by Pradeep
6 months
Apple today filed a lawsuit against NSO Group to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting of Apple users. Apple is seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices. ...
by Surur
6 months
Sometimes you want to avoid specific people on your messaging service, but still want everyone to see your current status. WhatsApp is finally introducing a feature to assist those who like to ghost people. Discovered by WABetaInf...
by Surur
7 months
Since 2015, WhatsApp users have been able to backup their messages and media to Google Drive. This was ostensible a private, encrypted backup, but an investigation by the State Attorneys General who are accusing Google of antitrus...
by Surur
9 months
The Wall Street Journal reports that WhatsApp has been fined €225 million, or $266 million by the European Union due to GDPR-related violations. “WhatsApp didn’t live up to requirements” to tell Europea...
by Surur
9 months
WhatsApp has run into massive opposition to its new privacy policy, designed to allow Facebook to leverage user data for marketing to business customers. In presenting the policy to users WhatsApp said: While not everyone shops wi...
by Surur
9 months
Google is asking Google Maps users to explicitly opt in to having their location data used to improve the Google Maps service, including to establish real-time traffic conditions and detect disruptions. The consent request is bein...
by Surur
10 months
After calling critics of their new policy to scan your iPhone on behalf of the police a screeching minority, Apple has responded by posting a new FAQ about their tool. Designed to scan for images of child sexual abuse, Apple insis...
by Surur
10 months
We all know vaguely our data has value and that privacy is not free, but after the backlash Google received for their FLoC proposal it appears the company is aiming to make the trade-off between privacy and the services your data ...
by Surur
10 months
We reported yesterday that Apple has launched a number of child safety features on the iPhone, one of which includes scanning all your photos for images of child abuse before uploading them to iCloud, and then reporting users to t...
by Surur
10 months
The Financial Times reports that Apple is working on a system which would scan photos on your iPhone for images of child abuse and then contact police if detected. The so-called neuralMatch system has been trained on a database fr...
by Surur
10 months
We reported in early July that Twitter has been one of the few websites to add support for Google’s FLoC ad-tech, despite the tracking technology, which uses your Chrome browsing habits to profile you, being widely panned. I...
by Surur
10 months
Google has added a new feature to their Settings in their Chrome browser. The new Privacy and Security review feature, when working, will help users “review their most important privacy and security controls in one placeR...
