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Exposing wrongdoing is risky on the best of days. Whistleblower Aid cofounder John Tye explains the extensive steps needed to keep people safe.

Researchers found that mobile applications contain keys that could provide access to both user information and private files from unconnected apps.

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code would launch a huge online privacy experiment. And it won’t just affect children.

Hackers can use Microsoft’s Power Automate to push out ransomware and key loggers—if they get machine access first.

Microsoft disclosed the flaw in the Android app’s deep link verification process, which has since been fixed.

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