Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Facebook urged by governments to halt end-to-end encryption plans
The US, UK and Australian governments last week officially urged Facebook to halt its plans for end-to-end encryption.
Wi-Fi signals let researchers ID people through walls from their gait
Police could set up transceivers outside a building and compare spectrograms of suspects walking vs. crime scene footage.
WhatsApp vulnerability could compromise Android smartphones
A researcher has released details of a WhatsApp flaw that could be used to compromise the app and the mobile device the app is running on.
£3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead
A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal.
Google brings Incognito mode to Maps
It’s good, but also a perfect opportunity for us to remember that Incognito mode doesn’t translate to “I’m invisible!”
No federal privacy law will make it in the US this year, sources say
Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.
218 million Words With Friends players lose data to hackers
The serial hacker GnosticPlayers is claiming to have ransacked Zynga’s user data – including names, emails and passwords.
Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 women’s accounts
Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women’s accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.
Cloudflare adds VPN features to 1.1.1.1 privacy app
As promised in April, Cloudflare has finally launched Warp, a consumer mobile privacy app that looks a lot like a VPN without actually being one.
