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Apple to restrict Facebook’s messaging apps VoIP feature
Apple Inc is making a change to its mobile operating system that will restrict a feature that apps like Facebook Inc’s Messenger and WhatsApp…
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…
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…
It’s almost impossible to tell if your iPhone has been hacked
Hackers have been breaking into iPhones allegedly using a powerful spy tool sold to governments…
Facebook launches WhatsApp Business for iOS
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a business version of its WhatsApp messaging app for Apple Inc’s iOS..
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton renews call for users to delete Facebook
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton defended his decision to sell his company to Facebook, but…
Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’
Apple is taking active steps to block Facebook’s data collection practices…
Facebook gave personal data to 60 companies including Apple, Amazon and Samsung
Facebook struck agreements allowing phone and other device makers access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information…
Mark Zuckerberg’s worldwide Facebook apology tour hits a snag in the EU
Turns out “sorry” doesn’t seem to work as much for the social network’s chief anymore…
How to remove third-party accounts like Facebook from your Mac
With the release of iOS 11, Apple nixed its built-in integration with Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo…
Apple responds to personal data request with 9MB file: The personal data archives from Facebook and Google were 881MB and 243MB respectively
Following Facebook’s acknowledgement that it had let a political ad targeting firm scrape the personal data of millions of users…
Cambridge Analytica shuts down after Facebook user-data scandal
Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign…
Beleaguered Facebook heading down a troubled path
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica saga is not going away quietly, underscored by Mark Zuckerberg’s…
Facebook points fingers Google, Amazon and Twitter for also harvesting user data
Facebook wants users to know that it’s not the only one tracking their every move on the internet…
Beleaguered Facebook may face billions in fines over facial recognition tool storing biometric data without user consent
Facebook could face billions of dollars in fines after a federal judge ruled that the company…
I was one of the very first people on Facebook. I shouldn’t have trusted Mark Zuckerberg
Fourteen years, two months, and eight days ago, I made a mistake…
Facebook AI predicts your future and sells this info to advertisers
Facebook’s artificial intelligence software can predict your future behaviour and sells this information to advertisers…
Why there shouldn’t be a ‘next Facebook’
Social media networks are like cigarettes…
Zuckerberg admits Facebook collects data on non-users
We’ve already learned quite a bit from Mark Zuckerberg’s grilling on Capitol Hill….
Facebook is lying about your data
Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress testimony following the Cambridge Analytica breach…
Apple co-founder Woz deactivates Facebook account
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak announced that he has quit Facebook…
How Facebook lets brands and politicians target users
When Facebook introduced its ad platform in 2007, advertisers could target people using information they had volunteered…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg was ready to slam Apple if Congress asked him about Tim Cook’s privacy comments
It started when Cook was asked what he would do if he were faced with the problems facing Facebook…
How to remove your Facebook data from macOS
Whether you’re planning on keeping your Facebook account, are debating deleting it, or already have…
Apple CEO Cook: ‘Privacy to us is a human right… a civil liberty’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington D.C. Tuesday to testify before Congress about customer privacy…
Should Apple create a social network that doesn’t abuse, but protects user privacy?
Recently, Tim Cook gave multiple interviews on Apple’s commitment to protecting their privacy…
Apple co-founder Woz quits Facebook
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s leaving Facebook amid concerns about privacy and data violations…
Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans the contents of all private Messenger texts
Facebook scans the contents of messages that people send each other on its Messenger app…
Facebook to warn 87 million users that their data ‘may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica’
Facebook will warn these users with a notice atop the News Feed with information about what data of theirs might have been attained…
Mark Zuckerberg and the never-ending stench of Facebook
How do we trust Facebook’s public stances on what they will or won’t do to censor speech, content, or connections with which they don’t agree?
Apple may be the biggest winner from Facebook’s data scandal
In 2014, Apple CEO Tim Cook penned a missive regarding Apple’s approach to privacy….
Mark Zuckerberg blasts Apple CEO Cook’s criticism of Facebook as ‘extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected Apple CEO Tim Cook’s critique of his company’s business model…
Bad news for those who want Facebook listening in their homes: Facebook delays smart speaker debut amid data privacy scandal
The fallout from Facebook Inc.’s data privacy scandal is spreading…
Apple CEO Cook: Facebook should have self-regulated, but it’s too late for that now
Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook…
U.S. FTC will investigate Facebook over privacy or lack thereof
The Federal Trade Commission has an open investigation into Facebook’s growing privacy scandal…
Apple to prevent Siri from reading hidden notifications on lock screen in upcoming update
Apple has confirmed it will fix a privacy issue in which Siri can read aloud hidden lock screen notifications…
Oops! Siri will read hidden lock screen notifications from third-party apps to anyone
As of iOS 11, you can set message notifications to be hidden on your Lock screen…
Why you might soon be texting robots as often as your friends
The robots are coming! Expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses…
WhatsApp outpaces iMessage on verification and forward secrecy
WhatsApp’s approach and user interface go even farther, in ways that Apple should be considering…
EU to probe Google, Amazon, other US sites over data use and search
Brussels is set to widen its front against US tech companies just two weeks…
8 companies Apple put the hurt on with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite
If there’s one thing Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference…