stalking
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eBay Sent Critics a Bloody Pig Mask. Now It’s Paying a $US3 Million Fine
eBay agreed to pay out a $US3 million fine—the maximum criminal penalty—over a twisted scandal that saw top executives and other employees stalking a couple in Massachusetts who published a newsletter that criticized the company. The harassment campaign included online threats, sending employees to surveil the couple’s home, and mailing them disturbing objects—including live spiders…
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Lawsuit Claims Apple’s AirTags Have ‘Become the Weapon of Choice’ for Stalkers
A pair of women have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple after they claim their exes used the company’s quarter-sized AirTag trackers to stalk them. The lawsuit, viewed by Gizmodo, claims Apple’s alleged missteps around privacy considerations with AirTags amounts to negligence and violates California’s constitutional right to privacy. AirTags, according to the suit,…
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Stalkerware Company Reportedly Finds New Way to Suck
A “stalkerware” firm that openly markets itself as a way to track and monitor the online activities of a spouse or partner also has a glaring security hole that has exposed a significant portion of that data to the web, according to a new report from Motherboard.
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70,000 Tinder Photos Of Women Just Got Dumped On A Cyber-Crime Forum
More than 70,000 photos of Tinder users are being shared by members of an internet cyber-crime forum, Gizmodo has learned, raising concerns about the potential for abusive use of the photos. Ominously, only women appear to have been targeted.