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ChatGPT Was Used as a Hidden Channel to Pull Gmail Data Across Accounts
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (703+ words) By Nokka | September 11, 2026 Security researchers at Check Point found a flaw in ChatGPT that let an attacker pull data from a victim's Gmail through a hidden channel between supposedly isolated user accounts [1]. OpenAI has fixed it and shut down the…...
What does Santa Barbara’s SB Connect app know about you? Privacy questions put app under scrutiny
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (564+ words) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A City of Santa Barbara app designed to make it easier for residents to report problems around town is facing new questions about transparency and data privacy. SB Connect allows residents to report issues ranging from potholes…...
How LinkNYC Kiosks Log Your Phone as You Walk By
5+ day, 21+ min ago (158+ words) New York’s 7,500 LinkNYC kiosks log MAC addresses, GPS coordinates, and browsing data from passersby who never touch a screen A sensor grid at eye level is a different thing entirely from a camera mounted on a rooftop. According to NYCLU,…...
Check Your Phone Now: These 10 Data-Hungry Apps Are Secretly Tracking You
1+ week, 1+ day ago (592+ words) The chart embedded below is based on research conducted and reported by IT Asset Management Group (IT-AMG), a firm specializing in secure IT asset disposal and enterprise-grade IT equipment buyback. Earlier this year, the firm's research team analyzed privacy policies…...
Is your mobile data disappearing too fast?: Check what is secretly using your internet and 5 things to stop it
1+ week, 1+ day ago (637+ words) You barely watched a few videos, scrolled through Instagram for a while, and exchanged some WhatsApp messages, yet your mobile data is already running low. So, where is all that data going? For many smartphone users, the problem isn’t always…...
45% of Popular Mobile Apps Collect Browsing History, Including Social Media, Shopping, Messaging and AI Apps
1+ week, 4+ day ago (188+ words) In this study, Surfshark researchers examined how many popular mobile apps collect browsing history data. They selected 40 apps across four categories: generative AI, social media, e-commerce, and messaging, with 10 apps in each category. Most apps were selected using Cloudflare’s ranking…...
The most popular menstrual tracking apps share your reproductive health data with third-party companies
1+ week, 6+ day ago (321+ words) Applications for tracking the menstrual cycle do not offer the same level of privacy despite handling particularly sensitive health data. An analysis by the Mozilla Foundation places Euki and Clue as the options with the most guarantees and points out…...
ChatGPT connects two Google accounts, write access included
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (215+ words) OpenAI lists the feature as available worldwide on supported Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise plans, on web, desktop, iOS and Android. Free accounts and the Go plan do not appear in that list. For the calendar ChatGPT requests calendar.events,…...
One of Apple's Best Privacy Tools Was About to Become Much Easier for Websites to Defeat Until Angry iPhone Users Pushed Back
2+ week, 5+ day ago (512+ words) Gotechtor select and review products independently. When you purchase through our links, we may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Apple has reversed a planned change to its Hide My Email feature, confirming that the iCloud+ privacy tool will…...
How to mask your iPhone's 'advertising identifier,' and why you should
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (420+ words) Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Your iPhone has trouble keeping secrets. Thankfully, there's something you can do about it. What you do…...