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The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cover Your Tracks tool lets you check the extent of tracking allowed by your browser, and whether the protections on hand are adequate.

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New FileFix attack tricks Facebook and Instagram users into running malicious PowerShell commands disguised as Meta account ...

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