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X Corp’s new biometric policy draws scrutiny amid privacy concerns

X Corp, the tech giant formerly known as Twitter, recently announced an update to its privacy policy, stating that the company will begin collecting biometric data from users for "safety, security and identification purposes".

New Twitter scam is stealing cryptocurrency

A new spam campaign is spreading across Twitter and is stealing cryptocurrency of affected users.

Twitter CSO resigns as challenges grow for Elon Musk

Lea Kissner, the chief security officer at Twitter, has resigned alongside a number of other key privacy and security executives.

Twitter warns of increasing government overreach of user info

Twitter has warned that governments globally are asking the firm to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at a heightening rate.

Twitter to pay $150m penalty for user privacy failures

Twitter will pay a $150m penalty due to allegations by federal regulations that the platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span.

Twitter hires new CISO after bitcoin hack

Twitter suffered an embarrassing hack attack in July that saw scammers compromise several high-profile accounts in a cryptocurrency scheme. Now the social media network has hired a new chief information security officer.

Fourth person investigated in Twitter bitcoin hack is only 16

A fourth suspect is reportedly being investigated in relation to the massive July Twitter hack that involved a huge bitcoin scam.

Bitcoin stakeholders worried Twitter scam puts the cryptocurrency in a bad...

After several high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised in a bitcoin scam, crypto traders worry that it will put the industry in a bad light.

Face-scanning company Clearview AI sued for scraping public pictures from social...

Lawyers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Clearview AI for scraping public pictures to create its facial recognition software.

Clearview AI scraped billions of public pictures to create its facial...

Three of the biggest tech companies in the US have sent cease-and-desist letters to Clearview AI after the Australian startup scraped their platforms for pictures for its facial recognition software.

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