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Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services – Krebs on Security

Google says it recently fixed an authentication weakness that allowed crooks to circumvent the email verification required to create a Google Workspace account, and leverage that to impersonate a domain holder at third-party services that allow logins through Google’s “Sign in with Google” feature. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a reader who said they received a …

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EFF Angry as Google Keeps 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome

Google changes its mind about third-party tracking cookies—we’re stuck with them for the  foreseeable. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is absolutely livid at la GOOG’s volte-face. Switching off third-party cookies was finally going to happen this year—following delay after delay. But, given the “feedback” from regulators and AdTech firms, that’s not now happening.Instead, Google will do …

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