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Maybe only Apple can correct Facebook’s penchant for trampling users’ privacy
Tim Cook, who has called privacy a ‘fundamental human right’ and taken Facebook and Google to task…
Should Apple’s power over Facebook worry the rest of us?
At around 2:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Facebook sent me an update about the controversial market research program…
Big surprise: Google is also abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate system to collect extensive data on users
It looks like Facebook is not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps …
Apple blocks Facebook from running all of their internal iOS apps by revoking distribution certificate
Apple has shut down Facebook’s ability to distribute internal iOS apps…
Apple bans Facebook’s ‘research’ app that paid teens to install VPN that spies on them
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install…
He reports on data privacy for The New York Times, that why he uses an Apple iPhone
Nick Confessore, an investigative reporter who has written about social media and data privacy, has changed his tech habits…
Hidden documents reveal how Facebook made money by bamboozling children
Two Facebook employees deny a refund request from a child whom they refer to as a ‘whale’ – a term coined by the casino industry to describe profligate spenders…
Roger McNamee: I mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I loved Facebook. But I can’t stay silent about what’s happening.
I am disappointed. I am embarrassed. I am ashamed…
Apple CEO Cook calls for U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation in TIME op-ed
In 2019, it’s time to stand up for the right to privacy — yours, mine, all of ours…
Senator Marco Rubio introduces privacy bill to create federal regulations on data collection
Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at creating federal standards of privacy protection…
Americans warming to use of facial recognition tech – survey
A growing number of Americans are OK with the facial recognition technology…
U.S. regulators sue Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Nine months after a whistleblower revealed Facebook had allowed outsiders to improperly access personal information…
For years, Facebook gave other tech firms more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed
Facebook gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages…
Walt Mossberg quits Facebook
Walt Mossberg is far from alone in giving up on Facebook…
Google CEO Pichai denies company’s political bias in congressional hearing
Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives…
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others denounce Australia’s ‘deeply flawed’ anti-encryption law
Apple, Google and Microsoft have denounced the Australian government’s decision to pass an anti-encryption law that…
Backdoors: Australia passes laws allowing spies and police to snoop on encrypted communications
Australia Thursday passed controversial laws allowing spies and police to snoop on the encrypted communications…
UK lawmakers publish internal Facebook emails that reveal use of free iOS ‘spyware’ VPN and more
Facebook purposely obscured the fact that calls and texts would be recorded…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Congress to grill Google CEO about political bias; ‘Search engines can be used to suppress particular viewpoints’ – U.S. Congressman
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next Wednesday…
U.S. iOS users targeted by massive malvertising campaign
A cyber-criminal group known as ScamClub has hijacked over 300 million browser sessions over 48 hours…
Don’t share photos to Facebook, use Apple’s secure and private iCloud instead
I prefer iCloud is because it’s private and secure…
Apple was worth more than $1 trillion at the start of the month, it’s now valued at $880 billion
Since Apple’s share price peaked at just over $232 on Oct. 3, the stock has plummeted by nearly 20 percent…
Apple CEO Tim Cook says new U.S. privacy regulations are ‘inevitable’
I think the Congress and the administration at some point will pass something…
Sleazy Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mr. Rogers’
Facebook has endured scandal after scandal in the past two years….
Facebook fired top exec Palmer Luckey for supporting Donald Trump for President
Facebook Inc. executive and virtual-reality wunderkind Palmer Luckey was a rising star of Silicon Valley…
How Apple, Google, Facebook and other tech companies are getting out the U.S. vote on Election Day
The role tech companies play in U.S. elections has been a topic of intense scrutiny since 2016…
How Apple News is gearing up to cover Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections
very major media outlet that covers politics is gearing up to cover Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections…
Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook and Google may need to be broken up
Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up…
Apple’s News app draws 90 million regular readers
Sure, Apple includes its News app on iOS devices and Macs, but how many people actually use it?
Apple CEO Cook says companies are weaponizing our personal data, and he’s right
Our own information — from the everyday to the deeply personal — is being weaponized against us with military efficiency…
Who – not what – picks the stories for Apple News
Many of Apple’s employees moved into a glistening new $5 billion glass headquarters in Cupertino…
Apple CEO Cook promotes privacy as ‘fundamental human right’ via tweetstorm; asks ‘What kind of world do we want to live in?’
What kind of world do we want to live in?
CNN interview: Apple CEO Cook believes data collection by the likes of Google and Facebook has crossed the line
Cook said he doesn’t participate in politics because he ‘disdains’ it, but he enjoys advocating for good policy…
Video of data privacy keynote address from Apple CEO Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S….
Apple CEO Cook backs comprehensive federal privacy laws in the U.S., warns data being ‘weaponized’
We at Apple are in full support of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the United States…
Apple CEO Cook backs strong privacy laws in Europe, U.S.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook is expected to stress the iPhone maker’s commitment…
Facebook really is spying on you – just not through your phone’s mic
Facebook is now so good at watching what we do online — and even offline, wandering around the physical world — it doesn’t need to hear us…
Apple launches new website devoted to privacy, showing off features of iPhones and Macs
The feature comes as Apple contrast itself vs. companies like Facebook and Google, which rely on collecting data about their users and making it available to advertisers…
What is missing in Apple’s macOS Mojave?
While macOS Mojave brings lots of great new features, it also retires some…
Facebook says Russian firms ‘scraped’ data, including users’ photos to build facial recognition profiles for Russian government
Facebook removed 66 accounts, pages and apps linked to Russian firms that build facial recognition software for the Russian government…
