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Google’s new policy update cracks down on misleading anti-abortion ads

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 9:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


This week, Google announced its plans to crack down on misleading advertisements from anti-abortion groups that present themselves as abortion clinics online. Google updated its “Healthcare and medicines” policy after recent allegations that it provided $150,000 in free adverts to an anti-abortion group known for running misleading ads designed to discourage women from terminating their pregnancies. starting in june, ppl looking to advertise abortion services via google search will actually be *required* to disclose if they perform the procedure; this tiny change can cut out potentially hundreds of misleading pro-life crisis center ads https://t.co/VHGEiT5LOZ — shoshana wodinsky (@swodinsky) May 20,…

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55,000 Brazilians scammed out of $200M+ worth of fake cryptocurrency

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 9:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Brazilian cryptocurrency crime cartel has been shut down after conning over 55,000 investors for over $200 million. The cartel ran an unlicensed financial institution without authorization from Brazil’s Central Bank. The scammers claimed to offer cryptocurrency investments and promised investors 15-percent returns on their capital, local news Correio Do Povo reports. The Federal Revenue Service said the company had managed to raise around R$850 million ($210 million) by February 2019 from would-be investors. Authorities believe the number could actually be closer to R$1 billion ($248 million), though. The illegal operation has since been dismantled following a joint operation between…

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Google stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext for 14 years

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 8:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years. “This is a G Suite issue users only — no free consumer Google accounts were affected — and we are working with enterprise administrators to ensure that their users reset their passwords,” Google said in a blog post disclosing the security lapse. The internet giant failed to specify exactly how many customers were affected this way. However, it went on to stress that it didn’t find any…

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Google stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext for 14 years

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 8:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years. “This is a G Suite issue users only — no free consumer Google accounts were affected — and we are working with enterprise administrators to ensure that their users reset their passwords,” Google said in a blog post disclosing the security lapse. The internet giant failed to specify exactly how many customers were affected this way. However, it went on to stress that it didn’t find any…

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The privacy-focused Tor browser is now officially on Android

May22
by on May 22, 2019 at 8:28 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


After a long wait, privacy-focused browser Tor is finally on Android with a stable release. Last September, the Tor project team launched an alpha version to test the waters, but according to a new blog post, the browser is finally ready for action: Mobile browsing is increasing around the world, and in some parts, it is commonly the only way people access the internet. In these same areas, there is often heavy surveillance and censorship online, so we made it a priority to reach these users. The post noted that the browser might have some features missing from the desktop version, but it…

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