Big tech fails to opt-out users requesting not to be tracked much of the time, new research says
2026-04-16T02:51:57Z•1cab7b3cbcccd710d6e3c061f59638c7c44a8b4bb73662e89e8db1a604d973a4
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A batch of security and privacy stories: a webXray audit found 194 ad services routinely ignore legally recognized opt-out signals in California web traffic, raising privacy and regulatory concerns. NIST announced it will limit work on CVE entries—only adding details for vulnerabilities that meet a new threshold—citing a surge in submissions and signaling changes to vulnerability-tracking processes. A 16-year-old was arrested in Northern Ireland after a cyberattack disrupted school network access for potentially hundreds of thousands of students. The UK government urged businesses to bolstercy
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