Category: profiles

A security breach opened up access to a genealogy site’s DNA profiles

Post author By Randall
Post date July 23, 2020
Categories In Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, dna, exposed, gear, gedmatch, genealogy, hackers, Law Enforcement, myheritage, News, police, profiles, Security, Tech, verogen

[ad_1] According to Verogen, the company that recently purchased GEDmatch, no user data was downloaded or compromised. But two days later, the genealogy website MyHeritage alerted users to a phishing scheme that targeted people who used both MyHeritage and GEDmatch. In a statement posted online, the company said it suspects the attackers may have gleaned […]

Amazon Prime Video finally introduces viewer profiles

Post author By Randall
Post date March 23, 2020
Categories In Amazon, amazon prime video, gear, Internet, prime video, profile, profiles, services, streaming, Tech

[ad_1] We’ve asked Amazon to be more specific about where profiles are available, although they’re already available in full across Android, iOS, 10th-generation or newer Fire tablets, current-gen Apple TV boxes and Chromecast. People in India also have full access on Fire TV devices. You can also use profiles on a basic level (no profile […]

The FBI plans more social media surveillance

Post author By Randall
Post date July 12, 2019
Categories In aclu, civil liberties, civil rights, crime, fbi, gear, government, Internet, monitoring, Politics, Privacy, profiles, Security, Social Media, surveillance, Tech, tomorrow, tool, trump administration

[ad_1] The tool would provide the FBI with access to the full social media profiles of persons-of-interest. That could include information like user IDs, emails, IP addresses and telephone numbers. The tool would also allow the FBI to track people based on location, enable persistent keyword monitoring and provide access to personal social media history. […]