I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve even opened a tax return you only shared with your accountant…
Tag: privacy
NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services
The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…
FaceApp proves that fun trumps privacy
A new app kerfuffle shows that fun still trumps privacy concerns. Consumers love FaceApp’s filter for making selfies look older or sexier…
Alexa wins the Apple App Store as voice control takes over
We are all spending more time talking to our computers. This is a changing interaction with machines…
The search engine for Apple users: DuckDuckGo
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has long been a favorite choice of those who prefer to remain anonymous, and now it’s providing even more incentive for Apple users…
Apple wants national privacy laws. It wants good ones, too
The last thing anyone needs is weak or poorly thought-through privacy protection laws…
Facebook isn’t a social network, says Facebook, or something…
Facebook denies it’s a social network to escape consequences of being Facebook, or something…
Apple has raised privacy debate more than any major tech firm
It’s a safe bet that many of these organizations will push back hard against Apple’s privacy promotion efforts…
Learn iOS 13’s new location privacy features
New privacy features in iOS and iPad OS give you far more control over how often apps can access your location and ways to stop them figuring it out in other ways…
Yet another Android scare shows how little Google protects your privacy
Over 1,000 Android apps continue to harvest your personal data even after you tell them not to. Google says it won’t fix this until…
Apple makes privacy jab at Google smart city plan
Apple takes a jab at Google’s smart city (data-grabbing) plans in Toronto, Canada.
UK investigates Google, Facebook for potential ‘abuse of power’
Google and Facebook may control over 70% digital ads spend next year, making it harder for rivals to compete, to the detriment of consumers…
Apple’s latest Transparency Report is available now
Apple’s newly-published Transparency Report reveals 29,183 demands from global governments to access 213,737 devices.
How I dropped Dropbox
There are so many Dropbox integrations available that the service seems essential. It’s not…
Apple faces third EU privacy probe over GDPR
Apple faces a third privacy investigation in the EU following a complaint about how it makes customer data available on request.
Apple publishes 3 new iPhone ads
Watch Apple’s three newly-published iPhone ad spots: Recycling, iMessage Encryption and App Store Privacy
OpenID Foundation claims ‘Sign In with Apple’ poses security and privacy risks
At WWDC 2019 earlier this month, Apple unveiled its new Sign In with Apple platform, which gives users a privacy-friendly alternative…
Buyer Beware: Used Google Nest cams can let people spy on you
Even performing a factory reset may not be enough to protect privacy for owners of the popular Nest Cam Indoor.
Apple Card testing ramps up, expanding to tens of thousands of retail workers
Apple Inc. is ramping up a test of a digital-first credit card with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. by expanding its use to tens of thousands…
Full transcript of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 2019 Stanford University Commencement Address
Family and friends, teachers, mentors, loved ones, and, of course, your parents, all worked together to make you possible and they share your joy today…
Cellebrite claims its new software can crack Apple iPhones and iPads running up to iOS 12.3
Israeli forensics company Cellebrite – which has gained a reputation for unlocking mobile devices like the iPhone…
Apple is designing for a post-Facebook world
In a sense, iOS 13 isn’t organized by apps, it’s organized by your contacts. Your relationship, and plans with someone, are dictating how the OS responds and linking one app to another…
Tech needs to clean up its own mess, Apple CEO Tim Cook tells Stanford grads
Tim Cook offered a cautionary message to Stanford University graduates Sunday, urging them to remember that with great power comes great responsibility…
Some app makers are mixed on ‘Sign In with Apple’
Apple isn’t always the first company to introduce a particular product or service.
Despite Apple’s privacy jab, Google says ‘Sign In with Apple’ is a good idea
I honestly do think this technology will be better for the internet and will make people much, much safer…
Facebook app banned by Apple collected device data on 187,000 users
Facebook obtained personal and sensitive device data on about 187,000 users of its now-defunct “Research” app…
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg may have known of questionable privacy practices emails show
Facebook Inc emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices…
What Apple knows about you
Apple is the most privacy-minded of the big tech companies and it goes to great lengths to collect less data than its rivals…
Silicon Valley congressman: ‘It is embarrassing how technologically illiterate most members of Congress are’
The congressman is working on the framework of legislation that would offer sweeping data-privacy laws in the form of network neutrality, greater transparency in data-collection practices…
U.S. man jailed for not unlocking his iPhone for police
He paid a steep price, spending 44 days behind bars before the THC and gun charges were dropped, the contempt order got tossed and he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…
How ‘Sign In with Apple’ works
One of the bigger security announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week is Apple’s new requirement…
Google confirms that advanced backdoor malware came preinstalled on Android devices
People who value security and privacy use real iPhones…
How Apple’s new ‘Find My’ app in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina works – and works securely
Apple at WWDC unveiled a new “Find My” app, which is available across its Mac and iOS platforms. Find My on iOS replaces Find My Friends and Find My iPhone…
Apple asks developers to place their ‘Sign in With Apple’ login button above Google’s and Facebook’s
Apple Inc will ask developers to position a new “Sign on with Apple” button in iPhone and iPad apps above rival buttons from Google and Facebook…
Tim Cook: Apple is ‘moving privacy protections forward’
Apple said it is building more protections for users, including a secure “Sign in with Apple” feature for other apps…
Apple CEO Cook: We’re not really taking a shot at anybody with Sign In with Apple
You know, we’re not really taking a shot at anybody. We focus on the user. And the user wants the ability to go across numerous properties on the web without being under surveillance…
Apple’s iOS 13 offers Dark Mode, advanced photo and camera features, ‘Sign In with Apple,’ and an all-new Maps experience
Apple today previewed iOS 13, introducing a dramatic new look for iPhone with Dark Mode and new ways to browse and edit photos, sign in to apps and websites, and navigate the world with an all-new map. iOS 13 is faster and more responsive with optimizations across the system that improve app launch, reduce app download sizes and make Face ID even faster…
Another Mac bug lets hackers invisibly click security prompts
Exploiting a bug in Mojave, ex-NSA security researcher Patrick Wardle has shown yet again that any piece of automated malware can exploit a feature of MacOS known as “synthetic clicks” to…
Apple charts the future of private, premium tech – alone
Leading up to its 30th Annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Apple is channeling its unique hardware savvy to create a future that is powerful, premium, accessible to everyone, and private to yourself…
Apple condemns British spy agency group’s proposal to destroy message encryption
Apple, Google, Microsoft and WhatsApp have co-signed an open letter urging the UK government…
Some iOS apps are using Background App Refresh to send data to tracking companies
It’s 3 a.m. Do you know what your iPhone is doing?
Inside Apple’s top secret testing facilities where iPhone privacy defenses are forged in temperatures of -40c
These chips are the great line of defense in a battle that Apple never stops fighting as it tries to keep users’ data private…