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dcdc123on Sixth grader expelled after Zoom provided possibly inaccurate IP address

They mentioned local and public IPs. Five students, including the one suspended, shared their public IPs with the zoom bombers. The client also reports its local IP and none of the zoom bombers had local IPs that matched the student's.

dcdc123on YouTube ads in Safari: you see them now, will you see them in the future?

I have Brave on my iPhone for the sole purpose of watching YouTube ad-free. It works flawlessly.

dcdc123on Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers

Good. Paying off a ransomware hacker should be illegal.

dcdc123on Ads are impersonating government websites in Google results, despite ban

This is a really good argument not to "allow unobtrusive ads" in your adblocker. This is an example of an ad that would be allowed. Just FYI this is the default behavior of some adblockers, notably Adblock Plus.

dcdc123on Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach

I bought something on Amazon for $20, the seller then sent me a post card offering a $25 Amazon gift card for providing proof of a 5-star review.

dcdc123on Intent to issue €2.5M fine to Disqus over GDPR breaches

Privacy Badger replaces it with a widget that allows you to enable it with a button click if you want. It is pretty nice.