T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data was exposed…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook will keep fighting for privacy, ‘Dreamers’ ahead of 2020 elections
With the 2020 presidential race less than a year away, Apple CEO Tim Cook says his focus is on policy over politics…
Apple CEO Cook: Privacy isn’t a feature that should be built into products after the fact
Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed the importance of privacy, saying that privacy must be present throughout the development process when creating new products…
GOP Senator Josh Hawley bill targets Apple ties to China
Hawley’s bill takes aim Apple and TikTok by prohibiting American companies from storing user data or encryption keys in China…
Toxic Hellstew: 146 new vulnerabilities all come preinstalled on Android phones
The vulnerabilities encompass everything from unauthorized audio recording to command execution to the ability to modify system properties and wireless settings…
Apple warns of security risks from German law to force open Apple Pay system to rivals
Apple said on Friday moves in Germany to force it to open up its Apple Pay mobile payments system…
Apple launches all-new Research app with three landmark health studies
Apple today announced that customers in the U.S. can enroll in three landmark health studies conducted in partnership with major institutions to explore important areas of medical research…
Privacy and consumer advocates: U.S. should block Google’s acquisition of Fitbit
Google knows more about us than any other company, and it should not be allowed to add yet another way to track our every move…
Apple removes Instagram stalking app from App Store
The ‘Like Patrol’ app promised to keep tabs on other peoples’ activity on Instagram. Apple says the app violated its guidelines and pulled it…
Yet another reason not to buy a Fitbit: Google’s secret ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans
Google is engaged in a secret project with one of the country’s largest health-care systems to collect and crunch the detailed personal health information of millions of Americans across 21 states…
Apple employee fired for stealing customer’s personal photos from her iPhone
A Bakersfield woman is outraged with the Valley Plaza Mall Apple Store, after an employee stole photos off her phone…
Why you should begin using ‘Sign in with Apple’
Most social sign-in services act a little like people-tracking honey pots…
Apple publishes new technical details on privacy features
Apple today published four new papers outlining technical details of how some of the privacy features in its most recent operating systems, apps, and services work…
Twitter will no longer accept political ads; gauntlet thrown to Facebook
In an implicit swipe at the FaceBook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s position on running false political ads on Facebook, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced on Wednesday the company would no longer accept political ads…
Adobe leaves 7.5 million Creative Cloud accounts exposed
Earlier this month, a serious security incident became apparent at Adobe that exposed the personal information of nearly 7.5 million users…
Apple focuses on privacy advantage in new ‘Privacy on iPhone’ TV commercial
Apple is focusing on the company’s privacy advantage in a new ad which debuted on U.S. broadcast, cable, and over-the-top television this weekend…
This is how and why Apple sends Safari user traffic to China’s Tencent
Apple has issued a statement today following a slew of misleading and poorly-researched media reports that were published over the weekend…
Apple under fire for sending web browsing data, including IP addresses, to China’s Tencent
For about two years, Apple has been sending data to Tencent as part of an iPhone and iPad security feature…
iPhone users could get £750 from Google ‘illegal’ tracking of data, including race, health, politics and sexuality
Google siphoned personal data, including information on physical and mental heath, political affiliations, sexuality and sexual interests from iPhone users…
What ‘Sign in with Apple’ is and how it works
Apple in iOS 13 introduced a new Sign in with Apple feature, which is designed to let you create accounts for apps and websites using your Apple ID..
iOS 13 location privacy bug likely to be squashed tomorrow with iOS 13.1 release
There’s a lot to love about Apple’s new iOS 13 operating system, which launched yesterday and ships on the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro…
Apple’s iOS 13 privacy pop-ups to shine spotlight on creepy Facebook’s data grabs
Apple’s iOS 13, which will be generally released later this week, has already been spotted catching Facebook’s app trying to use Bluetooth to track nearby users…
Feds order Apple and Google to hand over names of 10,000+ users of a gun app
It’s an unprecedented move: Never before has a case been disclosed in which American investigators demanded personal data of users of a single app from Apple and Google…
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers from Facebook accounts leaked online
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online…
Senate Democrat: Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘the possibility of a prison term’
I think he ought to be held personally accountable, which is everything from financial fines to — and let me underline this — the possibility of a prison term…
Apple just offered 1 billion iPhone users a reason to enable Siri
Apple just made a very smart move to lead the way and stand out against its voice assistant rivals…
Apple apologizes for Siri grading program, makes changes to improve Siri’s privacy protections
As a result of our review, we realize we haven’t been fully living up to our high ideals, and for that we apologize. Starting this fall, users will be able to opt in to help Siri improve by learning from the audio samples of their requests…
Woz loves Apple’s new focus on services, call Apple Watch his ‘favorite piece of tech,’ and stresses the importance of privacy
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak reacts to Apple’s transition into more of a services company, Cupertino’s focus on user privacy, and his take on the company’s wearable technology….
Contractors listened to 1,000 Siri recordings per shift before Apple suspended the practice last month
Contractors in Cork were expected to each listen to more than 1,000 recordings from Siri every shift – before Apple suspended…
Tim Cook mourns the passing of ‘father of GDPR’ Giovanni Buttarelli
Apple CEO Tim Cook has written a piece for Italy’s most popular newspaper, Corriere della Sera, mourning the passing of Giovanni Buttarelli…
‘Sign In with Apple’ eliminates the current mess of login methods
“Sign In with Apple” makes it easy for users to log into apps and websites using their Apple ID. Instead of filling out forms, verifying email addresses, and choosing new passwords, users can…
Mastercard: Apple Card delivers unique ‘enhanced security’ users will never see
The president of Mastercard’s North American operations says Apple’s new no-number, “digital first” credit card is bringing enhanced security to users…
Developers accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior with its privacy changes in iOS 13
A group of app developers have written a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook in which the group argues that a new privacy-focused change to Apple’s iOS 13 operating system is likely to negatively impact their businesses…
Apple warns advertisers: Break Safari’s privacy rules and we’ll treat you like malware
Apple has released a stern policy guiding its technology for stopping advertisers and websites from tracking you online…
Four major dating apps expose precise locations of 10 million users
Researchers Pen Test Partners say four popular mobile applications offering dating and meetup services have security flaws which allow for the precise location tracking of users….
Class action lawsuit alleges Apple of ‘unlawful’ recording of communications
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple in regards to recording made via the company’s Siri quality grading program…
Apple just dealt a major blow to Facebook with new iOS 13 feature
Apple has a new feature in its upcoming iOS 13 that could pose major issues for messaging and calling apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp….
U.S. appeals court voids Google ‘cookie’ privacy settlement that paid Safari, Explorer browser users nothing
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Google’s class-action settlement meant to resolve claims it invaded the privacy of millions of computer users…
Google and Amazon follow Apple’s lead on voice assistant grading policies
Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
Apple’s AirDrop and password sharing features can leak iPhone numbers
The information disclosed may not be a big deal in many settings, such as work places where everyone knows everyone anyway, but it may be creepier in public places…
How to delete your anonymized Siri recordings that Apple may have on file for you
There are methods in iOS and macOS for deletion of the anonymized Siri recordings that Apple may have on file for you…
