Privacy
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![An Open Database Leaked Submissions to Utah’s Transphobic ‘Bathroom Bill’ Snitch Form](/content/images/size/w1000/2024/05/photo-1621171631089-6f55cd995b0d.jpeg)
utah
An Open Database Leaked Submissions to Utah’s Transphobic ‘Bathroom Bill’ Snitch Form
House Bill 257, "Sex-Based Designations for Privacy, Anti-Bullying, and Women’s Opportunities," requires the state to investigate reports of people and institutions violating the "bathroom bill" law, but they left the submissions database wide open.
![Do Spencer’s Vibrators Have Malware on Them? An Investigation](/content/images/size/w1000/2024/02/pussypower1.png)
Security
Do Spencer’s Vibrators Have Malware on Them? An Investigation
We tested the vibrator that a Spencer's customer claims almost gave their computer malware.
![Annual Reminder: 23andMe Is a Dangerous Christmas Gift That Could Have Unforeseen Impacts on Your Entire Family, Your Children, Etc.](/content/images/size/w1000/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-06-at-8.56.26-AM.png)
23andMe
Annual Reminder: 23andMe Is a Dangerous Christmas Gift That Could Have Unforeseen Impacts on Your Entire Family, Your Children, Etc.
The ever-worsening 23andMe hack shows the inherent vulnerability of genetic databases designed to show connections between people.
![Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family](/content/images/size/w1000/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-27-at-8.55.07-AM.png)
Privacy
Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family
"I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff," a user said of Plex's Week in Review email and Discover Together feature.
![Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant](/content/images/size/w1000/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-5.59.44-AM.png)
Surveillance
Cops Sneak Onto Man’s Property, Confiscate Surveillance Camera Without a Warrant
Game wardens "put on full camouflage outfits" to sneak onto a Virginia hunter's property and confiscated his camera. Now, he's challenging a legal framework called the "Open Fields Doctrine" that let them do it.