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Fake Harvey Norman staff con Singapore victims of at least S$4.8m, say police
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Derry Township woman loses $5K in Secret Service scam
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Eugene man pleads guilty to defrauding property owners in coast townhome scheme
34+ min ago (293+ words) A 46-year-old Eugene man pleaded guilty Monday, Sept. 21, to wire fraud after falsely claiming his companies would build townhomes on vacant lots in Newport, federal prosecutors said. David Paul Williams in November 2020 entered into agreements with lot owners and was…...
What Texas' Flock Camera Freeze Means for Drivers
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (288+ words) The fight with Flock cameras continues in Texas. Last week, the Lone Star State decided to freeze installation of Flock cameras along all state roads. Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits allowing…...
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data
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Whoscall and Sour Bangkok turn the victims of missed calls into an anti-scam campaign
1+ hour ago (302+ words) Thailand’s scam-call epidemic has taught people a simple survival instinct: “if you don’t recognize the number, don’t answer.” And for years, caller ID apps have reinforced the same message: watch out for scam calls. It works against scammers. But it…...
Jameson Lopp launches interactive dashboard mapping 360 physical Bitcoin attacks worldwide
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (424+ words) Jameson Lopp, co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, has released an interactive dashboard documenting 360 known physical attacks on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency holders around the world. The tool transforms years of quietly maintained GitHub data into a visual map of…...
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data | WFRV Local 5 - Green Bay, Appleton
18+ hour, 41+ min ago (305+ words) Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully…...
Sheriff’s Office reconsidering use of Flock cameras
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (618+ words) Sheriff Morgan Ballis said Monday that he is not going to automatically renew the county's contract for the use of Flock cameras. The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office announced today, Monday, that it will not automatically renew its contract for the…...