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Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred FTX customer funds to Alameda Research after his trading firm suffered losses in the spring, report says

Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred FTX customer funds to Alameda Research after his trading firm suffered losses in the spring, report says

Sam Bankman-Fried.Craig Barritt/Getty Images for CARE For Special Children Sam Bankman-Fried transferred at least $4 billion in FTX funds to Alameda Research earlier this year, sources told Reuters. The money included customer funds as well as those backed by FTX’s native token FTT and shares in Robinhood.  The Wall Street Journal reported FTX lent more than half of its $16 billion in customer funds to Alameda in total. Sam Bankman-Fried transferred at least $4 billion from FTX to Alameda… Source link

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This Free App Stops Facebook And Google Secretly Tracking Your Phone

This Free App Stops Facebook And Google Secretly Tracking Your Phone

A new warning for Android users, as the staggering number of “creepy” trackers hidden in popular apps is suddenly exposed. Apple has already killed this spyware for iPhone users, and a free new app has just been launched to do the same on Android. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency has turned the digital advertising industry upside down this year, wiping billions of dollars from the revenue lines of Facebook and others. The brilliant innovation forces apps to ask iPhone users for… Source link

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Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Name, Address And Telephone Number

Government Secretly Orders Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Name, Address And Telephone Number

There are fears the government is secretly ordering Google to provide information on innocent users who typed in certain search terms. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Getty Images The U.S. government is secretly ordering Google to provide data on anyone typing in certain search terms, an accidentally-unsealed court document shows. There are fears such “keyword warrants” threaten to implicate innocent web users in serious crimes and are more common than… Source link

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Is Google’s ‘Nasty’ New Technology Secretly Tracking Your iPhone?

Is Google’s ‘Nasty’ New Technology Secretly Tracking Your iPhone?

Google’s business model was under attack again this week, with a “broad coalition” of privacy oriented tech firms asking regulators to take a stand against “the collection of data from across websites and services,” enabling “dominant platform actors to abuse their positions by giving preference to their own services.” ADVERTISEMENT Google wasn’t named, but then naming Google wasn’t really necessary. The campaign was organized by Chrome rival Vivaldi, which… Source link

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