Tag: Privacy

Microsoft Will Keep EU Data in the EU
Microsoft has upped its commitment to EU data privacy, promising to keep EU data within the bloc. Data privacy is a bigger concern than ever be...
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Facebook and Instagram Try to Scare iOS Users Into Accepting Tracking
Facebook and Instagram are resorting to scare tactics to convince iOS users to allow the companies to track them. The latest version of iOS 14...
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Roku Loses YouTube TV App
Roku has officially lost the YouTube TV app, after previously warning its customers of the possibility. Roku warned customers...
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User Data at Heart of Roku and Google/YouTube TV Dispute
Roku has accused Google of “predatory, anti-competitive and discriminatory” actions regarding its YouTube TV streaming service. Roku is the...
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Huawei Could Monitor Calls on One of the Largest Dutch Wireless Networks
Huawei is facing accusations that it had the access and ability to monitor all the calls made on KPN’s wireless network, one of the largest in the...
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EFF Partners With DuckDuckGo, Adopts Its HTTPS Dataset
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is partnering with DuckDuckGo to include the latter’s HTTPS dataset in its HTTPS Everywhere browser exten...
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Irish Commission Investigating Facebook Over Data Leak
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating Facebook over the 533 million user records that appeared online. Earlier this month...
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EU Set to Ban AI-Based Mass Surveillance
The European Union is preparing to pass rules that would ban AI-based mass surveillance, in the strongest repudiation of surveillance yet. Acco...
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German Regulator Wants to Stop WhatsApp/Facebook Data Sharing
A German regulator is the latest to object to data being shared between WhatsApp and Facebook, and is taking steps to stop it. WhatsApp and Fac...
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Signal Adding Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency Payments
Signal messaging app is adding payments, using the MobileCoin cryptocurrency and wallet. Signal is widely considered to be the most private mes...
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Apple Rejecting Apps that Use Fingerprinting SDKs
Apple has begun rejecting apps that use software development kits (SDKs) that engage in fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is a method of collectin...
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Hackers Access 150,000 Security Cameras: Tesla, Hospitals and Prisons Exposed
A groups of hackers has gained access to roughly 150,000 Verkada security cameras, exposing a slew of customer live feeds. Verkada is a Silicon...
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Android Phones Home 20x More Than iOS
A computer researcher at Trinity College Dublin has released a report showing Android phones home to Google 20x more than iOS does to Apple. Ap...
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Consumer Reports: Tesla’s In-Vehicle Cameras a Privacy Concern
Consumer Reports has raised concerns about Tesla’s in-vehicle cameras, saying they represent a privacy concern. Vehicles are increasin...
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Mozilla Improves Privacy by Trimming HTTP Referrer
Mozilla has announced a significant change to how Firefox handles HTTP Referrers, in an effort to improve user privacy. The HTTP Referrer is he...
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