusses the potential of AI in fact-checking, the regulatory landscape, and

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Evolving uses of tokenization to protect data

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Evolving uses of tokenization to protect data 2025-02-10 at 06:04 By Help Net Security Tokenization replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers or personal identifiers, with unique, non-sensitive tokens with no exploitable value. This method helps protect sensitive information by ensuring that the actual data is never stored or transmitted, reducing the risk of

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Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but…

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Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but… 2025-02-07 at 10:03 By Help Net Security The way we manage digital identity is fundamentally broken. The root of the problem lies in traditional, centralized identity models, where a single organization holds and controls a user’s credentials, creating an attractive target for attackers. The bigger the database, the

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How to customize Safari for private browsing on iOS

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How to customize Safari for private browsing on iOS 2025-02-06 at 06:04 By Help Net Security Apple’s Safari browser includes several features aimed at enhancing privacy while browsing the web. Two of the most notable privacy features are Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) and Private Browsing mode. Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) is

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8 steps to secure GenAI integration in financial services

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8 steps to secure GenAI integration in financial services 2025-02-04 at 07:00 By Help Net Security GenAI offers financial services institutions enormous opportunities, particularly in unstructured dataset analysis and management, but may also increase security risks, according to FS-ISAC. GenAI can organize oceans of information and retrieve insights from it that you can use to

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How to use iCloud Private Relay for enhanced privacy

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How to use iCloud Private Relay for enhanced privacy 2025-02-03 at 06:04 By Help Net Security iCloud Private Relay, included with an iCloud+ subscription, enhances your privacy while browsing the web in Safari. When this feature is enabled, the traffic leaving your iPhone is encrypted and routed through two separate internet relays. This ensures that

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Patient monitors with backdoor are sending info to China, CISA warns

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Patient monitors with backdoor are sending info to China, CISA warns 2025-01-31 at 14:03 By Zeljka Zorz Contec CMS8000, a patient monitor manufactured by a Chinese company, and Epsimed MN-120, which is the same monitor but relabeled, exfiltrate patients’ data to a hard-coded IP address and have a backdoor that can be used to download

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How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam

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How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam 2025-01-30 at 06:03 By Help Net Security Hide My Email is a service that comes with iCloud+, Apple’s subscription-based service. It allows users to generate one-time-use or reusable email addresses that forward messages to their personal inbox without ever revealing their actual email

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DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers

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DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers 2025-01-29 at 15:18 By Zeljka Zorz As US-based AI companies struggle with the news that the recently released Chinese-made open source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model performs as well as theirs for a fraction of the cost, users are rushing to try out DeepSeek’s AI tool. In the process, they

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How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking

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How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking 2025-01-27 at 06:03 By Help Net Security The App Privacy Report, which Apple introduced in iOS 15.2, allows users to monitor how apps access data and interact with third-party services. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the types of sensitive data accessed by

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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever

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Privacy professionals feel more stressed than ever 2025-01-22 at 06:38 By Help Net Security Despite progress made in privacy staffing and strategy alignment, privacy professionals are feeling increasingly stressed on the job within a complex compliance and risk landscape, according to new research from ISACA. Top three obstacles facing privacy programs ISACA’s State of Privacy

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