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- Your Android Phone Could Have Stalkerware — Here's How to Remove It [techcrunch.com]
Have an Android device? You should know about the "consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location," creating "an ongoing problem for Android users." This guide can "help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy,Cocospy and Spyic, among others."
- Judge: US Gov't Violated Privacy Law by Disclosing Personal Data to DOGE [arstechnica.com]
"A federal judge today blocked DOGE from accessing personal data held by the US Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management (OPM). [The] ruling follows one... in a different court that blocked DOGE's access to Department of Treasury information." US District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland "granted a temporary restraining order that's in place until March 10," stating that "this continuing, unauthorized disclosure of the plaintiffs' sensitive personal information to DOGE affiliates is irreparable harm that money damages cannot rectify."
- Inside the Telegram Groups Doxing Women for Their Facebook Posts [wired.com]
Are We Dating the Same Guy, a group of Facebook forums created as "a space for women to share warnings about predatory men", is now being retaliated against in Telegram groups "sharing and circulating nonconsensual intimate images of women."
"Facebook forums act as the first point of contact, TikTok amplifies the rhetoric in publicly available videos, and Telegram is used to enable illicit activity. The result? A self-sustaining network of harassment that thrives on digital anonymity." This deep-dive piece warns that "without stronger regulation, online abuse will continue to evolve, adapting to new platforms and evading scrutiny."
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