In Brief: Safari API bug that allows site tracking of browsing activity is identified by browser fingerprinting service
Researchers at FingerprintJS say the leak allows websites to learn what other sites are visited during a given session.
Researchers at FingerprintJS say the leak allows websites to learn what other sites are visited during a given session.
“Look, it’s Haley’s Comet!”…Britain’s PM Boris Johnson (who, it would seem should have enough COVID-party pr problems to not open this can of worms) has just hired the M&C Saatchi ad agency to launch a campaign to get the public to oppose end-to-end encryption following Facebook’s decision to encrypt its Messenger app. According to Rolling Stone, the planned media blitz is designed to make the public uneasy by claiming such encryption would diminish their ability to keep kids safe.
New rules would require notifying customers when data was left exposed in an “inadvertent” breach as well as when there are cyberattacks.
With only eight days left until President Trump’s executive order reprieve of TikTok expires, Pew Research reports that only 34% of U.S. adults now support a ban, down from 50% two years ago. The number that believe TikTok poses a security threat has dipped ten points over the same period. Support for the ban has also declined in both parties.