A hosting company has taken down a database owned by a mobile spying app after it was found displaying phone owners’ intimate images online.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Broadband providers told to explain how they handle consumer data
The FTC launched a broad inquiry to find out what data they collect, why, who they share it with, and how consumers can change or delete it.
Preinstalled Android apps are harvesting and sharing your data
New research reveals that the bloatware preinstalled on many new Android phones could do far more than simply chew up your storage.
FEMA exposes sensitive data of 2.5 million disaster survivors
The agency said it exposed 2.3m people’s details in a “major privacy incident” involving a contractor that set up temporary housing.
Tech giants back bill that privacy advocates claim is toothless
The main disagreement: if consumers will be able to delete their data or whether the law would give companies ways to wiggle out.
Family tracking app spilled pics, names and real-time location data
A journalist/researcher team got a sensitive database taken down after the vendor responsible failed to acknowledge a problem.
Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day
Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly accessible user credentials.
Spycam sex videos of 1,600 motel guests sold to paying subscribers
1,600 guests were filmed with hidden webcams that livestreamed the action. The site also sold videos.
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.
Researchers fret over Netflix interactive TV traffic snooping
No sooner has Netflix made an interactive TV show than people are already pulling apart its privacy implications.