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FTC has banned stalkerware maker Spyfone and CEO Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance business after failing to protect customers’ devices from hackers and sharing info on their location and activity. Stalkerware tech allows third parties to monitor your mobile device without your knowledge and collect sensitive info related to your location and online activity, which can
Twitter Adds Safety Mode to Automatically Block Online Harassment Twitter has introduced today Safety Mode, a new feature that aims to block online harassment attempts and reduce disruptive interactions on the platform. Once enabled on a Twitter account, Safety Mode is designed to automatically and temporarily block users for seven days when using harmful language in replies, quote
Fired NY Credit Union Employee Nukes 21GB of Data In Revenge Juliana Barile, the former employee of a New York credit union, pleaded guilty to accessing the financial institution’s computer systems without authorization and destroying over 21 gigabytes of data in revenge after being fired.”In an act of revenge for being terminated, Barile surreptitiously accessed
Microsoft Kicks Unsupported PCs Out of Windows 11 Preview Program Microsoft is kicking unsupported Windows 11 devices out of the Windows 11 preview program without warning, even though it said that wouldn’t happen until the new Windows version was released. When Windows 11 was first announced, Microsoft released stricter minimum system requirements that required newer CPUs and