Creating group email lists in Gmail streamlines your communication by allowing you to send messages to multiple recipients with ease. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to create groups, add contacts, and send emails while maintaining recipient privacy.
Malwarebytes offers a range of antivirus solutions for Windows, including a free scanner and premium plans with real-time protection. Its easy-to-use dashboard allows you to monitor your security status, while its browser extension shields you from malware-laden websites. Independent testing shows strong protection capabilities, and the premium plans include additional features such as identity theft insurance and VPN access. If you’re looking for comprehensive protection at a competitive price, Malwarebytes is a solid choice.
A major glitch in the Qantas app exposed the personal details of thousands of customers on Wednesday, causing widespread concern and prompting the airline to recommend logging out and back into their accounts. The issue, which has since been resolved, allowed frequent flyers to view other passengers’ names, flight plans, points, and boarding passes on the app.
The European Commission faces renewed pressure to reveal its interactions with private technology companies in developing a contentious proposal to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material. Concerns have been raised about potential influence by the tech industry on the Commission’s drafting of the legislation, which has sparked opposition from EU institutions and civil society groups. The EU’s ombudsman is investigating a complaint alleging a lack of transparency and has found preliminary evidence of maladministration by the Commission. The ombudsman urges the Commission to provide greater access to withheld documents, including correspondence with potential suppliers of CSAM-scanning technology.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined four major US wireless carriers a total of $200 million for illegally sharing and selling customers’ real-time location data without their consent. The fines, ranging from $12 million to $80 million, stem from an investigation that found the carriers sold access to customers’ location data to third-party companies, which resold the data to other companies without obtaining customer consent.
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union, this one targeting ChatGPT’s inability to correct misinformation it generates about individuals. The complaint, filed by privacy rights nonprofit noyb, alleges that ChatGPT violates the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs how personal data of regional users can be processed. The complaint follows similar actions in Italy and Poland, highlighting the growing regulatory scrutiny of generative AI tools in the EU.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued refunds totaling over $5.6 million to more than 117,000 Ring users as part of a settlement with the company over alleged privacy violations. The refunds stem from allegations that Ring allowed unauthorized access to customers’ video feeds and failed to implement adequate security measures against hackers.
The upcoming Android 15 focuses on enhancing your privacy and security. One notable addition is the ‘Enhanced Confirmation Mode’ (ECM), designed to strengthen app installation security. This feature collaborates with Android 13’s Restricted Settings to further protect your data, ensuring that sideloaded apps from unknown sources cannot access sensitive information like Accessibility and Notification Listener services.
President Joe Biden signed a bill on April 24th that would ban TikTok, the short-form video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, if the company doesn’t sell the platform off within a year. ByteDance has nine months from that date to divest itself from the app, with a potential three-month extension if the President is satisfied with its progress.
Google is experimenting with a new feature in the Google Photos Android app that would let users configure the trash retention time for deleted photos and videos. Currently, deleted items are kept in the trash for 60 days before being permanently deleted, but the new feature would allow users to extend or shorten this period. This could be useful for users who want a longer grace period to retrieve accidentally deleted items, or for privacy reasons who want to reduce the amount of time that deleted photos are stored on Google’s servers.
