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TikTok tracks your data the most out of social media apps

February 3, 2022942 Views

Trackers allow ad services to follow users around the web to learn about their browsing habits. According to the recent findings by the Atlas VPN team, YouTube and TikTok have the most trackers among social media apps. In addition, applications in the magazine, news, and sports categories tend to have the most first and third-party trackers. The YouTube application has 14 trackers in total, 10 first-party and 4 third-party contacts. On the other hand, TikTok app trackers are more concerning as 13 out of 14 are third-party network contacts. Twitter and Telegram each have 9 trackers in their iOS applications. However, all 9 contacts in Telegram lead to third-party domains, while the Twitter app tracks users with 6 third-party and 3 first-party contacts. On average, social me...

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Indian hackers collect one-tenth of the total bug bounty awarded

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October 5, 2020491 Views

In popular culture, hackers are often associated with bad guys. However, just as there are criminal hackers, there exist ethical hackers who help organizations find security vulnerabilities. According to data acquired by Atlas VPN, ethical hackers earned $44,754,742 million collectively from bug bounties in the last 12 months. The numbers are based on HackerOne’s 4th Annual Hacker-Powered Security Report, which looks at data from May 2019 up to April 2020. Companies that have bug bounty programs listed there include such big names as Google, PayPal, AT&T, Costa Coffee, Line Corporation, and many more. Photo for representation purpose only. Over the last year, hackers reported 60,000 valid vulnerabilities and collected $44,754,742 million in bug bounty winnings. Hackers receiv...