Mcommerce security

J.Crew launches fashion app giving 2-day heads up on product launches

07/04/202306/30/2023 QR Code Press

The application is a spinoff of the brand’s Passport loyalty program that began in August 2022. J.Crew is rolling out the next step in its Passport loyalty program that started in August 2022, by now taking a mobile commerce approach with a fashion app that will provide users with a number of shopping advantages. The application first launched on Monday and was based on the brand’s customer behaviors. The fashion app’s inspiration came from the retailer’s customer behaviors, said Derek Yarbrough, J.Crew CMO. In the last year, over two out…

AI chatbots generate free Windows 11 and Windows 10 Pro keys

06/21/202306/20/2023 John Montgallo

ChatGPT and Google Bard have been used to unlock the operating systems without paying. Last week, @immasiddtweets tweeted screenshots and a post that said “ChatGPT gives you free Windows 10 Pro keys! And it surprisingly works” after having used AI chatbots to generate the unlock codes. The tweet went viral, showing how @immasiddtweets “tricked” the artificial intelligence into providing the keys. According to the tweet, including the screenshots, @immasiddtweets asked the AI chatbot ChatGPT to behave like his late grandmother, “who would read me Windows 10 Pro keys to fall…

This social media platform’s ‘security incident’ made private posts public

05/10/202305/09/2023 John Montgallo

Social media platform - Public posting - sharing

Twitter says the event that made private Circle tweets public was “immediately fixed.” In April, users discovered a bug on Twitter that would make public the private tweets by Twitter Circle feature users on the social media platform. Almost a month after the discovery was first reported, the company has now released a comment. According to the social media platform, it told affected users that the exposure that made the private tweets public was due to “a security incident” that occurred earlier in 2023. According to Twitter, the issue was…

Apple and Google collaborate on digital privacy effort to address unwanted tracking

05/05/202305/04/2023 Stephanie Beck

The technology giants are accepting input from advocacy groups and industry participants. Location-tracking devices have become extremely commonplace as consumers use them to make it easier to find everything from luggage to their car keys, but digital privacy has become a serious concern. These gadgets can relatively easily be misused by wrongdoers for unwanted tracking of others. As a result, Apple and Google submitted a joint proposal for industry specifications that could help to combat the misuse of tracking gadgets using Bluetooth technology for unwanted tracking and threatening personal and…

Your mobile security strategy should include avoiding public charging

04/18/202304/17/2023 Sam Lambert

Mobile security - Person charging phone using public charging

The FBI is recommending that individuals avoid using public charging ports or risk getting hacked. The FBI Denver has released a caution for smartphone users – so, essentially everyone – to upgrade their mobile security strategies to include avoidance of the use of public charging ports for their smartphones and other similar devices. While public charging ports have become very popular, their use comes with a considerable risk. When a smartphone battery is running low, the sight of a free public charging port in a mall, airport, coffee shop or…