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A photo storage app ‘Ever’ used customers’ private snaps to train facial recognition AI without informing users
Ever then offers to sell that technology to private companies, law enforcement and the military…
What Apple, Facebook and Google each mean by ‘privacy’
Each company defines privacy differently and emphasizes different trade-offs…
U.S. Republicans and Democrats agree on need for bipartisan privacy legislation; divided over giving more powers to FTC
Democratic and Republican lawmakers both stressed the need for bipartisan privacy legislation…
Watch CNBC’s full interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook
CNBC’s Becky Quick sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Berkshire Hathaway…
Apple CEO Cook discusses protection of customers’ private data: ‘You are not our product’
Apple CEO Tim Cook is worried about the protection of personal data…
63% of people find smart home devices ‘creepy’
Smart home devices are ‘creepy’ according to the majority of people who own them…
Canadian watchdog to seek court order to force Facebook to follow privacy laws
Facebook Inc broke Canadian privacy laws when it collected the information of some 600,000 citizens…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Technology needs government regulation
Apple CEO Tim Cook has called for more government regulation on the technology industry…
Facebook ‘unintentionally uploaded’ email contacts of up to 1.5 million users
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have ‘unintentionally uploaded’ email contacts…
Apple to expand Apple Watch authentication on Mac
Starting with macOS 10.15, Apple is working on making Apple Watch authentication on the Mac go even further…
Google bankrupting Apple’s privacy promises by handing over iPhone data to the police
Having an iPhone doesn’t stop Google handing over your data…
Amazon confirms it is listening to Alexa recordings captured in Echo owners’ homes and offices
Some people are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening…
Three simple reasons why I won’t downgrade to an Android phone
The iPhone is very well built, it’s extremely fast, and it still sets the tone for the industry…
Hands-on with Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit on a Vizio smart TV
Vizio yesterday launched a beta version of its updated Smartcast software…
ACLU files complaint with U.S. DHS over unwarranted interrogation of Apple employee and attempted device search
Today the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (ACLU-NC) filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Apple employee…
New York Times’ tech columnist deleted Facebook last year. Here’s what changed (and what didn’t).
When Facebook and its family of apps experienced a daylong malfunction last week…
Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text for years; Change your Facebook and/or Instagram password now
The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees…
doxo launches Apple Pay, simplifying bill payments to over 45,000 billers
doxo, the online bill payment service, today announced the launch of Apple Pay…
Investigators sought to use Michael Cohen’s face and fingerprints to access his Apple devices
Investigators asked for court permission to use Michael Cohen’s Face ID and fingerprints to access Apple devices…
Roku has nearly finalized support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 in Roku media players and Roku-based smart TVs
AirPlay 2 integration is expected to arrive in the form of a Roku OS software update for Roku media players…
Facebook’s so-called ‘pivot to privacy’ puts Apple in its crosshairs
The big question after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s ‘pivot to privacy’ was whether…
Beleaguered Facebook’s reputation is plummeting
Facebook’s reputation took a deep dive over the past year…
Apple debuts new ”iPhone Can Do What?’ features page
Apple recently added a new features page to its website, which offers an in-depth look…
FBI Director Christopher Wray continues pushing for encryption back doors
The encryption war is quiet now, but the murky back-and-forth between…
Apple registers PrivacyIsImportant domain
Apple has registered the domain name PrivacyIsImportant.com…
Survey: Consumers trust Amazon with their data by a wide margin; Apple and Google nearly tied for distant 3rd place
Amazon has earned the most trust from today’s consumers by a landslide…
Researcher gives Apple details of macOS Keychain security flaw despite lack of macOS bug bounties
A German teenager who discovered a macOS Keychain security flaw last month has now shared the details with Apple…
Jennifer Lawrence ‘Fappening’ hacker sentenced to 34 months in prison
A Richmond man was sentenced today to almost three years in prison for charges…
New York investigating at least eleven iOS apps for transmitting personal data to Facebook, including ‘sexual activity’
A New York regulator is ramping up a promised investigation of how Facebook Inc. gathered sensitive personal information…
Apple expands ‘There’s More to iPhone’ campaign to more countries, debuts new videos
Apple today expanded its ‘There’s More to iPhone’ marketing campaign to France and the United Kingdom…
EFF calls on Apple to let users truly encrypt iCloud backups as part of ‘fix it already’ initiative
When data is backed up to iCloud, it’s encrypted so that Apple, and not just the user, can access it…
Apple CEO Cook on Health Records privacy: I want to ‘deeply trust’ the ‘people that have my health data’
The global health care industry is expected to reach $10 trillion by 2022…
Cellebrite, the Feds’ favorite iPhone hacking tool, is selling on ebay for $100 – and it’s leaking data
hen eBay merchant Mr. Balaj was looking through a pile of hi-fi junk at an auction in the U.K…
FBI: End-to-end encryption like Apple’s ‘infects’ law enforcement
Nearly three years after the Federal Bureau of Investigation abandoned an effort to force Apple Inc…
Microsoft CEO echoes Apple CEO Cook: Privacy is a ‘fundamental human right’
Any company that develops solutions that do not prioritize trust on either Apple or Microsoft’s platforms must now consider themselves warned…
These apps are stealing your most private data and it should be a crime
Some of the most popular apps in some of the most popular categories are stealing your most personal…
You give apps your sensitive personal information, then they tell Facebook, even if you have no connection to Facebook
Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps; body weight, blood pressure, menstrual cycles, pregnancy status…
Some 17,000 Android apps track users, even when told to stop
Roughly 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information that creates a permanent record…
The great Equifax mystery: 17 months later, the stolen data has never been found
Something unusual happened. The data disappeared. Completely…
Apple fails to block porn and gambling apps abusing Enterprise Certificate program
Facebook and Google were far from the only developers openly abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program…
Apple tells iOS app developers to disclose or remove screen recording code
Apple is telling app developers to remove or properly disclose their use of analytics code…
