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<p>How secure is your DNA?</p>

In the future, not even your DNA will be sacred

Commentary: Even if you haven't shared your DNA with a genealogy website, chances are you're identifiable now. (Spoiler: Your third cousin sold you out).

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How to protect your Instagram account from hackers

Set up two-factor authentication for added security.

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Apple says 'dangerous' Australian encryption laws put 'everyone at risk'

"It would be wrong to weaken security for millions of law-abiding customers in order to investigate the very few who pose a threat," the tech giant said.

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CNET Asks: Will you be getting Google's new Pixel 3 phone?

Google is in some hot water. Have privacy concerns cast a shadow over its new devices?

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DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches as more people flock toward privacy

The anonymous search engine grows as people are more and more concerned about online privacy.

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Facebook disables accounts for Russian firm claiming to sell scraped user data

Facebook says it's still investigating what kinds of user data Social Data Hub had access to.

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<p>If you look at it, it won't look back at you.</p>

Google Home Hub says no to smart-home cameras in your bedroom

As houses get more connected, Google's camera-less display puts smart home privacy in focus.

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<p>&nbsp;Center for Democracy &amp; Technology President and CEO Nuala O'Connor (R) testifies along with (L-R) European Data Protection Board Chair Andrea Jelinek, Californians for Consumer Privacy Board Chair Alastair Mactaggart and Georgetown Law Center on Privacy and Technology Deputy Director Laura Moy before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee about consumer data privacy.</p>

Privacy advocates tell senators what they want in a data protection law

They want to hold tech companies accountable for compromising your privacy.

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<p>A voting machine at a demonstration in California in 2002. </p>

Midterm elections, social media and hacking: What you need to know

Hackers and propagandists are a threat to US elections. Here's how the US government and tech giants like Facebook and Twitter are working to stop them from interfering with the vote.

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Facebook Portal device seeks to take video chat to the next level

But will people trust the social network's new consumer device after all those data security problems?

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<p>Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks while his wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh (L) and US President Donald Trump listens after the announcement of his nomination in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)</p>

What Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court means for tech

The new justice could decide on issues such as net neutrality and online privacy in the years to come.

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Democrats push for 'Internet Bill of Rights' to protect your privacy

Under the proposal, consumers would always have to opt in to data collection. It would also protect net neutrality.

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