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Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  

Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  
Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  
December 20, 2018  |  Amazon

A man in Germany was curious what Amazon’s Alexa had recorded in his home, so he contacted Amazon and asked to listen back to his...

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Facebook Shares Fall 7.3 Pct Post-DC Lawsuit
Facebook Shares Fall 7.3 Pct Post-DC Lawsuit
December 19, 2018  |  Facebook / Meta

With the news of a lawsuit against Facebook (FB) by prosecutors in the District of Columbia, the social media company’s shares slid significantly on Wednesday (Dec....

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UK Trials Facial Recognition Tech During The Holidays
UK Trials Facial Recognition Tech During The Holidays
December 18, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Police in the United Kingdom are planning to use facial recognition over the holidays in highly-populated areas to find criminals, according to reports. Get the...

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Will 5G Be Secure Enough During Early Deployments?
Will 5G Be Secure Enough During Early Deployments?
December 18, 2018  |  Mobile

As retailers, payments providers and consumers prepare for the coming 5G world, there remain concerns about how well that mobile network technology will protect consumer...

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Can Comic Books Boost Compliance And AML Efforts?
Can Comic Books Boost Compliance And AML Efforts?
December 18, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Comic books (along with their more sophisticated cousins, graphic novels) are treated not only as literature these days by fans and many scholars, but they...

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Twitter Stock Down As Worries Grow Over Hacking
Twitter Stock Down As Worries Grow Over Hacking
December 18, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Twitter, the microblogging website operator, saw its stock tank in trading on Tuesday (Dec. 18), after it said it was looking into unusual traffic that...

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Facebook Data Breach Fines Could Top $1B
Facebook Data Breach Fines Could Top $1B
December 16, 2018  |  Facebook / Meta

Facebook, the beleaguered social media giant that is facing intense scrutiny into its business practices, could be on the hook for a multibillion dollar fine,...

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Facebook: API Bug May Have Exposed 6.8 Million Users’ Photos
Facebook: API Bug May Have Exposed 6.8 Million Users’ Photos
December 14, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

A photo API bug may have affected 6.8 million Facebook users who gave permission for third-party apps to access their photos, according to a post...

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