Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in
will arrive via Windows Update later this year Richi Jennings / Security Boulevard : Recall ‘Delayed Indefinitely’ — Microsoft Privacy Disaster is Cut from Copilot+ PCs Katie Bartlett / CNBC : Microso...
Researchers detail “aCropalypse”, a bug in Google Pixel's Markup fixed in March 2023, where some edited screenshots can be retroactively unredacted or uncropped
Screenshot recovery utility Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Pixel vulnerability that hits the Markup screenshot editing tool is potentially dangerous Emma Roth / The Verge : Google Pixel exploit reverses...
Some LastPass users say their master passwords were compromised and used in blocked login attempts from unknown IPs; LastPass blames “credential stuffing”
what to do Lee Mathews / Forbes : LastPass Users Warned After Suspicious Login Attempts From Strange Locations Chris Smith / BGR : LastPass says there's no data breach, so your passwords were not hack...
Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021, imposing a 15GB cap, but photos and documents uploaded before then will not count against cap
but Pixel owners get an exemption Babu Mohan / Android Central : Google's future Pixel phones won't offer unlimited Google Photos backups Mehreen Kasana / Input : Google Photos won't be free and unlim...
CERT-Bund discovers a serious vulnerability in VLC for Windows, Unix, and Linux that allows for remote code execution and hasn't been patched yet
but VideoLAN says it is not reproducible Firstpost Tech : VLC media player has a ‘critical’ security flaw that can let the hackers in Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Confusion about a rece...
Thoughts on why Chrome 69's forced login behavior is so bad: when Google silently changes its biggest user-facing privacy option, it risks burning users' trust
Here's What to Do About It Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Google Chrome 69 doesn't automatically track your history when you log in to Google services Andrii Degeler / Engadget : Google is quietly logging ...
Web Of Trust browser add-on, downloaded over 140M times, pulled from Mozilla, Chrome, Opera add-on stores after it was caught selling users' browsing histories
Uninstall It Now Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Mozilla and Google remove WOT extension from Store Lee Mathews / Forbes : Web Of Trust Browser Add-On Blasted For Breaking User Trust Vlad ...
Microsoft explains data collection practices, says Windows 10 doesn't infringe on user privacy
In today's connected world … Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Microsoft reaffirms privacy commitment, but Windows will keep collecting data Steve Dent / Engadget : Microsoft promises that Windows 10 does...
Kim Dotcom no longer involved with Mega, plans to create open-source, non-profit competitor
Open Source This Time Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : File Hoster Mega not secure anymore? Jessica Conditt / Engadget : Kim Dotcom promises to launch an open-source competitor to Mega (upd...
Microsoft updates Windows Defender, its onboard anti-virus software, to remove the Superfish software that was pre-installed on many Lenovo computers
While Lenovo Stumbles And Superfish Remains Silent Center for Democracy & Technology : Is Breaking Web Encryption Legal? Simon Phipps / InfoWorld : Lenovo: ‘We were as surprised as you’ — In an excl...