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You Told an AI Assistant About Your Health. A Tracker Got the Chat’s Title.
Nine popular AI assistants were tested, and six of them passed chat titles, links or prompts to advertising and analytics companies. Refusing cookies, paying,…
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The ‘Your Computer Is Infected’ Warning That Came From an Ordinary Ad
A fake virus warning can arrive through an ordinary Google ad, take over your screen and tell you to call a number. Here is…
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A Real Job Never Asks You to Open a Bank Account
Fake job ads offer home office work and easy money, then come for your ID or your bank account. A plain-language guide to spotting…
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Scan a QR Code for a Vote? That Tap Can Cost You 600 Euro
A WhatsApp message asks you to vote for a girl in a dance competition. The link wants your phone number, then a code or…
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You Ordered Firewood Online. The Truck Never Came.
Fake firewood and pellet shops take advance payments and deliver nothing. How to check a seller in two minutes, and what to do if…
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Germany Just Switched Off 9,304 Phone Numbers Used to Steal Savings
Germany switched off 9,304 phone numbers that scammers used to reach ordinary people. How the fake trading-platform call works, and what to check before…
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The Support Number in Your AI Answer May Belong to a Scammer
Criminals are planting fake customer service numbers so that AI answers on Google, ChatGPT and Gemini repeat them. Here is how to reach a…
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The Voice on the Phone Sounds Like Your Child. It Isn’t.
Police in Kiel reported a completed shock call this week: a fake officer, a daughter supposedly in an accident, and cash and gold handed…
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Why the Same Groceries Cost You More Than Your Neighbour
Shops can now set your grocery price from what they know about you. Seattle just banned it — here is what surveillance pricing is…