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Law enforcement does prosecute people linked to illegal activity on Tor, but prosecutions usually follow investigative work that links a person to crimes—often via operational mistakes, surveillance o...
Deleting a chat in the ChatGPT UI removes it from your visible history immediately, and OpenAI schedules deleted chats for permanent removal from its systems within about 30 days under its retention r...
There is clear, repeated reporting that large caches of stolen credit card numbers appear online — sometimes in unsecured cloud buckets, on dark‑web marketplaces, or leaked by malware — exposing milli...
A widely shared Facebook image/post telling users to publish a notice denying Meta rights to use their photos is a recycled hoax that fact‑checkers and security outlets have repeatedly debunked; Snope...
A purported dump of roughly 17.5 million Instagram records surfaced on underground forums and was flagged by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes during dark‑web monitoring, with listings claiming scraped ...
Reports say a dataset of roughly 17.5 million Instagram user records appeared for free on a hacking forum and on dark‑web markets, posted by an actor using the alias “Solonik,” and cybersecurity vendo...
VPNs can sometimes prevent YouTube’s location-triggered age prompts by making the platform think you’re in a country without strict age checks, and many VPN guides and tests report success using that ...
A wave of reporting says a dataset tied to roughly 17–17.5 million Instagram accounts surfaced on cybercrime forums and Telegram channels in early January 2026, with security firms and outlets flaggin...
In 2025, Tor Browser makes it materially harder for ordinary observers to link a visitor’s real IP or device to .onion sites by routing traffic through volunteer relays and stripping many browser iden...
Discord stores a wide range of account and activity data including account details, messages, server membership and activity logs — all of which can be exported to users as a downloadable data package...
Between 2020–2025 reporting and research identify several real-world efforts that either successfully deanonymized Tor hidden services or mounted credible deanonymization operations: (a) law‑enforceme...
Reporting in 2024 shows multiple media and cybersecurity outlets saying German law enforcement surveilled Tor relays for months and used timing-analysis techniques to deanonymize at least one user—cla...
A clear wave of data leaks and alleged breaches surfaced in late 2025 into January 2026, spanning corporate customer records, social platforms, and government employee lists; multiple reporting outlet...
Scanning unknown QR codes can redirect you to malicious websites, lead to phishing that steals credentials or payment data, or trigger downloads of malware that steals data, tracks you, or holds devic...
A confirmed or strongly suspected Trojan on a Windows PC requires immediate containment, thorough scanning with reputable tools, and—if necessary—a clean reinstall; follow-up steps must include creden...
Norton 360 (Consumer editions like Norton 360 Deluxe and Norton AntiVirus Plus) emerges as the most consistently recommended all‑around antivirus for 2026 across major consumer reviews because it comb...
Yes — available reporting shows holiday “free gift” offers are a common vector for scams that pressure people to share personal or payment data; watchdogs and cybersecurity firms say these schemes ask...
Meta’s public statements and recent reporting show two clear limits: Facebook does not let users “retroactively” change the legal terms they accepted when they joined (posting a private notice doesn’t...
Tor Browser is designed to prevent local leaks such as DNS queries and to route searches through the Tor network; Tor Project explicitly warns that using other browsers or additional add‑ons can incre...