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DeepSeek transferred user data without consent – Computerworld
DeepSeek has defended itself by saying that the data was passed on to improve the user experience, but this explanation is not accepted by South Korea’s data protection authority. The Chinese company also says it stopped forwarding the content starting April 10. DeepSeek is now being asked to immediately delete the data collected from South Korean users. Source link
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Microsoft Entra account lockouts caused by user token logging mishap
Microsoft confirms that the weekend Entra account lockouts were caused by the invalidation of short-lived user refresh tokens that were mistakenly logged into internal systems. On Saturday morning, numerous organizations reported that they began receiving Microsoft Entra alerts that accounts had leaked credentials, causing the accounts to be locked out automatically. Impacted customers initially thought the account lockouts were tied to the…
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Meta just revived plans to train AI models with European user data – here’s how you can opt out
Meta has confirmed plans to train AI models using European users’ public content and conversations with its Meta AI chatbot. Last year, Meta announced plans to train its AI on user data, but pressure from activists and regulators, as well as tighter data privacy laws in the EU, led it to pause that plan indefinitely. Meta also held back the…
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How to disable user account on Windows 11
To disable an account on Windows 11, open Command Prompt (Admin) and run the “net user “ACCOUNT” /active:no” command. Alternatively, in PowerShell (admin), run the “Disable-LocalUser -Name ACCOUNT” command. You can also disable local accounts on Windows 11 from Computer Management and the Settings app. On Windows 11, if you want to temporarily prevent a specific user from signing into…
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How to delete user accounts on Windows 11
On Windows 11, if your computer has multiple user accounts that are no longer needed, you can delete them in more than one way, and in this guide, I’ll explain how to complete this configuration. If you share a device with various users, you probably have configured a different account for each person so that they have their own space…
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Qualys discovers three bypasses of Ubuntu’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) says it has uncovered three flaws in Ubuntu’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions that could allow a local attacker to gain full administrative capabilities. Linux distributions generally allow unprivileged users to create namespaces that help in creating containers and additional sandboxing functionality for programs such as container runtimes, but that also creates a weak spot.…
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Exchange Online bug mistakenly quarantines user emails
Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online bug causing anti-spam systems to mistakenly quarantine some users’ emails. According to a new incident report added to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, the email issues started almost five hours ago, at 10:11 UTC. While the company has yet to share what regions are impacted, this Exchange Online incident has been tagged as a critical service issue tracked under EX1038119 on the…
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Mozilla is under fire for its updated Firefox user agreement – Computerworld
Mozilla last week updated the Firefox user agreement — something that normally does not provoke strong reactions. This time, however, the changes led to a wave of criticism, because some of the wording can be interpreted as giving Mozilla free rein to do whatever it wants with users’ data. In particular, the following paragraph has raised user ire: “When you…
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Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data
When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox. Source link
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How to restore the default location of user folders in Windows
Did you move the default user folders (Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc) somewhere else? Did you change your mind and want them back to their initial location? Have you set up OneDrive, and you noticed that it changed the location of your Documents folder? Do you want to restore the default folder locations for Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos, or other user…
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