European police chiefs, backed by Europol, voiced strong concerns over the deployment of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) across digital communication platforms, specifically those announced recently by Meta, concerning Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Europol fears these privacy measures could severely hamper law enforcement’s capability to combat and prosecute serious crimes, including child sexual abuse, terrorism, and human … The post Europol Issues Urgent Call Against E2EE on Meta’s Platforms appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

DuckDuckGo has introduced Privacy Pro, a premium subscription service that combines a VPN service, a personal information removal tool, and an identity theft restoration service into a single consolidated package that costs $9.99/month or $99.99/year. DuckDuckGo, known for its uncompromising stance on protecting user data and safeguarding privacy, previously marketed free privacy-focused services, including its … The post DuckDuckGo Launches VPN Product Bundled With ID Protections appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Google is rolling out a massive update for its Find My Device app, which adds Bluetooth-based crowdsourced tracking for Android devices and tags from multiple manufacturers. Find My Device is an app developed by Google that allows Android users to locate their lost or stolen devices and even wipe all data remotely. Previously, it primarily … The post Google Adds Privacy-Minded Crowdsourced Tracking on ‘Find My Device’ appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

A malicious advertising campaign targets users searching for NordVPN on Microsoft Bing, infecting them with the SecTorRAT malware. Microsoft Bing is a search engine that has experienced massive growth compared to past years, partly thanks to the rise of the Edge browser, which uses it by default, and also its recently acquired AI capabilities that … The post Trojanized NordVPN Installer Pushed via Microsoft Bing Campaign appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Google has agreed to wipe billions of records it collected from over 136 million Americans, users of its Chrome browser, as part of a settlement for a 2020 lawsuit. The plaintiffs allege that Google falsely communicated that users of Chrome in Incognito mode are protected from data collection without consent, persistent tracking, and browsing activity … The post Google Agrees to Delete Billions of Files Collected in Chrome Incognito appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Nearly three years after RestorePrivacy first broke the AT&T breach by the prolific hacking group ShinyHunters, AT&T has finally admitted today that there was a breach. AT&T has determined that the data a threat actor published on a hacker forum two weeks ago is theirs, impacting 73 million current and former customers. AT&T is a … The post AT&T Finally Admits Data Leak Impacting 73 Million Customers appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Threat actor ‘IntelBroker’ has claimed yet another high-profile data breach, this time against Mashvisor, claiming to hold multiple user and agent databases exposing several hundreds of thousands of sensitive entries. Mashvisor is a real estate data analytics company that provides various tools and services to help investors analyze and find profitable traditional and Airbnb rental … The post Hacker Claims Breach on Real Estate Data Analytics Firm Mashvisor appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Atlas VPN has announced that it will be shutting down its services on April 24, 2024, due to rising costs and the challenges that arise from the highly competitive VPN market. Atlas VPN was a relatively new player in the field that attempted to capture the “budget” VPN audience, offering good services at a low … The post Atlas VPN Announces Shutdown, All Users to Be Moved to NordVPN appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Several free Android VPN apps have been found to support a malicious residential proxy operation named ‘Proxylib.’ Proxylib infects Android devices with an agent that conceals malicious activities such as ad fraud, bot usage, or more dangerous operations like malware distribution and phishing campaigns. The agent routes user traffic through the infected Android devices, making … The post Free VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Phones into Proxies appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more

Internet connections using the OpenVPN protocol can be easily identified by using DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) technologies and blocked with minor collateral damage. This result was presented in a technical paper published earlier this month by a team of researchers in the United States. The team performed a large-scale study involving a million users, demonstrating … The post Study Shows OpenVPN Traffic Can Be Easily Identified and Blocked appeared first on RestorePrivacy ..read more