More Privacy - Page 21
Report: Millions of Facebook user records, including plain text passwords, left exposed online
Third-party apps scraped Facebook user data and then left it exposed online for anyone to download.
By Jack Morse
Facebook backs away from asking for some users' email passwords
Facebook quickly did a 180 on a strange account verification policy this week.
By Alex Perry
Facebook will give you more info about why certain posts show up in your News Feed
Another move to be more transparent.
How a Brooklyn renewable energy company ended up making a surveillance drone — Future Blink
It's called Velox
By Kevin Urgiles
Why Facebook waited 3 months to disclose its latest privacy screw-up
Security experts have some thoughts.
By Jack Morse
Website secretly livestreamed 1,600 unwitting hotel guests for paying members
Well, this is creepy.
By Jack Morse
Google Chrome adds the privacy-first DuckDuckGo as a default option
A curious, but welcome addition to Chrome.
By Johnny Lieu
How a personal server could be the answer to your data privacy worries – MashTalk
They're not just for politicians anymore.
By Pete Pachal
This city just banned cashless stores. Good.
The new law, which takes effect July 1, will prohibit most stores from refusing to accept cash.
By Jack Morse
Custody dispute? A judge can order you to use this app to deal with your ex.
The app, coParenter, promises to save parents money and keep them out of court. But there's a catch.
By Jack Morse
Why we should all be skeptical of Mark Zuckerberg's new commitment to privacy
Mark Zuckerberg's new commitment to privacy is pretty damn convenient.
By Karissa Bell
Amazon Alexa exec says data privacy is vital to the success of voice assistants
Are they always listening?
7 takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's long discussion at Harvard about Facebook
What's on Zuck's mind today?
By Rachel Kraus
Facebook just made it a little easier to keep location data private
At least for Android users.
Privacy activists say online ad industry knowingly violated GDPR
The ad industry knew its system would be "incompatible with consent under GDPR" before the law went into effect, activists claim.
By Matt Binder
Twitter still keeps archives of your DMs years after you deleted them
This is really not good.
By Raymond Wong
Congress may be divided on taxes, but it's finally united in its war on faxes
Go home, fax machine!
By Rachel Kraus
Senators demand answers from Facebook, Google, and Apple over now-banned ‘research’ monitoring apps
“Given the sensitivity and seriousness of any intrusions into the privacy of teens, we respectfully request a written response to the following questions by March 1, 2019."
By Matt Binder
Germany orders Facebook to stop combining user data from multiple sources into one
Facebook's tentacles are writhing.
By Rachel Kraus
A bunch of popular iPhone apps silently record your screen, report claims
This is..not good.
Congress is 'deeply troubled' by Apple's FaceTime bug, and it wants answers
A letter, signed by two members of Congress, puts Apple CEO Tim Cook in the hot seat.
By Jack Morse
Apple issues apology for major Group FaceTime bug, promises a fix next week
Apple's apology tour continues.
By Raymond Wong
Apple bans Facebook 'Research' app, breaks the social network's internal iOS apps
The feud between Apple and Facebook continues.
By Matt Binder
