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How to securely erase your Android device in 3 simple steps

January 13, 2024 admin Android, google, Mobile, Security, small and medium business, smartphones

It’s an inevitable moment in the smartphone-owning cycle: the point at which a newer, shinier model comes along and your trusty old device is no longer needed.

Maybe your company bought you a new Android phone. Maybe your old one was getting too slow. Or maybe you just love electronics and couldn’t resist the lure of whatever eye-catching new Android gizmo your favorite manufacturer started selling.

Whatever the case, it’s common nowadays to find yourself with an extra phone. And while there are plenty of practical uses for an old Android device, there’s also a time when the best choice is to sell, donate, or otherwise pass it along.

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Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies

December 15, 2023 admin chrome, Do Not Track, floc, google, news, privacy, privacy sandbox, third party cookies, tracking protection

Google will soon roll out its Tracking Protection feature to some randomly chosen users in order to prepare for a full deployment.

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Malicious browser extensions in 2023 | Kaspersky official blog

December 15, 2023 admin accounts, Adware, Browsers, chrome, cryptocurrencies, extensions, google, passwords, Security, Threats

Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:59:36 +0000

Stealing cryptocurrency, hijacking accounts in games and social networks, manipulating search results, and other dirty tricks of malicious browser extensions in 2023.

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How to hack Android, macOS, iOS, and Linux through a Bluetooth vulnerability | Kaspersky official blog

December 11, 2023 admin Android, apple, Bluetooth, google, hacking, iOS, ipados, linux, MacOS, Security, Threats, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:22:47 +0000

A has researcher explained how Android, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Linux devices can be remotely hacked by exploiting a vulnerability in the Bluetooth protocol.

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Unused Gmail accounts head to the chopping block

November 30, 2023 admin email clients, google, internet, Security

It’s the last call to keep any Gmail accounts you haven’t used recently.

Beginning December 1, Google will start deleting accounts that have been inactive for two years, including all associated photos, Drive documents, contacts, emails, and calendar entries. The tech giant first announced this change in their inactivity policy in May.

Google confirmed to Computerworld that it’s proceeding with the deletion plan. “We plan to roll this out slowly and in phases, not all at once,” spokesperson Christa Muldoon said. “We’ll be starting with accounts that were created and never used.”

Separate Gmail accounts held by the same user under different names are also subject to deletion, Muldoon said.

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