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Brave browser will prevent websites from port scanning visitors

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We take a look at reports that Brave browser will prevent port scans of website visitors to keep them safe from tracking or other potentially malicious activities.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Apple warns that UK's Online Safety Bill puts people at 'greater risk'

Apple has raised its voice against a UK law that will dramatically undermine secure commerce and trust online, warning it could put UK citizens at risk.

And Apple is not alone. More than 80 civil society organizations, academics, and experts from 23 nations have warned against the UK government’s decision, which would turn the UK into the first democracy to require routine surveillance of people’s private chats.

The current UK government’s Online Safety Bill includes the power to force encrypted messaging tools such as WhatsApp, Signal, and iMessage to scan messages.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Software company accused of illegally profiling millions of mobile phone users

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A digital rights and privacy organization has filed a complaint against software company TeleSign for gathering and selling information on millions of mobile phone users.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

DNA testing company failed to protect sensitive genetic and health data, says FTC

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The FTC is going head to head with a DNA testing startup which left consumer data unsecured on Amazon buckets.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Former TikTok exec: Chinese Communist Party had “God mode” entry to US data

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A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has claimed in court documents that the Chinese Community Party (CCP) had access to TikTok data, despite the data being stored in the US.

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