“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. With the forthcoming “cookie-pocalypse” threatening to reign havoc ...

An acquaintance recently posed a practical question about security procedures to me and it may be useful as an example of risk analysis. “Howard” (not the real name) wrote: “I need some guidance on a ...

Mac OS X uses user ID numbers -- not alphanumeric usernames -- to define user permissions. As such, it is a bad idea (from a security standpoint) to assign the same user ID to two different users, ...

Discord's latest security screw-up is exactly the kind of nightmare privacy advocates have been warning about since platforms started demanding government IDs for "safety." The company confirmed this ...

The hacker group Anonymous has leaked more than 1 million Apple iPhone and iPad IDs, which it claims to have swiped from the FBI, but Ken Colburn with Data Doctors said there’s no reason for concern ...

OpenAI on Thursday said that it has stopped the use of analytics platform Mixpanel after a security incident at the vendor led to user information being leaked for the company's API accounts. The San ...

A supply-side platform (SSP) has been discovered to be declaring mismatched user IDs during specific transactions, causing some partners to question its techniques and put their relationship on pause.

Computer Associates International Inc. has purchased technology for finding and purging unused user IDs on mainframe computers, the company announced today. CA disclosed that it bought software from ...

Last week, xAI acquired X for $33 billion. Elon Musk was seemingly stoked, indicating "xAI and X's futures are intertwined." The acquisition shows great potential for Grok as xAI can leverage X's vast ...