Thomas Kent

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  If You Rented a Car or Bought Weed Recently, Your License Is Likely for Sale on the Dark Web. Protect Your Identity Now

  A dark web treasure trove, built from routine ID checks at rental counters, hotels, and dispensaries.

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  Chrome Officially Kills The Internet's Favorite Ad Blocker. Here's What Experts Use Instead

  Google’s final Manifest V2 purge leaves Chrome users facing a noisier, more invasive web.

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  Yet Another Law Hiding Mandatory Age Verification Behind Child Safety Goes To Vote Tomorrow

  Congress’s RESET Act leaves major questions about age verification, data privacy, and enforcement unanswered.

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  Meta’s $18B Deal Excludes the AI Chatbots That Were Flirting With Teens Last Year

  Teens can keep talking to the AI through messaging features the settlement skipped entirely.

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  The Dark Side of Residential Proxies: Why the FBI Says Your Devices Are at Risk in 2026

  Free VPN apps, cheap streaming boxes, and pirated apps can quietly rent out your home internet connection. Here's how residential proxies work and how to check your devices.

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  Flock Logged 241 Searches a Cop Ran on His Ex After She Got a Restraining Order

  Police say Shively officer Asad Zahir kept monitoring the mother of his child while an Indiana protective order was in effect.

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  The Thief Who Stole Your iPhone Would Also Like Your Passcode, Please

  AnonyMousKIT feeds real stolen-device details to AI callers that pose as Apple Support.

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  We Got GTA 6 Phishing Scams Before We Got GTA 6 (Your Passwords Were Stolen If You Fell For It)

  The bogus download steals passwords and active browser sessions, potentially bypassing 2FA. Here’s how to shut down unauthorized access.

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  AliExpress Was Making Your Computer Play Sounds You Couldn't Hear to Track You. Here's How to Block It

  AliExpress quietly used silent audio processing to help fingerprint shoppers' devices. Here's how it worked and what you can do to block it.

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  9 Million Face Photos Were Left Exposed by a Site That Promised Privacy. Protect Yours Now

  You did not need a ClarityCheck account to appear in its unsecured database. Someone else could have uploaded your face without your knowledge.

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  ICE Poised To Get Easy Access to Mall Cameras Under Fast-Moving Shoplifting Bill

  A new bill could give ICE access to millions of retailer cameras without a warrant, raising fears of unprecedented mass surveillance and privacy violations.

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  The Real Accusation Buried in Meta's Lawsuit: They Were Tracking Your Children

  The platform is hungry for data to feed its algorithms, and your kids may have been on the menu.

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  Comcast's Strange New Router Feature is Sparking Privacy Debates

  Comcast’s camera-free security feature can detect activity inside your home and create records that may be shared without warning.

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  Worse Than Meta Glasses? Leaked Footage Shows AirPods Equipped With Cameras

  Apple wants its camera-equipped AirPods to remember what you see, but it hasn’t explained where those memories go or how you can erase them.

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  Why Is Discord Making You Verify Your Age? What the Face Scan Collects

  Discord's age verification can ask for a face scan or government ID. Here's what leaves your device, who handles it, and what parents should know.

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  AI Can Pinpoint Your Exact Location With Just One Vacation Photo

  Your harmless vacation pics, now part of a scammer’s script.

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  Bill Gates’ Daughter Caught Up In ‘Cookie Stuffing’ Controversy. Is Your Browser Exposed?

  Phoebe Gates’ shopping startup is accused of quietly claiming credit for online sales. Here’s how cookie stuffing works and what to check in your browser.

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  Chess.com Data Leak Exposes User Profile Data. See What’s Been Exposed This Time

  The leak offers a rare look at the hidden labels Chess.com uses to sort players for ads, trials and experiments.

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  Your Twitch Chat Trains Amazon's AI, Even If You Never Stream

  Viewers don’t control what happens to their own chat messages.

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  Why Is YouTube Asking Me To Verify My Age? Here's What Happens When YouTube's AI Is Wrong

  YouTube now estimates your age from your activity, and challenging its decision can mean sharing an ID, selfie, card, digital ID, or email address. Here’s what the AI's guess can cost you.

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  'Dystopian' London Underground Face Scanners To Expand Despite 530,000 Failed Scans

  The force scanned more than half a million faces, identified no wanted people, and falsely flagged one innocent traveler.