A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
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Freedom Hosting owner pleads guilty to distributing child abuse images
Eric Eoin Marques has pleaded guilty to running what was once believed to be the largest child abuse hosting provider on the dark web. This post appeared first on Naked…
Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’
Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by…
Government is exposing identities of child abuse victims
DHS and FBI investigators are using Facebook profile IDs in court records – IDs that are easily used to look up their profile pages. This post appeared first on Naked…
YouTube disables comments on millions of videos of children
After big brands pulled ads, YouTube banned millions of comments, closed hundreds of accounts, and sped up development of a predator filter. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog…
TikTok to pay record fine for collecting children’s data
It’s been a predator’s playground, where children’s photos have been public by default and trolling adults could message them. This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author:…
Pedos pollute YouTube comments on kids’ videos, advertisers flee
Can YouTube ever keep video comments under control, or it is time to kill off comments altogether? This post appeared first on Naked Security Blog by Sophos Author: Lisa Vaas