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119,000 Fake Shops Are Copying Real Brands, Down to the Photos
A network of about 119,000 fake online shops copies real brands, right down to the photos, and steals card details at checkout. How to…
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Those Ordinary-Looking Glasses May Be Filming You
Camera glasses look like normal spectacles, and the little recording light is easy to miss. In the Netherlands hundreds of women were filmed without…
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OpenCut: The Free Video Editor That Never Uploads Your Clip
OpenCut is a free, open-source video editor that runs in your browser and never uploads your clip.
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Your Car Knows Where You Drive. It Tells Advertisers.
A study of 21 cars and 30 car apps found that almost all send information to advertising companies, and that seven hand over the…
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You Opened the Recruiter’s Code Test. It Was Malware.
A recruiter sent a file to review instead of a link. Inside was a script that copied saved passwords out of the browser and…
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You Opened a Page About the New iPhone. That Was Enough.
A fake Apple page for the new iPhone Duo can reach into an out-of-date iPhone the moment it opens — no click needed. Here…
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You Let an AI Answer Your Messages. A Stranger Came to the Door.
Meta’s AI assistant answered a man’s Marketplace messages, agreed a price and sent a buyer to his home while he was out. What “Allow…
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You Paid for a New Phone. It Was Built From Used Parts.
Investigators say more than a million phones sold online as new were rebuilt from used parts in lookalike packaging. Seven arrests, 160 raids in…
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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…