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NSA-thwarting alternative to Google search has a record year

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Jan

2014

You probably assume that Google holds a monopoly on Internet search. Think again. According to a blog post, DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn’t collect or share any of your personal information, processed a record 1 billion searches in 2013. Unlike Google, DuckDuckGo will never store historical search data or inundate you with targeted ads, sell […]

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Japanese One-Click Fraud Campaign Comes to Google Play

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Apr

2013

One-click fraud refers to a scam that attempts to lure users interested in adult-related video to a site that attempts to trick them into registering for a paid service. For many years, it has been common to see this type of fraud on computers. As smartphone usage has increased, so has the number of these […]

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Malware Charges a Fee for Free Apps on Google Play

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May

2012

Android.Opfake is malware used to scam mobile device owners into paying a small fee for apps by sending out premium-rate SMS messages from Android devices. It has continued to grow and evolve into a threat that potentially affects a large population of Russian-speaking Android device owners. A quick Internet search will show over a hundred […]

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