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Tag Archives: Mobile
Opera brings back free VPN service to its Android browser
Opera lost its Android browser’s VPN after it was sold to a Chinese consortium, but now it’s back.
Will the next version of Android get location privacy right?
Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of its mobile OS, Android Q.
For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
The prototype iPhones are slipping out of Apple’s supply chain with disabled security, to the delight of researchers and jailbreakers.
Comcast security nightmare: default ‘0000’ PIN on everybody’s account
It didn’t require an account PIN to switch carriers. Everybody uses 0000, it said, making it easier for customers… and phone hijackers.
TikTok to pay record fine for collecting children’s data
It’s been a predator’s playground, where children’s photos have been public by default and trolling adults could message them.
For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
At $100, the old-gen iPhone encryption-cracking tools are a bargain to hackers looking to pick up leftover forensics or police Wi-Fi data.
Facebook apps secretly sending sensitive data back to the mothership
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation into how Facebook is still allowing blabby apps to violate its privacy policies.
Facebook lets Android users block location tracking
Facebook announced it’s tweaking its Android version, which was tracking your location even when the app wasn’t in use.
Can you really sniff out gas station card skimmers with your phone?
A viral post suggests (wrongly) that card skimmers always use Bluetooth. Anyway, just looking at nearby Bluetooth names doesn’t help much…