Don’t lock police out of popular consumer gadgets, lest law enforcement’s efforts to nab kidnappers or child predators be stymied, the US AG said, becoming the latest of a string of government officials to speak out since Google and Apple announced they were changing encryption on their mobile operating systems.
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Head of ‘StealthGenie’ mobile stalking app indicted for selling spyware
The indictment alleges that StealthGenie can and has recorded all incoming/outgoing voice calls; intercepted calls to be monitored in real time; allowed the buyer to call the phone and activate it at any time to monitor all surrounding conversations within a 15-foot radius; and allowed the buyer to monitor a target’s incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and SMS messages, incoming voicemail messages, address book, calendar, photographs, and videos—all without the knowledge of the phone’s user.
George Clooney issues burner phones to stop guests from leaking wedding photos
Mr Oceans Eleven wasn’t about to let leaked photos ruin his Big Day so he handed out coded burner phones to all his guests.
Facebook’s new ‘Atlas’ ad platform will follow us around on non-Facebook sites
The ad technology will enable Facebook partners to siphon user data from Facebook’s deep, deep sea and use it to super-target ads at users on and off its website, no matter what wireless or wired device we’re using.
Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 update, tells users to roll back to iOS 8
Apple’s telling users to ditch the update after it knocked out cellular service and disabled Touch ID for iPhones, on top of a list of other glitches – stalling, crashing and more. 
No, ‘Apple Wave’ does not let you charge your iPhones in the microwave
No, new features in iOS 8 do *not* include “Apple Wave” wireless microwave frequency charging, regardless of what 4chan tells you. Remember: Don’t let Apple-new-release fever fog your brain, and do NOT believe everything you read on the intertubes!
85% of apps not up to scratch on privacy, study finds
A coordinated study of apps run by a group of national privacy and data protection bodies from around the world has found that the majority are failing to provide adequate information on the privacy implications of using the app.
Apple iCloud – 3 tips for keeping your photos and other data safe
Apple confirmed it found no evidence of a security breach, but that some individual celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised. With that in mind, here are 3 tips to help protect you when using iCloud:
Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is not spying on you
After a long build-up of rumors surrounding the Messenger app’s required permissions to access the device’s camera and microphone, Facebook is finally attempting to set the record straight.
Firefox OS app permissions will give users more privacy than Android
Mozilla’s mobile platform, Firefox OS, is behind Google’s Android in just about every way. But in one important respect, privacy, Firefox OS is trying to move ahead by giving users more control over what data apps can gather from their devices…