A class-action lawsuit was filed accusing Apple of false advertising by not telling iCloud users that data was being saved on third-party servers.
By Laura Tucker – Aug 13, 2019
The Facebook-owned Instagram was caught doing something very similar to Facebook. An ad partner secretly collected locations and stories of users.
By Laura Tucker – Aug 8, 2019
In what seems to be a serial effort, Naples, Florida, was hacked, main git the four Florida city to be hacked in less than two months.
By Laura Tucker – Aug 5, 2019
Privacy-focused Apple has reversed on ot its politics and has stopped the praactice of listening to Siri recordings and will later allow users to opt out.
By Laura Tucker – Aug 2, 2019
iPhone sales are continuing to drop, but Apple’s profits are up overall in Q3. This is because the company banked on their multiple services to carry them through.
By Laura Tucker – Aug 1, 2019
Days after Equifax reached a settlement in their data breach case, Capitol One discloses a data breach of 100. million credit card applications.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 30, 2019
A loophole was found in LinkedIn that allows users to post job openings to any company’s LinkedIn page. Job openings could even be posted for Google.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 29, 2019
If you are one of that very large group of people affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach, you may have $125 or more coming to you.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 26, 2019
Researchers are realizing they can predict people’s personalities based on their phone usage by studying the smartphone’s accelerometer.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 24, 2019
Just like the adult versions of Facebook apps, it turns out Messenger Kids can’t be trusted, as it allows children to chat with strangers.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 23, 2019
Despite Apple’s “planned obsolescence” being disproven, they have lost a lawsuit in Quebec, Canada claiming they were dishonest.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 22, 2019
It’s been determined that as many as 4 million people have been giving up data unknowingly through Google Chrome and Firefox extensions.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 19, 2019
With yet another “ordinary” app being found and labeled as malware in the Google Play Store, what can Google due to help protect Android users more?
By Laura Tucker – Jul 17, 2019
Twitter went down for nearly an hour on Thursday, with the big disruption due to just an “internal configuration change.”
By Laura Tucker – Jul 12, 2019
A new malware, Agent Smith, has infected as many as 25 million Android devices, replaacing installed apps with malicious versions.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 11, 2019
Two U.S. government agencies are using state driver’s license photos from the DMV in facial-recognition searches without permission or knowledge of the subects.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 8, 2019
Apple provided a transparency report that shows which countries are making the most app removal requests and also device data requests.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 5, 2019
One in three people in the United States think they already have 5G. But there are currently only 23 U.S. cities with 5G service at this time.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 3, 2019
Publishers aren’t happy with the kickbacks they’re getting from Apple News+, as they aren’t getting what Apple promised them.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 2, 2019
Now that encryption is being used by more and more tech companies, the United States is considering banning end-to-end entryption.
By Laura Tucker – Jul 1, 2019
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