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Why Apple is disabling Safari’s ‘Do Not Track’ feature
Apple takes privacy very seriously…
Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking for permission
Many major companies are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps…
Apple to remove ‘Do Not Track’ support in Safari 12.1, focus shifts to Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Apple has revealed that it will remove support for ‘Do Not Track’ in Safari 12.1…
Security researcher reveals macOS exploit to access Keychain passwords, refuses to share with Apple (plus: how to secure your Keychain)
Security researcher Linuz Henze has shared a video demonstration of a macOS Mojave exploit to access passwords stored in the Keychain…
Apple has proven just how much power it has over tech giants
If those companies want access to the 1.4 billion Apple devices on the market…
Apple details user data it’s storing in Russia
Apple Inc. detailed the user data it’s storing in Russia to comply with a local law…
Roku in talks with Apple about supporting AirPlay 2, Apple Music
The two companies currently working out details surrounding the partnership…
Apple is prepping an iOS change that may hurt AR and VR advertising
Advertising agency employees who work on augmented reality and virtual reality are worried…
Apple finally stood up to Facebook and Google – and made a powerful point
Apple finally stood up to Facebook and Google on matters of privacy, and it made a powerful point…
Russia is strong-arming Apple; Moscow is demanding control over users’ personal data
The Russian security services could soon have access to the personal data of thousands…
Apple clears Google, Facebook to run private iOS apps again via reinstated enterprise certificates
Google and Facebook employees can once again use private iOS apps after Apple reinstated…
Apple stands up for privacy, but does it even matter?
Apple CEO Tim Cook might be futilely trying to sell something that nobody’s buying…
2.2 billion unique usernames and associated passwords passed around by hackers, here’s how to check yours
A gargantuan, unprecedented collection of 2.2 billion unique usernames and associated passwords
Apple bans Google from test apps after it admits using ‘research’ app
Apple has now shut down Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps…
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…
Developer demos what will be possible with HomeKit-connected AirPlay 2 Smart TVs
Apple surprised announced its new HomeKit and AirPlay Smart TV initiative at CES…
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…
Austrian data privacy activist files complaint against Apple, others for failing to fully comply with GDPR
Apple and Amazon are among eight tech firms named in a complaint filed in Austria by non-profit organization noyb…
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…
Hackers expose 773 million email addresses and 21 million passwords, check yours here
In raw form, it comprises 2.7 billion rows of email addresses and passwords, including over a billion unique combinations of email addresses and passwords…
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…
DuckDuckGo taps Apple Maps to power private search results
Map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple Maps…
Apple’s deals with Samsung and other TV makers shows Apple TV can’t keep pace with its rivals
Samsung said that its 2019 smart TVs would come with the ability to buy and rent movies…
Judge: U.S. feds, cops can’t force you to unlock your iPhone with finger or face
A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock their iPhone…
Apple cracks open the gate to their famous walled garden
In a series of uncharacteristic partnerships with tech rivals…
Americans warming to use of facial recognition tech – survey
A growing number of Americans are OK with the facial recognition technology…
Apple runs huge billboard touting privacy outside CES show in Las Vegas
Though Apple is not scheduled to make an appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show…
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…
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…
Google killing Allo messaging service
Allo, once the vanguard platform of Google’s plans for messaging, will officially shut down…
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…
Apple security expert moves to ACLU as ‘public interest tech’ builds
A senior Apple Inc security expert left for a much lower-paying job at the American Civil Liberties Union…
