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Recycled Phone Numbers Threaten Digital Privacy and Safety, Study Shows

07

May

2021

A study from the Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University draws attention to security and privacy risks that stem from recycling mobile phone numbers. Researchers point out how threat actors can abuse this practice to carry out account takeover, phishing and spam attacks or restrict targets from signing […]

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Companies have a tricky new way to track your movement across the web

22

Jul

2014

Researchers at Princeton have uncovered a new web-tracking method thats nearly impossible to block. Its called canvas fingerprinting, and can potentially follow users between sites even if theyve disabled more conventional methods like cookies and isnt logged into Facebook. Instead, the tactic works by asking the browser to draw a hidden image, and using that […]

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Fusing physics, cryptography to solve a nuclear inspection paradox

27

Jun

2014

That, at least, is what lies at the core of a warhead verification protocol designed by a Princeton University team, published this week in the journal Nature.

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