Over 70% of websites share your personal data – even if you don’t consent
More than 7 out of 10 of the most visited websites share your personal data with third parties – even when you explicitly withdraw your consent. This is the worrying…
Quishing is the QR code scam you need to watch out for
Banks and regulators have warned of the growing risk of quishing A type of phishing that uses fraudulent QR codes to steal information These malicious links aren’t easily recognized by…
Give Meta my face recognition data? I’d rather lose my Instagram account
Meta has just announced plans to bring back facial recognition technology to Facebook and Instagram. This time it’s a security measure to help combat “celeb-bait” scams and restore access to…
Beware, Facebook and Instagram are the worst social media for your privacy
Update: On October 4, 2024, we made some edits as LinkedIn reached out following some corrections made to the report by Incogni. As per the new ranking, LinkedIn isn’t one…
The EU still wants to scan your private chats – here’s what you can do about it
The controversial EU proposal to scan citizens’ private communications on the lookout for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is back on regulators’ agenda. Hungary, the country that now heads the…
Predator spyware is still active and more difficult to track – here’s how to stay safe
After going quiet for a few months amid public exposure and US sanctions, the Predator spyware is back and is even better to evade detection. This is the worrying revelation…
If we want to still have privacy, we need to ban spyware
Three years have passed since the Pegasus scandal first broke into the public. Yet, we still haven’t fixed the surveillance industry. Quite the opposite, actually: the spyware problem keeps getting…
Forget pay to view, pay for privacy is the latest problem for people online
It was a cold Parisian day in 1948 when privacy became a recognized human right. As our lives become increasingly digitalized, new laws have popped up across the world to…
Beware, travel apps are hungry for your data – here’s how to protect your privacy
As you’re getting ready to hit the beach or travel to the Paris Olympics, beware: travel applications are among the most data-hungry and privacy-unfriendly apps. Cybersecurity experts at NordVPN, one…
The EU wants to scan your WhatsApp chats—and privacy experts are furious
On Thursday, June 20, 2024, EU lawmakers are set to vote on a proposed law that, if it passes, would require tech companies to scan all your private messages on…