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Verizon overrides users’ opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history
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Verizon overrides users’ opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Scott Olson) Verizon is automatically enrolling customers in a new version of a program that scans mobile users’ browser histories—even when those same users previously opted out of the program when it had a different name. The carrier announced changes to its “Verizon Selects” program along with a new name...

Microsoft seizes domains used by “highly sophisticated” hackers in China
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Microsoft seizes domains used by “highly sophisticated” hackers in China

Enlarge / Computer chip with Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration. (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock) Microsoft said it has seized control of servers that a China-based hacking group was using to compromise targets that align with that country’s geopolitical interests. The hacking group, which Microsoft has dubbed Nickel, has been in Microsoft’s sights since at...