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For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

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extract stored passphrase from the oracle keystore

Our customer complains about stored encryption key in the Tomcat context.xml as plain text (well, he is definitely right at this point). And he wants to use external keystore to store this encryption key. I was able to create a keystore and put a…
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Privacy of data for Azure Cognitive Speech Services

In our company want to use the Azure Speech service for ASR of Kids' speech. In our agreement with the parents for this project (and also per company policy), we need to be sure the WAV data (and transcriptions) we send to Cloud based services like…
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Open-source production data for developers?

I'm building a website that will be an open-source, user-contributed content kind of thing, and I think if developers had access to nightly production SQL dumps, they'd be more likely to check out the code from github and play with it. In line with…
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Single “Multiple Inputs Tx” vs Multiple “Single Input Tx”

Alice owns three addresses A1, A2, A3. She decides to collect the coins held by these addresses into a single coin so she generates a fresh new address A4 for that. She has the following two options: 1. Single transaction +--------------+ |A1 …
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How does Pinterest get my email address without my entering it?

Which Chrome API or other Google API is Pinterest exploiting here to detect visitor email addresses? "Use pinterest.com with Google"
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Xcode throws privacy error when I try accessing the webcam through OpenCv

About a month ago I wrote a program in cpp on xcode that opened the camera with Opencv and was able to show the feed. Now, when I run it it throws [access] This app has crashed because it attempted to access privacy-sensitive data without a usage…
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Check authorization of CMMotionActivityManager below iOS 11

I have written this code which checks the authorization status of CMMotionActivityManager, and whether the user allows my app to access it. I soon found that this code does in fact work, but only after iOS 11. As you can see, I have left an else…
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Is the workspace in eclipse completely private from others to reach and view?

This might sound like a stupid question to ask, but I'm curious if it is possible for others to view and reach different user's eclipse projects? I know there is GitHub, but I have not leashed my workspace to a central source or cloud such as Git.…
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Image Privacy: Base64 or Privacy Through Obscurity

I'm trying to find an answer to a dilemma and I'd like some suggestions. Type of app: a web app using Ruby on Rails. Issue: product owner wants to minimize access to images for privacy reasons. Considerations: Images can be full photos, and are…
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OAuth - another way for Facebook and co to harvest data?

when i use OAuth with facebook (or google etc.), as the authorization server, the authorization server will get some data about the application/client (requesting the authorizaton). Therefore, the authorization server (e.g. facebook) now knows that…
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How do Google apps on iOS know my Google account?

Say I currently have no apps from Google on my iPhone. I am pretty sure that is the case, because I go to the app store, search for "Google LLC" (the developer of Google's apps), and scroll through all the apps by this developer and none is…
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Which method is easier to implement and analyse about the security and privacy issues in Internet of Things? Hardware implementation or Simulation.?

If Simulation is best then which tool is relevant to do.? Can anyone suggest me how to analyse the security and privacy level of an application in IoT.? Also can anyone suggest a best tool to test algorithms for Security and Privacy in IoT.?
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Can code (third-party) iframe set first-party cookies?

Is it possible for any code loading in an iframe set first party cookies? E.g. I have a site: www.my-website.com and I need to load some content from third party provider www.third-party-site.com for legitimate purposes. But (for obvious security…
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How to prevent apps with accessibility access to copy texts from an app?

Apps like Universal Copy (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.camel.corp.universalcopy&hl=en) can copy "not selectable text" from Android apps. How can one prevent this? The app uses OS accessibility features to grab content from text…
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How to check whether the app had been downloaded before on iOS12 device

I came up with this question when I see some stores advertising customers to download their apps, then sign in to get a voucher, but if the customer delete and reinstall the app, they won't get the voucher again. I know before iOS10.3, developer can…
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