The man became a suspect because location data from his Android phone was swept up in a surveillance dragnet called a geofence warrant.
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One billion Android smartphones racking up security flaws
How long do Android devices continue to receive security updates after they’re purchased? The answer is: barely two years.
Run ANDROID on an iPhone? Are you SERIOUS?!?
It’s true – Android on an iPhone. OK, a few things don’t work yet… such as sound. And the phone bit.
Chrome extension cons cryptocurrency users out of hardware wallet key
Ledger has warned users about a rogue Chrome extension that duped users into giving up the keys to their hardware crypto wallets.
Google launches FuzzBench service to benchmark fuzzing tools
Google has announced FuzzBench, a free service “for painlessly evaluating fuzzers in a reproducible way.”
Google fixes MediaTek bug in Android March patches
There are patches for over 70 bugs, and they finally fixed a months-old exploit for MediaTek chipsets, said to affect millions of devices.
GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook
The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.
Siri and Google Assistant hacked in new ultrasonic attack
Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated without ever physically touching the device.
Let’s Encrypt issues one billionth free certificate
Thanks to this flood of free certificates, the web is a lot more encrypted than it was a few years ago.
Firefox rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS privacy by default in the US
Mozilla has said it plans to make a privacy technology called DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) the default setting for US users of Firefox within weeks.