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Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy
Let’s Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities. The decision to end the expiration notification email service was implemented as of June 4, 2025, but Let’s Encrypt has now communicated it via a blog post to raise awareness and prevent unexpected disruptions. Let’s…
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Facebook privacy settings: Make your profile unsearchable
Ever searched for your name on Facebook? It’s shockingly easy to find your profile online. That usually leads to the question: How do I make my Facebook profile unsearchable? The good news? Facebook has privacy settings to hide your profile from search. Privacy-conscious users often want to remain invisible in Facebook search results. Whether you’re a professional, an influencer, or…
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Why You Shouldn’t Panic About Gemini’s Privacy Changes
This week, Google sent an email to some Gemini users outlining changes in how the AI chatbot will interact with other Android apps, including Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities. Initially, the message was interpreted to mean that Gemini would potentially have more access to user data, but it turns out the update may not actually threaten privacy—and could in fact…
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Meta adds privacy feature to WhatsApp days after US House ban – Computerworld
Using genAI processing to summarize personal messages marks the first time Meta has applied Private Processing, Meta said. “We expect there will be others where the same or similar infrastructure might be beneficial in processing user requests,” the company explained. Meta last week added secure keys to Facebook messaging, which provides an extra authentication layer for users to access messages.…
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Chrome extension privacy promises undone by hardcoded secrets, leaky HTTP
From the extensions Guo mentioned, SEMRush Rank and PI Rank transmit users’ full browsing domains in plaintext to rank.trellian.com, effectively exposing their web activity. MSN New Tab/Homepage sends a persistent Machine ID, OS version, and extension version using an unencrypted SendPingDetails request, data that can be used to track users across sessions. Additionally, DualSafe Password Manager, while not leaking passwords,…
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How to maximize your privacy using Signal calls and chat
When I first started using Signal, I would connect with friends using our phone numbers. Now, I use Signal to find people to interview for stories, which is why some of my social media posts and articles include a note telling folks how they can reach me on the app. Needless to say, I’d rather not plaster my phone number…
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Texas’s New App Store Age Verification Law Has Serious Privacy Issues
Age verification is coming to app stores in Texas, meaning that users could soon be required to provide some form of identification in order to download anything from the Google Play and Apple App stores, regardless of the app’s content. Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which is set to take effect at…
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Bluetooth 6.1 enhances privacy with randomized RPA timing
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced Bluetooth Core Specification 6.1, bringing important improvements to the popular wireless communication protocol. One new feature highlighted in the latest release is the increased device privacy via randomized Resolvable Private Addresses (RPA) updates. “Randomizing the timing of address changes makes it much more difficult for third parties to track or correlate device…
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How to lock down your privacy in WhatsApp
The end-to-end encryption (E2EE) available on the WhatsApp messaging app gets you off to a good start when it comes to privacy and security. It means no one else — hackers, law enforcement, or Meta staff — can see your chats. Your stuff stays just between you and the person or persons you’re chatting with. On top of that, the…
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Five Ways to Protect Your Privacy When Using Smart Home Tech
We may earn a commission from links on this page. We might not live in a Jetsons-like future with robot maids and flying cars, but we do have the technology to transform our standard houses into futuristic smart homes. There are some very compelling reasons to do that, including having more control over your environment, increased automation for repeated tasks,…
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