TikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed

The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.

Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.

Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.

Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said.