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Free Android apps fund themselves by selling your location, contacts, and IMEI to data brokers. Here's how it works, and which app categories are worst.
By KnytX Privacy Team
You never installed Truecaller, but your name and number are in its database. Here's how that happened, what they hold, and what the opt-out really does.
Stealer logs explained: how Redline, Lumma, and Vidar harvest your cookies, passwords, and crypto wallets — and why a password reset alone won't save you.
Scam callers address you by name, know your bank, and sound completely legitimate. Here's the exact data trail that makes this possible in India.
DELETE Act California how to file: the SB 362 mechanism, who it covers, the 400-broker gap it misses, and how to submit a request that works.
How to spot a deepfake video in 2026: lip-sync mismatches, blink anomalies, hand artifacts, and what automated verification actually checks.
AI voice clone scam call: how five seconds of audio is enough, where attackers source samples, why caller ID won't save you, and the safe-word defense.
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act gives you real rights over your data. Here is what the DPDPA actually means, in plain English, as of mid-2026.
How data brokers find your information: the public records, app SDKs, and breach data they collect, plus what GDPR, CCPA, and DPDPA let you do about it.
KnytX security-assessed a custom RISC-V drone flight controller from silicon to firmware: side-channel analysis, JTAG exploitation, and crypto findings.
Most pentest reports are scanner dumps or vague summaries. Here's what a useful penetration testing report includes, and what to demand from your vendor.
Your code is secure and your network hardened. But can someone extract your firmware with a $30 tool? An introduction to hardware attack surfaces.