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Swipe Left to Sue Robocallers: Is This App a Scam?

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Dec 2022 Nuisance & Spam

A lawyer who says he intends to sue telephone spammers for a billion dollars has an unusual way of marketing his services.


Tinder Dating App Used to Work around Russian Internet Censorship

By Eric Priezkalns 6 Apr 2022 Cold War 2

A Slovakian marketing agency is persuading Tinder users to tell the truth about war in Ukraine alongside messages of love to Russians.


Fake Cryptocurrency Wallets Found on Google and Apple App Stores

By Eric Priezkalns 8 Apr 2021 Digital Money

It is estimated that cryptocurrency scammers stole USD2.7bn during 2020.


Plenty of Call Blocking Apps, but Few Inter-Telco Calls Authenticated by STIR/SHAKEN Says FCC Report

By Eric Priezkalns 6 Jul 2020 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Nuisance robocalls have fallen in the USA as billions of voice calls are now blocked automatically.


Android Keyboard App Leaks Data of 31mn Users

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Dec 2017 Privacy & Intellectual Property

There was no password protection nor encryption to stop people accessing personal data stored on a server run by one of the founders of app firm AI.type.


Helpful Apps Become the Fraudster’s Traps

By Nixon Wampamba 4 May 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

We can collect and share data to identify fraudsters but the same data can be used by fraudsters to target us.


Does Google Aid Crime by Selling Spoof SMS Apps?

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Apr 2017 Risk, Fraud & Security

There are many apps on Google Play that claim to let Android users send messages which seem to come from somebody else.


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