DuckDuckGo has finally mostly cracked down on the third-party Microsoft tracking scripts that got the alternative search engine into hot water earlier this year.certain Microsoft trackers, while actively blocking other types of third-party trackers by Microsoft and other organizations, confirming findings by data-usage researcher Zach Edwards.
"For anyone who wants to avoid this, it's possible to disable ads in DuckDuckGo search settings," the biz said, adding that it is working on removing support for bat.bing.com with alternative non-profiling ad conversion tracking.Twitter confirms data stolen via privacy blunder "If someone submitted an email address or phone number to Twitter's systems, Twitter's systems would tell the person what Twitter account the submitted email addresses or phone number was associated with, if any," the micro-blogging bizThe flaw was addressed soon after it was disclosed via Twitter's bug bounty program in January, we're told.
Pegasus isn't restricted to Israel, either: NSO, the Israeli company that developed the spyware, has tried to downplay fears by saying it has sold Pegasus to fewer than 50 customers, at least five of which were, though. According to reports, Pegasus has been used to spy on political dissidents, journalists, and other government targets, including murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Cisco noted that external authentication is disabled by default, but warns users of its email appliances to double-check the settings to ensure they're not leaving equipment exposed.
More lies
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: VGC_News - 🏆 125. / 51 Read more »
Source: eurogamer - 🏆 68. / 61 Read more »
Source: TheRegister - 🏆 67. / 61 Read more »
Source: digitalspy - 🏆 56. / 63 Read more »
Source: eurogamer - 🏆 68. / 61 Read more »